A year ago a Federal District Court held that Google broke antitrust laws by using illegal means to maintain a monopoly over ...

Apple and Google used to be friends. More than friends in fact. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt used to be on Apple’s board and even appeared on stage at the launch of the iPhone in 2007.

In a new investor note by financial advisor Bernstein's Toni Sacconaghi, the analyst claims Google's payment to Apple to maintain the status quo could reach $15 billion in 2021, up from $10 ...

In the investor note, seen by Ped30, Bernstein analysts are estimating that Google’s payment to Apple will increase to $15 billion in 2021, and to between $18 billion and $20 billion in 2022.

Apple and Google say the fees they collect ensure they can continue to keep their app stores safe, secure and scalable, as well as fund development of an array of tools for app creators.

The timing, as Facebook likely intentioned, is apt: Apple and Google are increasingly under scrutiny for how they favor their own services over competitors like Spotify. US lawmakers are currently ...

Apple and Google’s own apps are often set as the default choice. Those apps don’t have to pay the 30% commission, and they may get preferential ranking in app store search results.

South Korea is likely to bar Google and Apple from requiring software developers to use their payment systems, effectively stopping them from charging commissions on in-app purchases, the first ...

The consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search ...

An Apple reseller in a shopping district in Seoul. Jean Chung for The New York Times The proposal would have a major impact on Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store in Korea.

Alphabet unit Google on Monday blasted EU antitrust regulators for ignoring rival Apple as it launched a bid to get Europe's second-highest court to annul a record 4.34-billion euro ($5.1 billion ...