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Sources: Google to issue new guidelines emphasizing that developers must use Google's own billing service for in-app purchases and subscriptions in Play Store — - Google and Apple's 30% cut of purchases is under scrutiny — Google to update developer rules to emphasize requirement
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Leaked email: Google informed its advertisers on Friday that it will block election ads referencing “the election, or its outcome” after polls close on Nov. 3 — Google informed its advertisers Friday that it will broadly block election ads after polls close Nov. 3, according to an email obtained by Axios.
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Alphabet settles shareholder lawsuit over its handling of sexual harassment claims, agrees to eliminate mandatory arbitration and limit Google's use of NDAs — - Alphabet has reached a settlement with shareholders in a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct mishandling and cover-up by executives …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Apple has agreed to allow Facebook to process payments for its paid online events feature via Facebook Pay, without taking a 30% cut, until December 31 — Last month, Facebook introduced support for paid online events — and since many of the businesses offering those events have struggled during …
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| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Stan Chudnovsky, head of Messenger at Facebook, says Facebook has asked Apple for years to give users an option to make Messenger the default iOS messaging app — Facebook executives have sharply ramped up their criticism of Apple in recent months, contesting the iPhone maker's restrictions …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
The European Commission says it will appeal the July 2020 ruling that reversed the original $15B fine against Apple and Ireland over State Aid and taxes — It's not over until it's over for Apple and its ongoing tax headache in Europe. Today the European Commission announced that it plans …
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| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
Former director at Facebook, Tim Kendall, told Congress Facebook “took a page from Big Tobacco's playbook, working to make our offering addictive at the outset” — “At worst, I fear we are pushing ourselves to the brink of a civil war,” he added.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter has emailed developers warning that it may have exposed their private app keys and account tokens due to a bug that stored them in browser caches — Twitter has emailed developers warning of a bug that may have exposed their private app keys and account tokens.| Katharine Schwab / Fast Company: |
Humane raises a $30M Series A led by Sam Altman and Lachy Groom, with Marc Benioff and others participating, to build some new kind of computing platform — Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno helped create some of Apple's biggest hits. Now their startup Humane is at work on something ambitious—and mysterious.| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
About 25 academics, journalists, others say they've formed the Real Facebook Oversight Board, to analyze and critique Facebook's content moderation decisions — Some of Facebook's most vocal critics are tired of waiting for its independent oversight board — so they're starting their own.
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
SEC filing: Alexis Ohanian is raising a fund called 776, with a target of $150M, three months after leaving Initialized Capital — According to an SEC Filing, Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit and early-stage VC firm Initialized Capital, is raising a new fund, named 776, with a target of $150 million.
Tweets: @shobz, @nmasc_, and @kateclarktweets
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Justice Department asks a federal judge to allow the government to bar Apple and Google from offering WeChat for download in US app stores pending an appeal — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge in San Francisco early on Friday to allow the government …
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Within3, an Ohio-based collaboration and communication service for the biotech and pharma industries, raises over $100M from Insight Partners and others — Within3, a collaboration and communication service for the biotech and pharma industries, has raised over $100 million in new financing, the company said.
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Interview with Dantley Davis, Twitter's chief design officer, on building diverse and inclusive design teams in tech — When Dantley Davis worked as a designer at Netflix a few years back, he had an epiphany: For ages, “Star Wars” had been marketed as a sci-fi saga. But what if it could also be a princess story?
Tweets: @godisrivera, @protocol, @twittercareers, @d_lux_brand, @steven_aquino, @jank0, and @jordanellyse
| Jessica Conditt / Engadget: |
Amazon announces Luna cloud gaming service, going live in October for $5.99/month, with a gamepad and support for Fire TV, PC, Mac, iOS, and later for Android — Spoiler: It's not a native iOS app. — 4m ago — Luna is what happens when you take the subscription model of Prime Video …
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Tweets: @jasonschreier, @firt, @gartenberg, @backlon, @backlon, @jessassin, @hackapreneur, @duckvalentine, @hodapp, @rossrubin, @skillupyt, and @danthat
| Nelson Bocanegra / Reuters: |
Colombia-based delivery app Rappi has raised over $300M from T. Rowe Price and others — BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian all-purpose delivery app Rappi has raised over $300 million (£235.3 million) in a funding round that saw interest from T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc, among others, the company said on Thursday.
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