Google Play Store New Update For Developers: Extension in dates for submission of location data permission seeking forms

In a blog on Wednesday Krish Vitaldevara, the Director of Product Management Trust & Safety of Google Play Store, announced that now the Android app creators will have to request Google permission for approaching the location of users. According to the Google Play Policy, the same criteria...

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Through the App Store Small Business program, Apple will be charging 15 percent less commission from the app developers who make around $1 million per annum

Apple charges a 30% cut from all the apps that are present in the app stores. Because of this commission that it takes from all the paid apps and the in-app purchases, the company has faced a lot of criticism and backlash. However, Apple never backed off from its policy and stance, but recently,...

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Instagram Is Finally Planning To Pay Publishers With Certain Conditions

There is a huge chance that Instagram might become the new absolute favorite of publishers very soon as the company is thinking about opening up a program that will revolve around paying publishers for the content they produce to make the platform emerge as a reliable news and information source....

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Almost 200 content moderators from Europe and America have written a letter to Facebook urging the company to take care of the health of its mods and let them remotely work amidst the pandemic

'Controversy' is Facebook’s middle name, and even when the company tries to do something good, someone somewhere rises and raises questions about its actions. The company has faced a lot of criticism for its lenient content moderation policies, but now when it is trying so hard to keep its platform...

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Facebook is rolling out a combination of Instagram and Messenger chat experience

Facebook is lately reported to add new exciting features to Instagram and Messenger. It includes the possibility of variation in chat themes, personalized reactions to messages, selfie stickers, vanish mode, watching videos together, and much more. The announcement was made in California on 30th...

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Google is planning to enforce upgraded privacy standards for Chrome extensions soon

Google is planning to limit the rights of Chrome extensions to secure the privacy of the user. Alexandre Blondin and Mark M. Jaycox from Chrome Product and Policy team announced that this upgrade will launch in the coming January on Google Chrome. Google intends to assure the protection of the user...

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Apple Has Agreed To Pay $113 Million To Settle Customer Fraud Lawsuits Over Allegations That The Company Secretly Slowed Down Old iPhones

On Wednesday, Apple agreed to pay $113 million to settle fraud lawsuits brought by 33 states over allegations that the tech giant intentionally slowed down old smartphone models. These 33 US states claimed that the company had done this to drive consumers into purchasing new iPhones. Back in 2016,...

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