Category: business

Apple removes ‘Fortnite’ from App Store following direct payment push

[ad_1] Shortly after the removal, the company filed a lawsuit against Apple. Epic also announced it would stream a new short called Nineteen Eighty-Fortnite, which you can watch below. The title of the short is a reference to Apple’s iconic 1984 Macintosh ad. Epic also mentioned 1984 in their legal brief. “Today, Epic Games took […]

Facebook will label ads from politically connected publications

[ad_1] The social media giant plans to impose other restrictions as well. The company says it won’t include their content in Facebook News. They also won’t have access to the Messenger Business Platform and WhatsApp business API.  “… we believe it’s important to ensure when it comes to advertising, these Pages are held to the […]

Dell’s latest business Chromebook offers high-end specs and extra security

[ad_1] While previous versions packed up to 8th-generation Intel Core i7 CPUs, the Latitude 7410 comes with the 10th-generation Intel Core i7. It offers up to 16GB of DDR4 RAM (less than last year’s models).  Google and Dell claim it has the longest battery life of any 2-in-1 Chromebook and of any 10th Gen Intel […]

Record-breaking Faraday Future prototype EVs are up for auction

[ad_1] However, you won’t want to drive this EV — It doesn’t have a warranty and isn’t exactly optimized for comfort. The interior is pretty bare and there’s not much of a dashboard. This vehicle’s real value is in its collectability. Those who bid won’t be vying for their next commuter vehicle, but for literal […]

Apple countersues headphone maker Koss in AirPods patent dispute

[ad_1] Apple is striking back at Koss, which filed a patent infringement lawsuit last month related to AirPods and Beats. It countersued the maker of the first stereo headphones, asking for a court to rule that Apple didn’t infringe any of the five patents as laid out in the original suit. Not only that, it […]

EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google’s Fitbit purchase

[ad_1] Google has long said it would not use Fitbit data for targeted ads and that the deal “was about devices, not data.” It pledged to silo Fitbit’s health data to keep it separate from its ad business, and it affirmed that plan to EU regulators last month in an attempt to stave off an […]

Dish buys Ting Mobile to expand its wireless business

[ad_1] The sale came out of the merger between the two carriers. T-Mobile and Sprint had to divest themselves of the prepaid brand to get approval for their union from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The agreement also gave Dish access to T-Mobile’s network for seven years. That access now extends to Ting Mobile customers […]

2K’s upcoming NFL games will feature real pro players

[ad_1] 2K’s forthcoming football games will feature real NFL pros thanks to a new deal the publisher signed with the NFL Players Association. The agreement allows the company to use the names, numbers, images and likenesses of more than 2,000 current professional NFL players. “We’re thrilled to be working with the NFLPA and OneTeam to […]

Spotify says listener habits are almost back to pre-pandemic levels

[ad_1] Spotify’s interest in podcasts is paying off, too, with 21 percent of its users now listening to podcasts on the platform. That number “continues to grow at triple digit rates year over year,” and so we’re expecting that figure to continue to rise across the year. Not to mention that this surge in podcast […]