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Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial Adi Robertson © Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Next week, Epic Games and Apple will appear in court for a long-anticipated legal battle. Epic argues that Apple unfairly kicked its hit game Fortnite off the App Store last year, exercising an illegal monopoly over the ubiquitous iOS platform. Apple claims Epic is trying to break the iOS platform’s vaunted safety and security for its own gain. Both parties have laid out how they expect to win their respective cases, and this week, they’ve provided...

Message : Required fields From an early stage, the plan depended on Epic's payment system being rejected, read an email between Epic executives disclosed in court records. At that point: "The battle begins. It's going to be fun!" Epic co-founder Mark Rein predicted there was a greater than 50% chance Apple would immediately remove "Fortnite" from its platforms, according to an Epic employee deposition cited in court records. "They may also sue us to make an example." Mr. Rein declined to comment. While it worked on the technical attack, Epic also planned to cut prices on cert...

In a conversation with HerStory, Sarah Maxwell of Europe’s leading fund Marcho Partners talks about her investment in Wizikey, an Indian PR tech startup.

Apple, Google face antitrust hearing on Capitol Hill Follow Us Question of the Day     By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times - Tuesday, April 20, 2021 Apple and Google are set to square off with lawmakers Wednesday over whether the companies’ app stores violate antitrust rules. Apple resisted appearing at the Capitol Hill hearing but ultimately accepted the invitation from lawmakers, who are looking to crack down on tech and will put the app stores under a microscope. The Senate antitrust panel hearing i...

Big Tech set to defend app stores in antitrust hearing Rebecca Klar © Getty Images Apple logo on the window of a company store Apple and Google's market power over digital app stores will be in the hot seat Wednesday at the Senate Judiciary antitrust subcommittee's hearing on app store fairness. The Silicon Valley giants have come under fire over their app stores' policies, especially over the 15 to 30 percent fees they collect from app developers. Without alternatives to the Google and Apple stores on the companies' products, developers are largely reliant on the systems ...