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Google Play Store takes aim at annoying game ads, copycat apps, and misinformation in new rules

July 29, 2022
Google has just issued new policy updates for Play Store developers, and the new rules take aim directly at misinformation, impersonation, and annoying game ads… among other things. Google Play’s updated Developer Program Policy issues updates for a few existing policies, including a requirement that apps with subscriptions must offer users a way to “easily cancel their subscriptions from…
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Apple Q3 2022 results show iPhone (just barely) creating a new record

July 29, 2022
Yesterday saw the announcement of Apple Q3 2022 earnings. While it was technically a record quarter, the analysts were right that this would be the point at which Apple’s pandemic-boosted growth would tail off. Mac revenue was down 10% year-on-year, iPad dropped 2%, and wearables (Apple Watch and AirPods) fell 8%. Services continued to rise, of course, but the only good news on the hardware side…
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Elon Musk sees inflation potentially trending down based on Tesla commodity prices

July 29, 2022
Elon Musk noted that he believes inflation might finally be trending down based on Tesla commodity prices. The CEO has previously said that he would be waiting for that to start reducing the prices of Tesla vehicles. Over the last few years, the inflation rate has been hitting record highs that we haven’t seen in decades. It has resulted in price increases across virtually every industry…
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Google temporarily has a video calling app called ‘Meet (original)’

July 29, 2022
Back in June, Google announced that it was merging Duo with Meet in a migration that’s currently underway. As part of that, Google’s first “Meet” app is now called “Meet (original)” with a different icon. On Android, “Meet (original)” was previously called “Meet” (and “Hangouts Meet” at the beginning). The new name and green icon — which is somewhat of an homage to the…
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