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Billogram, provider of a payments platform specifically for recurring billing, raises $45M
Payments made a huge shift to digital platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic — purchasing moved online for many consumers and businesses; and a large proportion of those continuing to buy and sell in-person went cash-free. Today a startup that has been focusing on one specific aspect of payments — recurring billing — is announcing a […]
直前予測：“iPhone 13”や新しいApple Watchはどうなる？ アップルが発表する新製品の中身
アップルが2021年9月14日（米国時間）に毎年恒例の発表会を開催し、新しいiPhoneを発表する見通しだ。“IPhone 13”や新しいApple Watchは、どのような進化を遂げることになるのか。現時点での噂をまとめた。
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エピックゲームズとの手数料訴訟で、アップルの「壁に囲まれた庭園」に入った“大きな亀裂”の意味
人気ゲーム「フォートナイト」の開発元であるエピックゲームズが、アプリ配信の手数料に関連してアップルを反トラスト法（独占禁止法）違反で訴えた裁判で、このほど一審の判決が下った。注目すべきは「App Store」においてアップル以外の決済手段を利用できるようにすべきという判断で、これにより壁に囲まれたアップルの“庭園”にまたひとつ亀裂が入ったことになる。
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第2世代の「Apple TV 4K」は便利に進化したが、その価格は妥当なのか？：製品レヴュー
アップルのストリーミング端末「Apple TV 4K」が第2世代モデルへと進化した。リモコンが刷新され機能も充実したことで使いやすさに磨きをかけたが、日本での価格が20,000円を超えるなど他社製品と比べてかなり高い。その価格は機能に対して妥当と言えるのだろうか──。『WIRED』US版によるレヴュー。
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What we expect from next week’s Apple event
We’ve been scouring the latest rumors and leaks and playing all of The Mamas and The Papas songs forward and backward to get the best possible picture of what we’re in store for with next Tuesday’s “California Streaming’” event. The invites, which went out a week in advance, don’t appear to give the game away […]
Major win for Epic Games: Apple has 90 days to open up app store payments
Permanent injunction caps Epic Games’ year-long legal offensive against Apple.
Apple prohibited from blocking outside payment in Epic ruling
A judge this morning issued a ruling in California’s Epic v. Apple case, siding with the Fortnite maker on the topic of third-party payments. Effectively, the judge has ruled that Apple cannot prohibit developers from adding links for alternative payments beyond Apple’s App Store-based monetization. The mobile giant’s control over fees on iOS has long […]
Judge in Epic Suit Says Apple Restrictions Anti-Competitive
A U.S. judge on Friday issued a ruling in “Fortnite” creator Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit against Apple’s App Store, labelling Apple’s conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions as anticompetitive. From a report: The case may determine whether Ap…
WhatsApp will finally let users encrypt their chat backups in the cloud
WhatsApp said on Friday it will give its two billion users the option to encrypt their chat backups to the cloud, taking a significant step to put a lid on one of the tricky ways private communication between individuals on the app can be compromised. The Facebook-owned service has end-to-end encrypted chats between users for […]