Britain’s competition watchdog said it would investigate whether Apple and Google’s dominance of mobile phone operating systems, app stores, and Web browsers hurt consumers, launching its latest probe into the tech giants. The Competition and Markets Authority said it would undertake a “market study” into the matter to see whether the pair’s effective duopoly was … Read more
Apple’s online marketplace would become a “toxic” mess if the iPhone maker were forced to allow third-party apps without reviewing them, chief executive Tim Cook told a high-stakes trial Friday challenging the company’s tight control of its platform. Cook, the last scheduled witness in the case brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games, offered a robust … Read more
At a virtual product launch in November for Apple’s Mac reboot, actor John Hodgman appeared in a nerdy, ill-fitting suit before a white backdrop. “Stop, hang on, wait, one more thing, hi, I’m a PC,” he said, reprising the popular Mac vs. PC television commercials of a decade ago that not so subtly telegraphed the … Read more