Apple has announced a billing grace period for subscriptions. The tech giant says it has “worked closely with leading developers to create a solution for reducing customer churn while improving the ...

Google is shaking up Play Store payments, and your wallet might feel the difference. The company announced major changes to its billing rules and fee structure, giving developers more flexibility and ...

Google has proposed letting developers offering apps through its U.K. Play mobile app store to have the option to use alternative payment processors for in-app transactions, rather than being locked ...

Google has taken steps to be in compliance with a recent ruling in the US, requiring them to no longer force Android app developers to use Google Play Billing. Ridiculously long story short (this all ...

Google is once again not putting its foot down on big developers that refuse to use its in-app billing system. The Play Store always required developers to use Google Play’s in-app billing system, but ...

In an effort to lessen the chokehold, changes may be necessary. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The UK Competition and Markets ...

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Today’s consumers now spend more time in apps ...

Match Group Inc. accused Alphabet Inc.’s Google in a lawsuit of acting as a monopolist with its app store billing rules, the latest escalation in a brawl over the mobile-app industry. Match Group, ...