[Link] Elon Musk appears to reconcile with Apple after Twitter tirade

Read: 4/12/2022 arstechnica.com

Elon Musk said he had a “good conversation” with Apple chief executive Tim Cook and “resolved the misunderstanding” about his claim that Twitter could be removed from the App Store, just days after the world’s richest man unleashed a tirade against the most valuable tech company.

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[Link] Epic Games Faces Backlash After Ending Popular Time-Off Policy

Read: 25/10/2021 www.kotaku.com.au

Epic Games, creator of the massively popular and lucrative battle royale Fortnite, decided to end a popular policy of allowing staff every other Friday off earlier this week.

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[Link] Google countersues Epic Games for lost Play Store money

Read: 17/10/2021 arstechnica.com

Epic Games keeps piling up lawsuits with app store owners. This time, Google is countersuing Epic for breach of contract. Epic signed contracts with both Google and Apple, pledging to use the default payment systems for in-app purchases.

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[Link] Apple bans Fortnite from App Store indefinitely as legal battle continues

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Apple has blacklisted Fortnite from the App Store until appeals in its legal battle with the game’s maker, Epic, are completed, Epic Games’ CEO, Tim Sweeney, said on Wednesday – a process that could take years.

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