Google had said it would be appealing the verdict. “As we have already stated, these changes would put consumers’ privacy and security at risk, make it harder for developers t

Small developers may be winners after a judge's ruling in the long legal battle between Epic Games and Google. The tech giant must allow consumers more choices on its app store.

Google has been ordered to open up its app store to rivals following a major court case in the US. Last year, a federal judge ruled the tech giant was running an illegal monopoly in how it controlled the distribution of apps on its Android operating system and via the Google Play Store.

Google Play Store, a judge ruled, upending the search giant’s dominance in the lucrative Android app market.A federal judge in San Francisco on Monday handed a big victory to Epic Games Inc. in its long-running antitrust challenge to the technology giant’s app store,

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In a landmark ruling, Judge James Donato has declared Google's tight grip on the Play Store an illegal monopoly, forcing them to usher in an era of unprecedented openness and competition. This verdict,

A US federal judge sided with Epic Games, ordering Google to open up its app store to rivals. Google has decided to challenge the decision.