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According to a thread on Reddit (via Android Police), Google has sent emails to Verizon customers notifying them about this change. The email says Verizon carrier billing for Play Store purchases will no longer be available starting February 22, 2022. This will not majorly impact users who make one-off purchases on Play Store. They can select some other payment method for their future purchases. However, for users who have selected Verizon carrier billing for recurring payments such as monthly subscriptions, this upcoming change will require them to act....

This is the result of the European Copyright Directive, which will soon become national law in several EU countries. Google acknowledges the ambiguity of the new Directive in its blog post. “The law also creates new rights for publishers when longer previews of their content are used online – but without defining what exactly a short extract or a longer preview is.” “Despite this uncertainty, we announced last year that we will pay news publishers for content which goes beyond links and short extracts, as we are already doing in countries such as Germany,” Google said....

Until July last year, Google took a 30 percent cut from every dollar Android developers made from apps distributed through Play Store. Worse yet, developers couldn’t opt for a third-party billing system. They must use the Android maker’s billing system and pay it a hefty chunk of their revenue. For small developers, this money could be critical for their growth. To that end, Google last year revamped its commission structure to half the revenue cut to 15 percent for the first $1 million revenue a developer generates in a year....

There are two big reasons why it is being highlighted here. For one, it’s pretty inexpensive, while still offering a really great experience. The Govee Immersion Kit comes in at $149, which is far lower than a comparable product from Philips Hue – their HDMI Sync Box is $250 by itself, never mind the lights. Govee can sync the lights with what is on your TV screen Govee can sync the lights with what is on your TV screen...

Huawei kind of had to sell HONOR in order to push the company to new heights. The trade ban that the US imposed hurt HONOR, and its global market share, mainly due to the fact the company didn’t have access to Google services. That has all changed a while back, and HONOR’s devices now come with a proper Google suite. The company has been growing ever since, and it is looking to get back its market share....