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- Walmart's 10 best deals of Cyber Monday 2018
- Apple will tell the Supreme Court that it can't be sued by iPhone users who say the App Store is a monopoly
- Google Removes 13 Apps From Google Play Store, Citing Malware: Did You Download Any Of Them?
| Walmart's 10 best deals of Cyber Monday 2018 Posted: 26 Nov 2018 07:30 AM PST Walmart is a top destination each and every year for Black Friday, and last week’s big Black Friday blitz was par for the course. Walmart had a slew of killer deals that couldn’t be found anywhere else, and shoppers flooded the retailer’s site in search of big savings. Of course, Cyber Monday 2018 is more of the same from Walmart, which has updated its mega-sale with all sorts of new deals and discounts on some of the most popular products on the planet right now. An Instant Pot Gem 8-in-1 Multicooker for $55, a $300 Shark Ion robot vacuum for $170, a 50-inch LED TV for $199.99, and $100 off Microsoft’s best-selling Xbox One S bundle are just a few of the killer Cyber Monday 2018 deals you’ll find on Walmart’s site today. Shop the entire sale right here, or check out our picks below for the top 10 Cyber Monday deals at Walmart. Sceptre 50″ Class FHD (1080P) LED TV
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| Posted: 26 Nov 2018 06:37 AM PST  A nearly decade-long battle over Apple's App Store is set to finally be argued before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether the company can be forced to pay damages to iPhone owners who say the App Store is an unlawful monopoly. The iPhone owners who brought the suit allege that Apple's 30 percent commission on app sales amounts to price gouging passed on to consumers. iPhone owners can only buy apps through the App Store, unless they bypass Apple's rules by "jailbreaking" their phone, which modifies the iPhone's software so users can download apps outside the App Store. Jailbreaking an iPhone voids its warranty. The case does not address the underlying monopoly issue, but instead will determine whether the iPhone users can bring the charge at all. Apple has argued that only app developers could bring such a suit. The stakes of the Supreme Court battle are high. Experts say that if the court permits iPhone users to bring their suit, they could force the company to refund a percentage of every app sold over a four year period, possibly saddling the electronics giant with hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties. Whether iPhone users get that payout won't be resolved by the Supreme Court. If the iPhone owners win Monday's fight, they will have to prove in a district court battle that Apple has a monopoly that has led to overcharging, which Apple vigorously denies. Nonetheless, the case is the most important business dispute of the term, and the most consequential litigation facing Apple outside of its billion dollar intellectual property suit against chipmaker Qualcomm. Analysts watching the case say it could have an impact for shareholders. "I would say that it is significant to the stock, because if you look at what's driving shares, part of it is that Apple's services revenue is elevating," said Tom Forte, an analyst at D.A. Davidson who covers Apple and other consumer technology companies. Forte said that the primary drivers of the company's shares in recent weeks were the U.S.-China trade war and slowing iPhone sales. But, he said, "if they were to lose, that could put further pressure on the stock." Apple's services revenue, which comes from the App Store as well as other products such as iTunes and iCloud, hit a record $10 billion in revenue last quarter. The company's market cap exceeds $800 billion. The court's decision in the case, which is named Apple Inc. v. Pepper, No. 17-204, could have an impact beyond Apple. It could also open up other tech companies that operate electronic marketplaces, like Facebook, Ebay, Amazon and Alphabet's Google, to similar challenges. In a statement, Apple said that its App Store has fueled competition. The company said the store is responsible for the creation of millions of jobs and more than $100 billion in payments to app developers. "We are hopeful the Supreme Court will recognize Apple's critical role as a marketplace for apps, and uphold existing legal precedent by finding in favor of Apple and the millions of developers who sell their apps on our platform," the company said. Despite affecting the biggest tech companies in the world, Monday's case hinges on how the Supreme Court's justices will apply a decidedly low-tech ruling from the latter half of the 20th century. The precedent the court is revisiting was set in Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, a 1977 dispute in which the court ruled in favor of concrete brick manufacturers. The state of Illinois sued the brickmakers for allegedly inflating their prices, causing an increase in the the cost of public building projects. The court ruled that even though the increased brick costs might hurt Illinois indirectly, only the contractors who actually bought the bricks had standing to sue. That established the so-called "Illinois brick doctrine," which says that only the direct purchaser of a good can collect damages from a monopoly holder. Apple, which is supported by the Justice Department, will argue Monday that it is not directly selling apps to iPhone users. Rather, Apple will say that it is acting as an agent for app developers, who ultimately are selling their wares to consumers. In exchange for the commission Apple takes on app sales, the company provides access to its vast user base and performs other services, such as malware detection. That view is supported by The App Association, an industry group that represents developers. The group has said that, in its view, "the customer is unequivocally buying from the app developer, not the platform the developer sold their app through," and cautioned that a ruling against Apple could jeopardize the app economy. But the iPhone owners bringing the suit take a different view. They argue that Apple directly sells the apps in its store, and has gone to "great lengths" to keep it that way, both by establishing technical barriers to other marketplaces and by penalizing those who jailbreak their devices. While Apple does not price the goods in its App Store, the iPhone users argue that Apple still exercises control over pricing. Apple requires that that any app sold have a price that ends in 99 cents, such as $1.99. Herbert Hovenkamp, one of the country's top antitrust experts and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and The Wharton School, the university's business school, joined a brief supporting the iPhone owners in the case. In an interview, Hovenkamp said that the case is distinct from Illinois Brick. In that case, he said, it was the brickmakers who were alleged to be conspiring to inflate prices. But in this case, the equivalent party — the app developers — are innocent, potentially even victims of the alleged monopoly. "Illinois Brick assumes that you've got an antitrust violator, and that violator sells to some innocent retailer or distributor, or someone in the middle, and then that innocent retailer sells to someone who then sues," Hovenkamp said. But, in this case, it's different: Apple, the alleged violator, is the one in the middle, he said. A ruling is expected to come by late June. WATCH: Steve Jobs defends his commitment to Apple on CNBC in 1997 This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Google Removes 13 Apps From Google Play Store, Citing Malware: Did You Download Any Of Them? Posted: 25 Nov 2018 09:52 PM PST  Over a dozen apps have been removed from the Google Play store after a security researcher discovered that the apps were harmful. ESET's Lukas Stefanko posted about the 13 apps on his Twitter account on Nov. 19, telling followers that the apps—most of which are simulation games—contain malware. Approximately 560,000 people are thought to have downloaded the apps. The apps included graphics that indicated simulations for driving a luxury car and a fire truck. All the apps were made by the same developer, Luiz O. Pinto. While the apps were disguised as games, they did not work when users tried to load them in order to play on phones and tablets. Instead, the apps would repeatedly crash but were still able to install malware, NDTV reports. If you have downloaded one of the apps containing malware, Digital Trends recommends rebooting your phone in safe or airplane mode before visiting the app settings menu to uninstall the app. After that, users should install malware protection and check to see that any other apps aren't known to be utilizing malware. Here is the full list of malicious Android applications: Luxury Cars SUV Traffic This story has been updated to correct the name of Lukas Sefanko's company. It has also been updated with the list of malicious applications on the Play Store. |
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