BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google will charge hardware firms up to $40 per device to use its apps under a new licensing system to replace one that the European Union this year deemed anti-competitive, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. The new fee goes into effect on Oct. 29 for […]

The head of the NHS, Simon Stevens, this week has called for Facebook and Instagram to fund treatment of mental health problems because of the damage caused by social media. This ‘mental health levy’ follows a huge rise in admissions to mental health services, particularly among teenage girls. Taxing the tech giants is fine – they’re good for […]

For small indie game developers, the advent of Apple’s App Store and Google Play has proven to be both a blessing and a curse. While one-man bands were able to upstage some of the world’s largest game publishers initially – Flappy Bird, anyone? – established studios have started to catch up, with competition in the […]

Where have we come from? In the last ten years, since the iPhone was released, the nature of the web has shifted. Once we designed and coded with HTML for large screens, now it’s all about what’s in the palm of your hand. When the iPhone first came out, there was no app store, all we […]