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Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want?

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As mobile game and app developers gasp for air under a player-gouging 30% duopoly-tax on nearly all mobile game revenue worldwide, Epic Games has emerged as the de facto leader of the gaming community in the fight for open computing on mobile. There were no gatekeepers — just a computer, a player, and a game.

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News: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeals From Apple and Epic in Antitrust Case

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Supreme Court denied requests to hear appeals from both Apple and Epic Games regarding the antitrust case Epic filed against Apple in 2020, Reuters reported. Further Epic Games v. Google: Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want? On Tuesday, January 16, the U.S. In 2021, U.S.

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FastSpring and EBANX Forge Partnership to Expand Pix Payments for Digital Products in Brazil

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Pix, Brazil’s instant payment system introduced by the Central Bank of Brazil in 2020, has rapidly gained popularity among consumers as a preferred digital payment method. ABOUT FASTSPRING FastSpring powers global payments for SaaS and software companies, video game publishers, and other digital goods businesses.

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How Vintage Wine Estates is Uncorking New Opportunities in Alcohol Ecommerce

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The latter is a particularly welcome development for large purveyors like Vintage Wines, which now have more options and space to introduce their offerings to consumers, and Kogan has been integral in rolling this out across the company’s portfolio at retailers across the country.

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Fontainebleau Las Vegas to Include 90,000-Square-Foot Shopping District

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In development since 2005, Fontainebleau Las Vegas is inspired by the brand’s Miami property, which was designed by famed architect Morris Lapidus. Building upon Lapidus’ vision is design and branding expert Peter Arnell, who is leading the artistic direction of the Fontainebleau Las Vegas to align the brand with the city’s luxury consumer.

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Sensory Enabling Technologies are Radically Reshaping the Future of Digital Retail

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Today, it is possible to stimulate all consumer senses online. Sensory Enabling Technologies (SETs) enable consumers to feel textures, smell and even perceive the taste of a product. Key takeaways: SETs enable brands to craft exemplary customer experiences online by appealing to consumers’ multisensory perception. 74% of U.S.

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Elf on the Shelf CEO on the Brand’s Unlikely but Enduring Success

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Image courtesy The Lumistella Company The success of the brand feels like something of a Christmas miracle to Co-founder and Co-CEO Christa Pitts, who launched the Elf on the Shelf with her twin sister, Chanda Bell, and mother, Carol Aebersold, in 2005. We’ll also be rolling out an endorsed brand name for all of our consumer products.

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