Google's web app plans collide with Apple's iPhone, Safari rules

The struggle is over the future of the web.

Google and Apple, which already battle over mobile operating systems, are opening a new front in their fight. How that plays out may determine the future of the web.

Google was born on the web, and its business reflects its origin. The company depends on the web for search and advertising revenue. So it isn't a surprise that Google sees the web as key to the future of software. Front and center are web apps, interactive websites with the same power as conventional apps that run natively on operating systems like Windows, Android, MacOS and iOS.

https://www.cnet.com/news/google-web-app-plans-collide-with-apple-iphone-safari-rules/

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Exclusive: Trump administration asks court to dismiss Big Tech's challenge to social media executive order

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has filed a motion asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit against the president’s executive order targeting social media companies, calling it a “profound misunderstanding,” according to a copy of the motion seen by Reuters.

The lawsuit was brought in June by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), a Washington-based tech group funded by Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter Inc. It marked the first major legal test of President Donald Trump’s directive.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-socialmedia-exclusive/exclusive-trump-administration-asks-court-to-dismiss-big-techs-challenge-to-social-media-executive-order-idUSKCN25831P

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