Apple’s App Store to face scrutiny in Germany as FCO opens ‘market power’ proceeding

Germany’s competition authority, the FCO, has completed its Big Tech GAFA ‘bingo’ card by opening a proceeding against Apple. As with similar investigations already opened this year — into Amazon, Facebook and Google — the proceeding will determine whether or not the iPhone maker meets […]

Vietnamese financial services app MFast gets $1.5M pre-Series A led by Do Ventures

MFast founders Phan Thanh Long and Phan Thanh Vinh MFast, a mobile app that lets Vietnamese users in remote areas access financial services, announced it has raised a $1.5 million pre-Series A today. The round was led by Do Ventures, with participation from JAFCO Asia.  […]

Samsung Galaxy S21 could be among the first phones to get Android 12 Samsung Galaxy S21

Samsung makes excellent smartphones, but one thing it’s not usually so excellent on is timely software updates, with even its flagship phones often not being among the first handsets to get new Android versions. But that could all change with Android 12. According to Max […]