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Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales

Google announced on Tuesday that it will cut Google Play app store fees to 15% on the first million dollars a developer makes on Google’s store per year after developers cross the $1 million mark in sales for a year, charging developers its standard 30% fee for in-app purchases and downloads. The move follows a similar decision from Apple in December, although Apple only applies to developers who make under $1million per year from Apple’s App Store.

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China is building the (cheap) smart homes of the future

China is moving into the smart-home era well ahead of the rest of the world, with Xiaomi marshaling its experience in hardware manufacturing and taking advantage of China's lax privacy protections to achieve what Amazon and Google can only dream of: a total takeover of the home, all of which is connected to a mobile app.

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In a First, Uber Agrees to Classify British Drivers as ‘Workers’

Uber has been fighting attempts to reclassify drivers as company workers rather than lower-cost, self-employed freelancers, retreating from that hard-line stance in Britain after a major legal defeat. Uber will reclassified more than 70,000 drivers in Britain as workers who will receive a minimum wage, vacation pay and access to a pension plan.