Spotify says Apple is ‘choking competition’ and ruining its audiobook store

Nick Barclay / The Verge Spotify says Apple is making it harder to sell audiobooks, an offering Spotify just introduced last month. The company called Apple practices “anticompetitive” and said it was “choking competition” in a blog post published just before the company revealed its earnings report on Tuesday. Spotify says Apple’s rules make the…

Google’s revenue continues to grow as its profits are still shrinking

Illustration: The Verge Earlier this summer, Google’s parent company Alphabet made it clear that it was trying to get into fighting form as its profits slipped. The company’s earnings report, released on Tuesday, however, shows that it still appears to be on the same path of growing revenue but shrinking profits. This quarter, the company…

Venmo payments will be available to all Amazon shoppers by Black Friday

What a coincidental timing. PayPal We are exactly one month out from that most American of holidays—Black Friday. To get people even more hyped for their annual, post-Turkey Day consumerism binge, PayPal has announced it is partnering to integrate a Venmo payment option into Amazon checkout services. The rollout is already in progress for American…

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