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 Alex Lisov | Emirates virtual technology gives customers an immersive 3D 360-degree view of aircraft interiors. The Covid outbreak has been a catalyst for disrupting the tourism and digital landscapes, hastened when social media giant Meta (formerly Facebook) announced a rebranding towards the metaverse last year. The metaverse frenzy created a great amount of global hype, but it is still too early to predict how this trend will play out once people become more aware of it. In addition to the gaming industry, the tourism supply side and destinations such as Seoul and Barbados have already jumped on the metaverse bandwagon by embracing technology to serve this new digital trend. NEW TERRITORIES Tariq Al Mutawa, country manager for Thailand at Emirates, said the airline promoted technology to improve the customer experience before the metaverse trend emerged. Emirates utilised virtual technology to offer a virtual reality (VR) experience on board for passengers. They can experience...
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Alex Lisov | Google Play crackdown makes Amazon



Developers selling digital goods inside their Android apps all need to switch to Google Play billing, or they will be locked out of the Play Store. This has technically always been the rule at Google Play, but it went mostly unenforced until Google gave developers a deadline of September 2021 to get on board. The company then delayed the transition by letting app developers request a six-month extension, which ran out on March 31. So it has been a few days now-what’s different?


The Verge reports that Amazon and Barnes & Noble are both complying with Google’s rules. Amazon can sell whatever physical products it wants on its own billing system, but the company’s Audible division sells digital purchases, which means it’s Google Play or the highway. Amazon has responded by pulling digital book purchases from the Android Audible app.


A new support page entry says, “Starting with the Audible for Google Play Android app version 3.23, purchasing titles with a debit or credit card in the app is no longer supported.” While you can no longer make à la carte purchases, Amazon decided to let Audible subscriptions run through Google Play. Android app signups before April 1 go through Amazon, and after April 1, they’ll need to go through Google.


Barnes & Noble is in an unusual position. It’s ending digital purchases on its own hardware-the Nook HD 10" — because of the Google Play billing rules. The whole purpose of the Nook line was to let Barnes & Noble sell books, and now it’s just another tablet.


Barnes & Noble’s support page says, “As of April 4, 2022, with the release of NOOK Software Version 6.1, the ability to purchase has been removed from the Barnes & Noble NOOK App for Android and the NOOK HD 10” Designed with Lenovo.” Amazon and Barnes & Noble could both run their digital purchases through Google Play, but both companies have chosen not to because it would mean giving Google a cut of sales. Both apps are now just clients that will need your existing library synced to them.

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