Google, Apple raise app prices 10% on new tax rule
Jul 10, 2015
Prices for smartphone applications sold in South Korea through Google and Apple platforms rose 10 percent starting this month, industry sources said Friday, as the government started imposing taxes on overseas-based open markets. According to the sources, U.S. tech giants Google Inc. and Apple Inc. rolled out new price policies earlier this month and notified application developers of such changes. Google's price hike came into effect on July 1, while Apple increased prices on Thursday. Th