Google has gained permission to sell its e-books and audiobooks directly to customers through its iOS app, Google Play Books. While iOS apps today can offer access to content previously purchased elsewhere,

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has issued blocking orders for 119 apps, largely video and voice chat platforms. However, only 15 have been taken down so far, while the rest remain accessible.

The law requires TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to sell its U.S. assets in order to continue operating in the U.S. While the law only mandated that ByteDance remove TikTok from app stores in the U.S. if it failed to meet the sale deadline, company executives decided to shut down the app entirely.

TikTok has been made available on the App Store and Google Play Store again in the US, after the app was delisted when a ban upheld by the Supreme Court went into effect on January 18.

Google is rolling out a new "Get Book" button on Google Play Books that takes users directly to Google Play's website. There, users can buy their ebooks and read them seamlessly o

Apple device owners that use Google Play Books to manage ebooks can now make purchases via a "Get book" link that takes them to the Google Play store to make a purchase.