Google and Epic Games face off at trial over Play Store rules

Nov 6 (Reuters) - A jury trial that threatens to upend Google's Play Store began on Monday in U.S. court in San Francisco, where "Fortnite" maker Epic Games accused the Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit of abusing its power over app distribution and payments in violation of federal antitrust law. Epic hopes to convince jurors that Google's app store policies have hurt quality and innovation among app developers and distributors and caused consumers to pay artificially higher prices. Google planned to present counterclaims that Epic has violated its contract with Google. The...