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Spotify leads call for investigation into ‘troubling’ Apple and Google app store practices
Spotify and a host of European internet businesses have called on Brussels to crack down…
Despite weakness in China, aspirational Apple brand remains strong around the world
A new analyst report sees Apple outperforming an expanding premiums smartphone market…
Revealed: How Google enlisted members of US Congress it bankrolled to fight $6 billion EU antitrust case
Google enlisted members of the US congress, whose election campaigns it had funded…
EU opens formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s e-book business
The European Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation into Amazon’s…
EU to probe Google, Amazon, other US sites over data use and search
Brussels is set to widen its front against US tech companies just two weeks…
Italian prosecutors wrap up tax probe into Apple, sources say
These new allegations are completely without merit, Apple says…
Apple’s App Store apps now labeled ‘Get’ instead of ‘Free’
Previously apps that were free to download from the iOS and Mac App Stores…
European antitrust investigators train sights on Google over Android
European regulators are laying the groundwork for a case centered on whether Google abuses…
EU clears Apple’s $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics
The European Union’s antitrust authority has cleared Apple’s $3 billion purchase…
Apple responds to EC complaints by touting iTunes’ app controls as ‘leading the industry,’ cites iOS 8 ‘Ask To Buy’ feature
In response to complaints published by European Commission regulators…
EU: Apple needs to do more to tackle in-app purchases problem
Apple has provided no concrete and immediate solutions to tackle the problem…
Rupert Murdoch criticizes excessive regulation, corporate tax policy for stymieing G20 growth
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch on Thursday criticized excessive financial regulation…
Apple, Google face EU pressure to limit kids’ app sales
Apple will be told by European Union regulators to curb purchases by children…
Apple CEO Tim Cook visits Ireland
Discussing his meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook earlier today, Enda Kenny said that Ireland…
Apple resumes Mac Pro sales in Europe after previous ban
Since March, Apple’s old Mac Pro has not been available in Europe…
Young users see Facebook as ‘dead and buried’
A study of how older teenagers in eight countries use social media…
Apple will be forced to change iPhone as Europe adopts common battery charger or something
Apple will be forced to fall in line with all the other smartphone manufacturers…
EU law may force Apple to drop Lightning connector for MicroUSB
Apple may be forced to drop the Lightning connector…
Apple could be forced to scrap Lightning connector under proposed EU law
Apple could be forced to scrap its iPhone chargers under EU plans…
EU antitrust regulators seek info from telecom firms, handset makers over Google’s Android
European Union antitrust regulators are asking mobile telecoms…
Penguin offers to scrap Apple e-book deals to settle EU antitrust case
British media group Pearson’s Penguin unit has offered to scrap…
French minister threatens EU action over Apple’s removal of Paris-based AppGratis from App Store
Last Friday, Apple banned AppGratis…
Microsoft, Oracle, over a dozen others call for EU probe of Google over Android
Google Inc. could soon face a formal complaint by European Union regulators…
Why Apple’s iPad and iPhone distribution faces EU antitrust scrutiny
Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s distribution practices for iPhones and iPad tablets…
EU antitrust regulators monitoring distribution of Apple’s iPhone, iPad
EU antitrust regulators have been informed of possible anti-competitive issues…
Apple sued in Belgium by consumer group over warranties
Apple Inc. is being sued by a Belgian consumer group over its product-warranty practices…
EU says its Google antitrust case not affected by U.S. FTC decision
A decision by U.S. regulators to end a probe into whether Google Inc…
Gotcha! Apple leverages Samsung’s EU antitrust problems, recent statement in U.S. ITC investigation
Apple’s notice informs the ITC of Samsung’s “remarkable about-face [last] week”…
Samsung hit with EU antitrust complaint over Apple injunctions
Samsung Electronics Co. was sent an antitrust complaint from the European Union…
EU ends e-book pricing antitrust probe into e-book pricing; accepts offer by Apple, four publishers
European Union regulators ended an antitrust probe into e-book prices on Thursday…
Apple files for trademark to protect the Apple logo’s leaf – yes, just the leaf
On November 04, 2012, The Trademarks and Designs Registration Office…
Euro zone falls into second recession since 2009
The debt crisis dragged the euro zone into its second recession since 2009…
Apple stops selling customer protection plan in Italy
Apple Inc has stopped selling a customer protection plan that raised concerns…
Amazon offers ebook refunds in price-fixing settlement
Amazon will offer partial refunds to customers who bought ebooks…
EU set to charge Microsoft over ruling breach
Microsoft Corp will be charged for failing to comply with a 2009 ruling ordering…
Apple now selling Lightning to microUSB adapter, but only in Europe
In 2010, the European Commission picked microUSB as the official standard…
Judge rubber-stamps U.S. e-books settlement
In a move that could reshape the publishing industry, a federal judge…
Apple, four publishers offer e-books antitrust concessions, says source
Apple and four major publishers have offered to allow retailers such as Amazon…
Apple wins EU-wide ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7
A ruling from the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court in Germany turns a new page…
Google in crosshairs of European regulators; $4 billion fine could be just days away
Europe may be a financial disaster and a faded military force, but in at least one arena…
Microsoft faces EU antitrust probe over browser choice SNAFU; Microsoft blames ‘technical error’
Microsoft Corp. risks European Union penalties for failing to comply…
