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Apple explains why it has no plans to create a search engine
Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, has explained the company’s decision not to develop a search engine to compete…
In 2022 alone, Google paid Apple $20 billion to cement its illegal monopoly
Alphabet subsidiary Google is “a monopolist, and has acted as one to maintain its monopoly” in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act…
U.S. judge rules Google has illegal monopoly on search
A U.S. judge ruled on Monday that Google violated U.S. antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly and…
Google pays Apple 36% of its Safari search advertising revenue
Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue it earns from search advertising made through the Safari browser, the main economics expert…
Alphabet CEO defends paying Apple to make Google Safari’s default search engine
Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice…
DOJ’s antitrust case to break up Google hinges on four iPhone Taps and a swipe
The core of the U.S. DOJ’s argument that Google is an illegal monopoly is a process that involves four taps and a swipe on an iPhone…
Microsoft pondered selling Bing search engine to Apple in 2020
Microsoft discussed selling its Bing search engine to Apple around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default option…
Microsoft complains that Apple used Bing as a ‘bargaining chip’ in Google negotiations
A Microsoft executive complained that when it came to the search-engine wars with Alphabet subsidiary Google, the company’s Bing was…
Why does Google pay Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine?
Google pays Apple tens of billions of dollars annually to be Safari’s default search engine because iPhone users are…
Apple execs Eddy Cue and John Giannandrea set to testify in DOJ’s Google search trial
Two of Apple’s highest-ranking executives will testify in the U.S. Department of Justice’s trial against Alphabet subsidiary Google …
DOJ antitrust trial focuses on the billions Google pays Apple to be Safari’s default search engine
The Department of Justice’s case against Alphabet-subsidiary Google is the first test of Silicon Valley’s dominance since it took action against…
Microsoft’s new AI-powered Bing hits 100 million daily users
Shares of Microsoft rose 1% after the new AI-powered Bing reached 100 million daily active users. The new Bing offers search, chat…
Microsoft brings ChatGPT-powered Bing to Apple iPhone and iPad apps
Two weeks ago, Microsoft introduced the world to the all new AI ChatGPT-powered Bing. Since then, Microsoft has welcomed more than a million…
U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Google could benefit Apple
A landmark lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department against Alphabet’s Google subsidiary over its abusive digital advertising monopoly…
U.S. Justice Department sues Google for monopolizing digital advertising technologies
Today, the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology…
Is Apple preparing to launch its own search engine?
The rumor mill is revving up ahead of WWDC 2022 with an oldie but a goodie: Apple is prepping the launch its own search engine …
Lawsuit alleges that Google pays Apple to steer clear of search engine market
California Crane School filed a class action antitrust case basically alleging that Google pays Apple to stay out of the search engine market…
Google parent company Alphabet hits $2 trillion market cap, joining Apple and Microsoft
Google parent company Alphabet briefly hit a market capitalization of $2 trillion on Monday, joining Apple and Microsoft at the $2+ billion…
Apple should develop its own search engine to take on Google
We’ve been saying that Apple should develop their own search engine to counteract Google’s monopoly. No one company should control…
Apple tried to hire away former Google search chief Ben Gomes
When Apple went after a pair of high-profile managers for its Siri and artificial intelligence groups: Google’s top brass overseeing search …
Four more U.S. states join Texas-led antitrust lawsuit against Google
Four more states have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Alphabet Inc’s Google that accuses it of breaking antitrust laws…
Australia to investigate Apple’s default search deal with Google
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is focused on internet browser defaults, including Apple’s default search deal with Google …
U.S. government asks Google for detailed search data in antitrust case
U.S. government antitrust authorities asked Alphabet unit Google to fork over granular information on how its search engine works…
Details about Apple default search deal shows how Google discourages competition
The DOJ’s case against Google’s centers on its practice of spending billions of dollars a year to become the default search engine on…
Apple seeks to keep competitive secrets from Google in-house lawyers
In a filing Friday in federal court in Washington, Apple said confidential competitive secrets it provided to the U.S. DOJ for the Google …
Apple steps up efforts to develop alternative to Google search monopoly
Apple has increased its efforts to develop its own search technology as competition authorities in the U.S. and Europe question its deal…
Google pays Apple $8 billion to $12 billion per year to be default search on iPhones, iPads, and Macs
Last Tuesday, the DOJ filed a landmark lawsuit against Google and homed in on the Google’s annual multi-billion dollar payment to Apple to…
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz: Big tech companies like Google are ‘drunk on power’
“Big tech is, I believe, drunk on power. They are getting more brazen.” — U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Cruz voiced displeasure over…
DOJ antitrust lawsuit targets Google’s multibillion-dollar default search pact with Apple
The U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit is targeting Google’s multibillion-dollar default search pact with Apple. The Justice Department’s lawsuit…
Google is finally getting the antitrust treatment it deserves
The U.S. Justice Department today filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law…
U.S. DOJ cites Apple deal in antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google
The United State’s Department of Justice on Tuesday filed antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google that focus on the company’s…
U.S. DOJ says Google breakup may be needed to end violations of antitrust law
The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday, claiming the $1 trillion company uses its…
U.S. government to file antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law…
U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Google is imminent
The U.S. DOJ is expected to brief state attorneys general this week about its imminent plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google …
Apple may be preparing a search engine to take on Google
Changes in Spotlight Search on iOS and iPadOS 14 beta, a significant update to its Applebot support page, and an increase in crawling…
Analyst: Apple should buy DuckDuckGo search engine
In a new note to clients, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi suggests that Apple should buy DuckDuckGo, the search engine which he values at…
U.S. Department of Justice gearing up for antitrust investigation of Google
The Justice Department is gearing up for an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, a move that could present a major new layer of regulatory scrutiny for the search giant…
Should Apple have its own search engine?
Apple CEO Tim Cook was made to answer a very uncomfortable question…
Tim Cook: Why Apple accepts billions annually from Google to be Safari’s default search engine despite privacy concerns
Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t name names when he spoke out against the privacy practices…
DuckDuckGo: What it’s like to use a search engine that values your privacy
DuckDuckGo prides itself on not tracking users…
Mark Zuckerberg loses $16 billion in record Facebook fall
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday…
