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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google paying hefty price to keep search engine default on Safari

    Google paying hefty price to keep search engine default on Safari Alphabet Inc. paid Apple Inc. $20 billion in 2022 (R327.48 billion at that year's average exchange rate) for Google to be the default search engine in the Safari browser, according to newly unsealed court documents in the Justice...
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    • antitrust apple google google search mac computers online advertising online search safari browser search engines
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  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Apple's market value continues drop after US DOJ announces antitrust lawsuit

    Apple's market value continues drop after US DOJ announces antitrust lawsuit Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are training their eyes on Apple Inc., unnerving investors with fears over fines and threatening its market dominance. In the US, the Justice Department and 16 attorneys...
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    • antitrust apple big tech digital markets act (dma) european commission european union tech shares us department of justice
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  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Amazon kills $1.4-billion iRobot deal

    Amazon kills $1.4-billion iRobot deal Amazon.com Inc. has abandoned its planned $1.4-billion (R26.36 billion) acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot Corp. after clashing with European Union regulators who had threatened to block the deal. The fallout came quickly. IRobot, which has been struggling...
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    36% of Google Search revenue on Safari goes to Apple

    36% of Google Search revenue on Safari goes to Apple Google pays Apple Inc. 36% of the revenue it earns from search advertising made through the Safari browser, the main economics expert for the Alphabet Inc. unit said Monday. Kevin Murphy, a University of Chicago professor, disclosed the...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Sundar Pichai denies deleting evidence in major antitrust case

    Sundar Pichai denies deleting evidence in major antitrust case Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai sought to defend himself against US government accusations that he has encouraged internal communications to be hidden from enforcers scrutinising the company for antitrust violations...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    EU happy with Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal tweaks to appease CMA

    EU happy with Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal tweaks to appease CMA Microsoft Corp.’s rehashed $69-billion (R1.3-trillion) acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. is set to avoid another European Union probe, paving the way for closing of the gaming industry’s biggest ever deal as soon as...
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    • activision blizzard antitrust competition and markets authority (cma) european union microsoft us federal trade commission (ftc)
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    Apple weighed switch to DuckDuckGo as default search engine

    Apple weighed switch to DuckDuckGo as default search engine Apple Inc. held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the default search engine for the private mode on Apple’s Safari browser, but ultimately rejected the idea. The details of those talks — and Apple’s...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Nvidia offices raided as part of French antitrust probe — WSJ

    Nvidia offices raided as part of French antitrust probe — WSJ French antitrust enforcers raided the offices of a business suspected of engaging in “anticompetitive practices in the graphics cards sector,” targeting a company that the Wall Street Journal identified as Nvidia Corp. “Raids do not...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Microsoft discussed sale of Bing to Apple

    Microsoft discussed sale of Bing to Apple Microsoft Corp. discussed selling its Bing search engine to Apple Inc. around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default option on the iPhone maker’s devices, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Executives from Microsoft...
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    Amazon sued by FTC for “monopolising” online marketplace services and seller overchargers

    Amazon sued by FTC for “monopolising” online marketplace services and seller overchargers The US Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon.com Inc. in a long-anticipated antitrust case, accusing the e-commerce giant of monopolising online marketplace services by degrading quality for shoppers and...
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    Google Maps saw usage plummet after default app switch on iPhone

    Google Maps saw usage plummet after default app switch on iPhone Two years after Apple Inc. dropped Google Maps as its default service on iPhones in favour of its own app, Google had regained only 40% of the mobile traffic it used to have on its mapping service, a Google executive testified in...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big antitrust lawsuit coming Amazon's way

    Big antitrust lawsuit coming Amazon's way The Federal Trade Commission is likely to sue Amazon.com Inc. later this month, capping a four-year antitrust investigation into the company, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The antitrust suit is expected to target the online retail...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Microsoft takes new Activision Blizzard deal offer to CMA

    Microsoft takes new Activision Blizzard deal offer to CMA Microsoft Corp.’s $69-billion (R1.29-trillion) Activision Blizzard Inc. acquisition got a new chance at winning approval from UK regulators after the tech giant submitted a substantially different deal to the country’s antitrust...
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    Broadcom's $61 billion VMware takeover gets all-clear in UK

    Broadcom's $61 billion VMware takeover gets all-clear in UK Broadcom Inc.’s $61-billion (R1.16-trillion) takeover of VMware Inc. was cleared by the UK’s antitrust watchdog, paving the way for one of the largest-ever tech deals. The Competition and Markets Authority confirmed its provisional...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Shein rival sues for alleged threats and intimidation of clothing manufacturers

    Shein rival sues for alleged threats and intimidation of clothing manufacturers Chinese-owned online retailer Temu sued rival Shein in the US, alleging it violated antitrust laws by using threats and intimidation to block clothing manufacturers from working with the fast-rising upstart. Shein...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    FTC officially sues to stop Microsoft's Activision deal

    FTC officially sues to stop Microsoft's Activision deal The Federal Trade Commission sued Microsoft Corp. in federal court Monday to block the company from closing its $69-billion (R1.29-trillion) acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. In a filing in California federal court, the FTC sought a...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google flouted court order to preserve employee chats

    Google flouted court order to preserve employee chats Alphabet Inc.’s Google flouted a court order requiring it to save records of employee chats in antitrust litigation over its Google Play app store policies, a federal judge concluded. Google gave almost 360 employees “carte blanche” not to...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google must face US states' antitrust lawsuit, judge rules

    Google must face US states' antitrust lawsuit, judge rules An antitrust suit by state attorneys general accusing Alphabet Inc.’s Google of monopolising the technology underlying online advertising can move forward, a New York federal judge ruled. Judge P. Kevin Castel on Tuesday allowed the...
  20. Anthro

    CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos & Sundar Pichai testify before House Judiciary

    CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos & Sundar Pichai testify before House Judiciary Commitee https://www.cnet.com/news/historic-antitrust-hearing-kicks-off-with-big-tech-on-the-hot-seat/ A historic antitrust hearing kicked off early Wednesday afternoon, with the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon...
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    Google avoids fine with EU antitrust deal

    Google dodges antitrust fine Google agreed to make concessions on how it displays competitors’ links on its website in a deal with the European Union regulator
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