Tag: Android
EU: Google attempted to settle the Android antitrust case in 2017
The European Union hit Google with a second large fine. The new US$5 billion penalty is almost double the US$2.8 billion punishment Google received...
EU: EC rules Google abused OS power, fined €4.3b
Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of the European Union’s antitrust body, announced on Wednesday, July 18, that Google “engaged in illegal practices to cement...
EU: Android findings likely to be determined July 18
In a report based on information from sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg Technology posits that the EU announcement on the results of the...
EU: Vestager says Android antitrust probe ‘advancing’
While Google’s appeal of the US$2.9 billion fine imposed by the European Commission in 2017 makes its way forward, EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager...
Exclusion in Digital Markets
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Exclusion in Digital Markets
By Konstantinos Stylianou (University of Leeds)
Abstract: Exclusionary practices and effects are at the core of...
US: Paypal partners with Google for Android Pay
PayPal and Alphabet Google deepened their relationship with a new agreement that enables payments through the tap of a phone from PayPal accounts at...
Russia: Google settles Android $7.8 million antitrust dispute
Google has agreed to pay $7.8m in fines and rewrite contracts with smartphone manufacturers under a settlement with Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog over access to...
Google Android after Microsoft: some thoughts on the proceedings brought against...
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Google Android after Microsoft: some thoughts on the proceedings brought against Google for abuse of a dominant position
By Giulia...
Denmark: Consumer watchdog takes on Google
Denmark’s Data Protection Agency has received a complaint about Alphabet’s Google. A Danish consumer watchdog claims it is breaking privacy laws by not capping...
EU: Google faces new complaint over Android
Open Internet Project, whose members include Axel Springer and Getty Images, on Tuesday accused Alphabet unit Google of imposing anti-competitive curbs on Android smartphone...