antitrust
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Google, Burned By $7 Billion Fine, Tells Europe That Phone Makers Will Have To Pay To Preload Apps
In response to the record-setting $US5 ($7) billion fine recently levied against Google by the European Union, the search giant is making some changes. On Tuesday, it announced that manufacturers will soon have to pay a licensing fee to ship devices into the European Economic Area (EEA) with Google apps pre-installed.
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Here’s Why Google Just Got Hit With A Record $6.83 Billion Fine
Considering Android’s massive mobile market share, this was pretty much an inevitability. But yesterday it finally happened for real: The EU slapped Google’s parent company Alphabet with a record fine of €4.34 billion ($6.83 billion) for violating European antitrust regulations.
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European Union Competition Watchdog Renews Threats To Break Up Google Into Smaller Companies
Facebook may be having a very bad week stateside and in the UK over its Cambridge Analytica data scandal, but over in the continental European Union officials are maintaining that fellow tech giant Google may ultimately need to be broken up, lest it swallow the internet whole.
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Big Dairy Pays Out Big Bucks To US Milk Lovers Over Alleged Conspiracy To Kill 500,000 Cows
In September, Big Dairy settled a lawsuit for over $US50 million ($66 million), which claimed it conspired to kill off 500,000 cows in an effort to gouge milk prices. Now, milk lovers in 15 US states can potentially reap the rewards of this lawsuit by visiting the website, boughtmilk.com.