Apple leverages idea of switching to Bing to pry more money out of Google, Microsoft exec says
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple leverages idea of switching to Bing to pry more money out of Google, Microsoft exec says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Apple was never serious about replacing Google with Microsoft’s Bing as the default search engine in Macs and iPhones, but kept the possibility open as a “bargaining chip’’ to extract bigger payments from Google, a Microsoft executive testified Wednesday in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. Analysts estimate Apple collects $15 billion to $20 billion a year in revenue-sharing payments from Google in return for giving its search engine the coveted default slot on Apple’s devices. Another witness, the founder of startup Branch Metrics, testified that Google’s exclusive contracts with phone companies and equipment manufacturers sabotaged his company’s attempts to market a search engine for apps on smartphones. Alexander Austin said his Palo Alto, California-based company was forced to scale back what its product could do to avoid running afoul of Google’s agreements with companies like Samsung and Verizon that make Google’s search engine the default choice on digital devices.

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Google proposes to loosen default search engine deals with Apple and others in US antitrust case
3 days, 14 hours ago

Google proposes to loosen default search engine deals with Apple and others in US antitrust case

Hindustan Times  

Alphabet's Google proposed on Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices to address a U.S. ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search. The judge found the agreements give Google a "major, largely unseen advantage over its rivals" and result in most devices in the U.S. coming …

Why the US forced sale of Google's Chrome faces legal hurdles
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1 month ago

Why the US forced sale of Google's Chrome faces legal hurdles

India TV News  

Efforts by U.S. antitrust regulators to break up Alphabet by forcing a sale of its Google Chrome browser and other proposals to limit its search dominance are likely to run into legal challenges on grounds the remedies are extreme. Google called the DOJ's approach "unprecedented government overreach that would harm American consumers, developers, and small businesses," giving as examples diminished …

Google Break-Up: US Regulator Could Force Search Giant To Sell Off Chrome, Stop Android Favour
1 month ago

Google Break-Up: US Regulator Could Force Search Giant To Sell Off Chrome, Stop Android Favour

ABP News  

US regulators are ramping up efforts to dismantle Google’s monopoly power, proposing a breakup of the tech giant that could see its Chrome web browser sold off and its Android software stripped of preferential treatment for its search engine. These include halting multibillion-dollar agreements that make Google the default search engine on devices like Apple’s iPhone and requiring Google to …

Apple will retain Google as default search engine in Safari; wont force its users to switch to Bing
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Apple will retain Google as default search engine in Safari; wont force its users to switch to Bing

The Hindu  

Apple is set to retain Google as the default search engine on its Safari browser. While Apple users can change the default search engines on iOS devices anytime, the tech giant says it has no plans to make a switch in the current default. Apple receives $20 billion annually from Google to ensure it is the default search engine in …

A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search
4 months, 2 weeks ago

A judge has branded Google a monopolist, but AI may bring about quicker change in internet search

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating its competitors. Even so, Mehta’s 277-page ruling Monday creates challenges for Google that company founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin probably didn’t envision when they set out to revolutionize internet search while attending Stanford University as graduate students. The default option then helped Google …

Google has an illegal monopoly for online search, US judge rules in huge blow to tech giant
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google has an illegal monopoly for online search, US judge rules in huge blow to tech giant

Daily Mail  

A US judge on Monday ruled in a landmark anti-trust case that Google has maintained an illegal monopoly with its dominant search engine. Google CEO Sundar Pichai gave testimony during a 10-week trial last year Google's president of global affairs said the company intends to appeal District Court Judge Amrit Mehta's findings. He also pointed out that Mehta concluded Google …

US judge rules Google has a monopoly on search in antitrust case
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US judge rules Google has a monopoly on search in antitrust case

ABC  

Google broke the law with its monopoly over online searches and related ads, a federal judge has ruled, marking the US Department of Justice's first victory against a monopoly in over 20 years. Judge Mehta's ruling against Alphabet's major revenue driver paves the way for a second trial to determine potential fixes, such as requiring the company to stop paying …

Google Loses Massive Antitrust Case Over Search Dominance
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google Loses Massive Antitrust Case Over Search Dominance

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — A judge on Monday ruled that Google’s ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation, a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies. Google’s search engine processes an estimated 8.5 billion queries per day worldwide, nearly doubling its daily …

Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge

LA Times  

In a major blow to Google, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the tech giant violated antitrust laws by illegally maintaining a monopoly on web searches. “As this process continues, we will remain focused on making products that people find helpful and easy to use.” Regulators alleged that Google maintained a monopoly on web searches by reaching agreements with …

Would You Still Use Google if It Didn't Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone?
54 years, 11 months ago

Would You Still Use Google if It Didn't Pay Apple $20 Billion to Get on Your iPhone?

Wired  

Microsoft has poured over $100 billion into developing its Bing search engine over the past two decades but has little market share to show for it. Mehta heard closing arguments on Thursday, with government attorneys arguing that without his intervention Google’s dominance would remain in years to come—despite nascent threats from AI chatbots like ChatGPT. Central to the government’s case …

Google gives Apple 36pc of ad revenue from Safari browser, court hears
1 year, 1 month ago

Google gives Apple 36pc of ad revenue from Safari browser, court hears

The Telegraph  

Google gives Apple a 36pc cut of advertising revenue from its searches made in its Safari browser, a court has heard. The US Department of Justice has accused Google of abusing its dominant position by paying billions to ensure that its search engine remains the default on smartphones and browsers. According to Prof Murphy, Apple receives 36pc of all advertising …

Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends paying Apple and others to make Google search the default on devices
1 year, 1 month ago

Google CEO Sundar Pichai defends paying Apple and others to make Google search the default on devices

The Hindu  

Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience “seamless and easy.’’ The Department of Justice contends that Google — a company whose very …

Google CEO defends paying Apple and others to make Google the default search engine on devices
1 year, 1 month ago

Google CEO defends paying Apple and others to make Google the default search engine on devices

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Testifying in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended his company’s practice of paying Apple and other tech companies to make Google the default search engine on their devices, saying the intent was to make the user experience “seamless and easy.’’ The Department of Justice contends that Google — a company …

‘Deal with Apple doesn’t look good’: Sundar Pichai warned Google's founders before assuming CEO role
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Deal with Apple doesn’t look good’: Sundar Pichai warned Google's founders before assuming CEO role

Firstpost  

Sundar Pichai had told Google’s founders that their deal with Apple to be the default search engine had very bad optics and would create a bad impression, years before he was made the CEO. The emails reveal concerns about Google’s agreement with Apple Inc. to be the default search engine on the Safari web browser. He wrote, “I know we …

Sundar Pichai expressed ‘bad optics’ concerns over Google's search engine partnership with Apple
1 year, 2 months ago

Sundar Pichai expressed ‘bad optics’ concerns over Google's search engine partnership with Apple

Hindustan Times  

Sundar Pichai had raised concerns over Google's search engine partnership with Apple, years before he became the CEO of the company. The Justice Department says that Google pays Apple $10 billion to remain the default search engine on Apple devices, including the iPhone. Google CEO Sundar Pichai As per evidence produced by the Justice Department during the ongoing antitrust trial, …

Sundar Pichai had warned Google about ‘bad optics’ of Apple search partnership: ‘Have Yahoo as a choice’
1 year, 2 months ago

Sundar Pichai had warned Google about ‘bad optics’ of Apple search partnership: ‘Have Yahoo as a choice’

Live Mint  

Google CEO Sundar Pichai had expressed concerns about the search giant's exclusive partnership with Apple. Google pays the Cupertino-based tech giant billions of dollars to have Google search as the default search engine on all of its devices, including the iPhone, iPad and Mac. Pichai, who was in-charge of the company's Chrome browser, had shared his concerns about Google paying …

Microsoft-Google Clash & Other Learnings From the First Big Tech Antitrust Trial
1 year, 2 months ago

Microsoft-Google Clash & Other Learnings From the First Big Tech Antitrust Trial

The Quint  

These battles are nothing new. They revolve around various issues such as antitrust concerns, data privacy, market dominance, and competition. But the fact that regulators have opened the canvas of these fights is interesting because of two reasons: Firstly, it gives a wider opportunity for the regulators to understand the intricacies of the products and solutions in the market and …

DuckDuckGo CEO says Google's billions got in the way of a deal with Apple
1 year, 2 months ago

DuckDuckGo CEO says Google's billions got in the way of a deal with Apple

The Hindu  

The CEO of privacy-oriented search engine DuckDuckGo said its talks with Apple about a potential contract failed because the smartphone maker was reluctant to give up Google's multibillion dollar paychecks, according to newly transcripts of a landmark antitrust trial of the Alphabet unit. Gabriel Weinberg, who also founded the company, testified on Sept 21 on the effect on DuckDuckGo of …

Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google as default search engine: Report
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google as default search engine: Report

The Hindu  

Apple held talks with DuckDuckGo to replace Alphabet Inc.’s Google as the default search engine for the private mode on its Safari browser but ultimately rejected the idea. The details of talks between Apple and DuckDuckGo and those of Apple’s discussions about buying Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine in 2018 and 2020 were revealed in transcripts unsealed by the judge …

Apple to rival Google with its own search engine ‘pegasus’? Here's what you should know
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple to rival Google with its own search engine ‘pegasus’? Here's what you should know

Live Mint  

Apple currently makes around $8 billion annually owing to its deal with Google which makes the company's software the default search engine on all Apple products like iPhones, iPads, Macs and more. However, the iPhone maker could potentially get a much larger revenue share like the size of the Apple Watch if the company went on to deploy its own …

Google’s antitrust showdown with US could ‘dramatically change’ competition
1 year, 2 months ago

Google’s antitrust showdown with US could ‘dramatically change’ competition

Al Jazeera  

The case could also impact how new technologies like AI are marketed to consumers, experts said. “Google pays billions of dollars each year to distributors — including popular-device manufacturers such as Apple, LG, Motorola, and Samsung … to secure default status for its general search engine,” the Justice Department’s complaint says. In addition, Cue said that Apple picked Google to …

Apple exec defends the decision to make Google its default search engine on iPhones and Macs
1 year, 2 months ago

Apple exec defends the decision to make Google its default search engine on iPhones and Macs

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A top Apple executive defended the tech giant’s decision to make Google the default search engine on Apple iPhones and Macs, saying there was no “valid alternative.’’ Testifying in the biggest antitrust trial in a quarter century, Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services, said Tuesday that there wasn’t “anybody as good’’ as Google at helping phone …

Leaving Google's search engine not easy, says government witness in antitrust case
1 year, 3 months ago

Leaving Google's search engine not easy, says government witness in antitrust case

The Hindu  

The U.S. Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google Wednesday, questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s. In the biggest antitrust case in a quarter century, the government is arguing that Google has rigged the market in its favour by locking in its search …

Leaving Google’s search engine isn’t easy, government witness says in antitrust case
1 year, 3 months ago

Leaving Google’s search engine isn’t easy, government witness says in antitrust case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google Wednesday, questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s. He said he acquired an Android 12 phone and studied the process required to replace the Google search engine with Bing; it took 10 steps. …

Google pays more than $10 billion a year to maintain its search dominance, says U.S.
1 year, 3 months ago

Google pays more than $10 billion a year to maintain its search dominance, says U.S.

The Hindu  

Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice said Tuesday at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. “This case is about the future of the internet and whether Google's search engine will ever face meaningful competition,” said Kenneth Dintzer, the Justice …

Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues
1 year, 3 months ago

Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain its advantage over rivals, DOJ argues

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice said Tuesday at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. “This case is about the future of the internet and whether Google’s search engine will ever face meaningful competition,” said Kenneth Dintzer, …

It's Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades
1 year, 3 months ago

It's Google versus the US in the biggest antitrust trial in decades

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google will confront a …

Google’s search engine dominance is at the heart of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in decades
1 year, 3 months ago

Google’s search engine dominance is at the heart of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in decades

The Hindu  

Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice charged on September 12 at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. “This case is about the future of the internet and whether Google’s search engine will ever face meaningful competition,″ said Kenneth Dintzer, …

Google’s search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decades
1 year, 3 months ago

Google’s search engine dominance is at the center of the biggest US antitrust trial in decades

Associated Press  

The U.S. government is taking aim at what has been an indomitable empire: Google’s ubiquitous search engine that has become the internet’s main gateway. From Google’s perspective, the perpetual improvements explain why most people almost reflexively gravitate to its search engine, a habit that long ago made “Googling” synonymous with looking things up. The Justice Department contends Google’s claim that …

Samsung not planning to replace Google with Bing in phones: report
1 year, 7 months ago

Samsung not planning to replace Google with Bing in phones: report

The Hindu  

Samsung Electronics will not change the default search engine on its smartphones from Google to Microsoft Corp.'s Bing any time soon, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Samsung has suspended an internal review that explored replacing Google with Bing on its web-browsing app, which comes pre-installed on the company's smartphones, according to the …

Microsoft Bing with OpenAI integration outpaces Google in page visits
1 year, 9 months ago

Microsoft Bing with OpenAI integration outpaces Google in page visits

India TV News  

According to Similarweb, the incorporation of OpenAI's technology into Bing, which is owned by Microsoft, has led to a surge in the search engine's usage, enabling it to compete more effectively with market leader Google in terms of page visits. Following the launch of Microsoft's AI-based Bing search engine on February 7, there has been a significant increase of 15.8 …

Can Microsoft succeed in clawing back the search leadership from Google?
1 year, 10 months ago

Can Microsoft succeed in clawing back the search leadership from Google?

The Hindu  

Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet to Google with its $10 billion check to OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research firm behind ChatGPT and DALL-E. Microsoft is clearly looking to disrupt Internet search as we know it, and in that process, plans to claw back the browser market share it lost to Google more than a decade ago. That’s when the …

Investors’ query: Can Google answer Microsoft’s AI threat?
1 year, 10 months ago

Investors’ query: Can Google answer Microsoft’s AI threat?

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Google, a company built on finding quick answers to people’s questions, suddenly finds itself grappling for a response to a potential threat to its internet empire — a form of artificial intelligence that long-time rival Microsoft is now deploying to attack its dominant search engine. It contrasted with a much more polished and well-reviewed showcase of Microsoft’s …

Bing is now better than Google – but it still won’t be more popular
1 year, 10 months ago

Bing is now better than Google – but it still won’t be more popular

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The new AI-enabled Bing is Microsoft’s biggest ever play to take on Google, …

Microsoft takes on Google Search with AI
1 year, 10 months ago

Microsoft takes on Google Search with AI

Al Jazeera  

Microsoft is staking its future on AI through billions of dollars of investment as it directly challenges Google. Microsoft Corp is revamping its Bing search engine and Edge web browser with artificial intelligence, the company said on Tuesday, in one of its biggest efforts yet to lead a new wave of technology and reshape how people gather information. Bing will …

Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dominance: US Justice dept
2 years, 3 months ago

Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dominance: US Justice dept

Hindustan Times  

Alphabet Inc.’s Google pays billions of dollars each year to Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. and other telecom giants to illegally maintain its spot as the No. DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer didn’t disclose how much Google spends to be the default search engine on most browsers and all US mobile phones, but described the payments as “enormous numbers.” “Google invests …

Google is paying Apple to stay out of the search business, a lawsuit alleges
2 years, 11 months ago

Google is paying Apple to stay out of the search business, a lawsuit alleges

The Hindu  

A lawsuit filed in California complained that Google is paying Apple to stay out of the search engine business. The complaint stated that Google would share it's search profits with Apple and also make multi-billion-dollar payments towards Apple for not competing in the search business, according to a release by Alioto, a law firm participating in the lawsuit. In return, …

Bing’s most popular search word is ‘Google’, says Google
3 years, 2 months ago

Bing’s most popular search word is ‘Google’, says Google

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google is the most searched for term on Microsoft’s Bing search engine, the …

Is Apple Speeding Up Search Engine Development As Google Comes Under Increased Antitrust Scrutiny?
4 years, 1 month ago

Is Apple Speeding Up Search Engine Development As Google Comes Under Increased Antitrust Scrutiny?

News 18  

Apple may be stepping up efforts to develop its own search engine. “They have a credible team that I think has the experience and the depth, if they wanted to, to build a more general search engine,” said Bill Coughran, Google’s former engineering chief and now partner at Silicon Valley investor Sequoia Capital, while speaking with FT. Have You Google …

Apple Might Be Moving Fast Towards Developing Its Own Search Engine
4 years, 1 month ago

Apple Might Be Moving Fast Towards Developing Its Own Search Engine

News 18  

Apple might be working on its own search engine. According to a report, the Cupertino-based giant is moving quickly towards its own search engine to avoid getting in the middle of the upcoming anti-trust action being taken against Google by the US government. The first hint of Apple’s search engine was the ability of iOS 14 to show Apple’s own …

Apple likely to come up with its own search engine to take on Google
4 years, 1 month ago

Apple likely to come up with its own search engine to take on Google

India Today  

Apple could soon launch its own search engine to compete with Google. As per latest reports, Apple is building a Google Search engine alternative. As per a Financial Times report, Apple is extremely secretive about its internal projects but around two years ago, the company Google’s head of search, John Giannandrea. Apple had also posted job openings for search engineers …

Google Vs US In An Era When Users Can Download Apps Instantly, Unlike The Dial-Up Age Of 1990
4 years, 2 months ago

Google Vs US In An Era When Users Can Download Apps Instantly, Unlike The Dial-Up Age Of 1990

News 18  

Earlier this month, we saw the biggest ever antitrust report released by the Subcommittee On Antitrust, Commercial And Administrative Law Of The Committee Of The Judiciary of the US Congress. In the complaint, the Department of Justice refers to how Google maintained its search and search advertising monopolies by entering into exclusivity agreements that forbid preinstallation of any competing search …

Google Paid Apple Billions To Dominate Search On iPhones, Justice Department Says
4 years, 2 months ago

Google Paid Apple Billions To Dominate Search On iPhones, Justice Department Says

NPR  

Google Paid Apple Billions To Dominate Search On iPhones, Justice Department Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images Buried on Page 36 of the Justice Department lawsuit accusing Google of abusing its monopoly power is this remarkable figure: $8 billion to $12 billion. That's the hefty sum Google allegedly paid Apple …

Google antitrust lawsuit: Why dethroning Google Search is so hard
4 years, 2 months ago

Google antitrust lawsuit: Why dethroning Google Search is so hard

CNN  

San Francisco CNN Business — If you use the internet, Google is practically inescapable. It’s unclear what consequences the tech giant may face, but US Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen said on a call with reporters that “nothing is off the table.” But if reining in the Google search juggernaut is the goal, the big question is: Will anything on …

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