Tech News update Walmart’s Flipkart faces further anti-trust probe in India Mar 6, 2020 Walmart Inc’s Flipkart faces a further anti-trust probe in India after an appellate tribunal asked the competition watchdog to investigate whether…
Tech News update U.S. interviews iOS app makers in Apple antitrust investigation Feb 5, 2020 The U.S. Justice Department has reached out to app developers as part of its investigation into Apple, one of the four big tech companies being…
Tech News update UK government launches antitrust investigation of Google-Looker deal Dec 3, 2019 The government of the United Kingdom today announced it’s investigating Google’s intended acquisition of Looker. The concern, ostensibly, is that…
Tech News update Google gets Android phone makers’ backing in fight against EU antitrust ruling Oct 13, 2019 (Reuters) — Alphabet unit Google’s fight against a record EU antitrust fine related to its Android mobile software received a boost after Europe’s…
Marketing Google, Amazon to face new antitrust inquiries in changed political climate Jun 3, 2019 After almost two years of investigation and intense lobbying, the FTC closed its antitrust investigation of Google in January 2013. Google made some…
Tech Industry Qualcomm antitrust trial begins Jan 5, 2019 (Prosyscom Tech News) — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust case accusing Qualcomm of abusing a monopoly on mobile chip technology is…
Tech and Gadget Google PLA antitrust remedy turning comparison engines into agencies Dec 11, 2018 A new report from Searchmetrics examines Product Listing Ad results in the UK, France and Germany and finds more competition since January. The…
Tech and Gadget Apple antitrust dispute case for App Store monopoly abuse Nov 27, 2018 When iPhone users want to edit blemishes out of their selfies, identify stars and constellations or simply join the latest video game craze, they…
Social Media Facebook has poached the DoJ’s Silicon Valley antitrust chief | Social Media Nov 23, 2018 Facebook has recruited Kate Patchen, a veteran of the U.S. Department of Justice who led its antitrust office in Silicon Valley, to be a director…
Tech and Gadget Japan Antitrust Authorities to Investigate Tech Giants Like Google, Amazon | Digital Asia Nov 4, 2018 Japan’s anti-trust authorities will probe whether tech giants such as Google and Amazon are using their market-leader positions to exploit…