Business

For Google Play, dominating Android world was 'existential'

Google agreed to pay $8 billion over four years to Samsung Electronics Co. to make its search engine, voice assistant and Play Store the default on the company's mobile devices, according to testimony presented by Epic Games ...

Business

EU court advisor deals blow to Apple in Ireland tax case

The European Court of Justice's top legal advisor recommended Thursday scrapping a previous Apple victory against Brussels in a 13-billion-euro ($14-billion) tax case, a blow to the iPhone-maker in a long-running legal saga.

Business

Google's 2019 'Code Yellow' blurred line between search, ads

The former head of search at Alphabet Inc."s Google told colleagues in February 2019 that his team was "getting too involved with ads for the good of the product and company," according to emails shown at the Justice Department's ...

Internet

Microsoft-Google peace deal broke down over search on Duo

A five-year truce between rivals Alphabet Inc. and Microsoft Corp. came crashing down in 2020 when the tech giants found themselves at odds over their competing web-search businesses, according to testimony at the U.S. government's ...

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