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EU antitrust chief says Apple, Google cases show no U.S. bias

October 1, 2015 publisher actions, amazon, annual, are-evidence, competition, internet, media, public-offering, robust-defense, san, situation, such-as-google, vestager, zenica

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe's antitrust chief dismissed on Friday accusations of anti-U.S. bias over her decision to go after Google for abusing its Internet search dominance and Apple over an Irish tax deal, saying such talk was a fallacy

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Factbox: EU charges Google in Internet search antitrust case – what next?

April 15, 2015 publisher commissioner, competition, google-shopping, houston, internet, julia-fioretti, olivia-marie, release, search-results, vestager, wednesday, wells-fargo

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission charged Google Inc on Wednesday with cheating competitors by distorting Internet search results to favor its own shopping service, and opened a separate investigation into its Android mobile operating system. When the investigation was opened in November 2010, then Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia set out four concerns. The first, to which Wednesday’s statement of objections relates, concerns the way in which Google allegedly positions its Google Shopping service above rivals’ services, irrespective of its merits

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Highlights: EU charges Google over shopping searches, to probe Android

April 15, 2015 admin antitrust-probe, competition, european, google-shopping, internet, olivia-marie, search-results, vestager, wednesday

The European Union accused Google Inc on Wednesday of cheating competitors by distorting Internet search results in favor of its Google Shopping service and also launched an antitrust probe into its Android mobile operating system. “Today’s statement of objections on comparison shopping is of course limited.

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Snapchat adds news, entertainment content to messaging service

January 27, 2015 creative competition, feature-videos, included-mashup, internet, mayor-bill, media, messaging-apps, motto, northeast, san, snapchat, time-on-their

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Snapchat has partnered with CNN, ESPN and nine other media companies to feature videos and articles on its mobile messaging service, a move that heightens the competition with social networks such as Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc. Snapchat's new Discover service features individual “channels” for its various media partners that include five to 10 stories a day, according to Snapchat, which announced the move on its official blog on Tuesday. After 24 hours the stories disappear, in keeping with Snapchat's trademark feature of private messages that disappear a few seconds after they are viewed by users of the service.

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South African, Norwegian e-commerce rivals bury hatchet in Brazil battle

November 14, 2014 publisher brazil, competition, david-dolan, fiercest, norway, recent-years, schibsted, some-emerging, such-as-brazil, the-fiercest, two-companies

By David Dolan and Balazs Koranyi JOHANNESBURG/OSLO (Reuters) – Two of the fiercest rivals in online classifieds, South Africa’s Naspers and Norway’s Schibsted, said they would team up in some emerging markets, including fast-growing Brazil where they have battled each other for years.