The European Commission today announced a proposal that would require smartphone OEMs to equip all devices with a USB-C port and stop giving out chargers.
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Apple argues that App Store helped Spotify become the largest music streaming service in the world, but it wants all that without paying.
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The European Commission granted its approval for the Apple-Shazam deal, after concluding its in-depth investigation into the matter.
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The Apple-Shazam acquisition, confirmed in December of 2017, might come to a close within a month as EU antitrust regulators reportedly nod.
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A fine of 111 million euros (or $130 million) was handed out by the EU to Philips, Pioneer, Asus and Denon & Marantz, for price fixing.
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A fine of 111 million euros (or $130 million) was handed out by the EU to Philips, Pioneer, Asus and Denon & Marantz, for price fixing.
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A fine of 111 million euros (or $130 million) was handed out by the EU to Philips, Pioneer, Asus and Denon & Marantz, for price fixing.
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Google has been fined more than €4 billion for tying up Android with its search and web services. We've updated this story with a statement from Google.
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Regulators have questions about whether Apple will block user referrals to competing music services like Spotify and Google Play and whether it will have an unfair competitive advantage with the access to existing referral data.
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The European Commission has set an April 23 provisional deadline for an investigation into the potential "adverse effect on competition" Apple's proposed acquisition of Shazam may have in the European Economic Area.
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The chipmaker is having great legal troubles with antitrust and licensing deals, but it has been able to pick up a new contract with Samsung.
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Qualcomm will need to pay over $1.2 billion after the European Commission ruled the semiconductor giant's exclusive LTE modem supply deal for iPhones and iPads broke antitrust rules.
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Icera, which was picked up by NVIDIA in 2011, was shut down in 2015. The European Commission believes Qualcomm used unfair market pressure.
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Google has been hit with a record €2.4 billion EU fine for anti-competitive practices researched and documented for nearly a decade.
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No more paying extra for voice calls, text messages and mobile data consumption when away from home in the EU starting no later than June 15 2017.
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