EU antitrust agency waiting on Apple's response to Spotify's complaints

European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager has asked Apple some questions, and is waiting to hear back before a decision is made about the investigation of Spotify's antitrust complaints in the EU.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 7

Qualcomm loses fight against handing data over to EU antitrust officials

Qualcomm on Tuesday lost a court challenge against a European Commission request, which sought more data in its antitrust investigation of chip deals with companies like Apple.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 6

Google up to $9.4 billion in total fines to EU, with latest $1.7 billion AdSense penalty

The European Commission has fined Google $1.7 billion for illegally favoring its own AdSense in search advertising, bringing the company's total fines for anticompetitive behavior so far in the region to $9.42 billion.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 21

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Victor Marks 7 years ago 3

Editorial: After disrupting iTunes, Spotify demands a free ride from Apple's App Store

Music streaming service Spotify has elevated its disputes with Apple into a full blown anti-trust complaint filed with the European Commission. But Spotify's public case, as detailed on its website, is misleading and covers up the basic reality that Spotify wants to do business at Apple's expense without paying for it.

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 68

Spotify accuses Apple of anti-competitive practices in Europe over App Store restrictions

Music streaming company Spotify has filed a complaint with the European Commission claiming that Apple takes more money than it should be entitled to, isn't providing information on customers to vendors, and is unfairly limiting third-party access to technologies such as Siri, HomePod and Apple Watch.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 62

European Union digital tax on Apple, Google, Amazon unlikely to be enacted

The European Union appears to be abandoning plans for a tax on digital services, which at one point would have impacted Apple's sales along with the likes of Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 1

Google charging Android device makers up to $40 per phone to install apps

Google's recent EU ruling-driven rule changes for licensing access to the Google Play Store and the company's other apps to Android devices could cost some vendors as much as $40 per unit, according to internal documents, but the high fee could be significantly reduced down or eliminated entirely if Google's clients preinstall specific apps onto European smartphones.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 19

Google complying with EC ruling by charging Android vendors for Play Store, Google apps

Google will start to charge Android smartphone and tablet producers a licensing fee to include the Google Play Store and other essential apps on devices sold in Europe, as a way to comply with the European Commission's antitrust decision.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 59

Tim Cook will deliver keynote at European Union's privacy conference

Apple CEO Tim Cook will be speaking at the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners on October 24, delivering the keynote during the public 'Debating Ethics' session at the European conference.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 11

Apple completes deal for music identification service Shazam

While Apple's full plans for Shazam aren't entirely clear, the company announced on Monday that the deal for the music identification service is complete, and the app will go advertising-free soon.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 12

Apple pays Ireland record shattering $15 billion lump sum to settle tax dispute

Ahead of an upcoming appeal of a 2016 tax ruling, Apple has paid the equivalent of over $15 billion to the Irish government to settle claims of underpayment of tax to the European Union.

Stephen Silver 7 years ago 22

EU gives thumbs up to Apple's takeover of music discovery service Shazam

European Union regulators on Thursday gave the go-ahead to Apple's acquisition of Shazam, by far the world's most popular music recognition app, already integrated into Apple's Siri voice assistant.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 12

Germany not backing off plan to increase Apple taxes

The country's finance ministry denied a report that it's dropped its support for an European Commission plan to collect more taxes on Apple and other Internet giants.

Stephen Silver 7 years ago 13

Proposed law will force Apple, Amazon, Netflix to produce 30% of streamed video in the EU

Video streaming services from Netflix and Amazon operating in the European Union will be forced to dedicate a portion of their content catalog to local TV shows and films under proposals said to be close to becoming law, one that could also affect Apple's rumored video content efforts.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 64

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