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'Android is a below-cost trojan horse': Nokia, Microsoft, Oracle take Google complaint to EU
A European search lobby whose members include Nokia, Microsoft and Oracle have filed a complaint with Europe's competition regulator accusing Google of running an anticompetitive Android strategy.
The complaint was filed by Fairsearch.org, which besides the three tech giants, include Google's vertical search rivals such as Kayak, TripAdvisor, Hotwire and Expedia among others.
Fairsearch accuses Google of distributing Android at below-cost, making it difficult for rivals to compete with its mobile platform, which accounted for 70 percent of smartphones shipped in 2012.
While Android is free for device makers, these manufacturers must include Google apps such as YouTube or its Play store and preload Google mobile services to give them prominent default placement on the phone, according to the complaint.
"Google is using its Android mobile operating system as a 'trojan horse' to deceive partners, monopolise the mobile marketplace, and control consumer data," said Thomas Vinje, Brussels-based counsel to the FairSearch coalition.
"We are asking the Commission to move quickly and decisively to protect competition and innovation in this critical market. Failure to act will only embolden Google to repeat its desktop abuses of dominance as consumers increasingly turn to a mobile platform dominated by Google’s Android operating system."
The new Android complaint comes as Europe continues negotiations with Google over how it treats and labels its own services, which stems from an inquiry into Google's dominant position in search that was opened in November 2010.
Google submitted a proposal to address these issues last month, but it appears whatever it contained did not meet demands by Europe's competition chief Joaquín Almunia.
Almunia told the New York Times he expected to receive new proposals this week from Google that he hoped would make it clearer for users to see when Google was promoting its own services over rivals on both mobile and desktop search.
According to the Times, Almunia said Europe would not demand Google change its search algorithm, but said it may ask Google to "signal what are the relevant options, alternative options, in the way they present the results", adding that the choice "should be a real one".
Almunia declined to comment on the new complaint, but said the commission had already been looking into Android separate to the broader search inquiry from 2010.
ZDNet has approached Google for comment and will update the story if it receives one.
A European search lobby whose members include Nokia, Microsoft and Oracle have filed a complaint with Europe's competition regulator accusing Google of running an anticompetitive Android strategy.
The complaint was filed by Fairsearch.org, which besides the three tech giants, include Google's vertical search rivals such as Kayak, TripAdvisor, Hotwire and Expedia among others.
Fairsearch accuses Google of distributing Android at below-cost, making it difficult for rivals to compete with its mobile platform, which accounted for 70 percent of smartphones shipped in 2012.
While Android is free for device makers, these manufacturers must include Google apps such as YouTube or its Play store and preload Google mobile services to give them prominent default placement on the phone, according to the complaint.
"Google is using its Android mobile operating system as a 'trojan horse' to deceive partners, monopolise the mobile marketplace, and control consumer data," said Thomas Vinje, Brussels-based counsel to the FairSearch coalition.
"We are asking the Commission to move quickly and decisively to protect competition and innovation in this critical market. Failure to act will only embolden Google to repeat its desktop abuses of dominance as consumers increasingly turn to a mobile platform dominated by Google’s Android operating system."
The new Android complaint comes as Europe continues negotiations with Google over how it treats and labels its own services, which stems from an inquiry into Google's dominant position in search that was opened in November 2010.
Google submitted a proposal to address these issues last month, but it appears whatever it contained did not meet demands by Europe's competition chief Joaquín Almunia.
Almunia told the New York Times he expected to receive new proposals this week from Google that he hoped would make it clearer for users to see when Google was promoting its own services over rivals on both mobile and desktop search.
According to the Times, Almunia said Europe would not demand Google change its search algorithm, but said it may ask Google to "signal what are the relevant options, alternative options, in the way they present the results", adding that the choice "should be a real one".
Almunia declined to comment on the new complaint, but said the commission had already been looking into Android separate to the broader search inquiry from 2010.
ZDNet has approached Google for comment and will update the story if it receives one.
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Just ordered a Lumia 520 for my friend. 9249 INR.
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I miss Lumiaman 
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Originally Posted by ranbaxy
Linux is a trojan horse, by that measure. Especially with its repositories that exclude closed-source software and make it extra-steps more difficult to prefer commercial and closed-source.
'Android is a below-cost trojan horse': Nokia, Microsoft, Oracle take Google complaint to EU
A European search lobby whose members include Nokia, Microsoft and Oracle have filed a complaint with Europe's competition regulator accusing Google of running an anticompetitive Android strategy.
The complaint was filed by Fairsearch.org, which besides the three tech giants, include Google's vertical search rivals such as Kayak, TripAdvisor, Hotwire and Expedia among others.
Fairsearch accuses Google of distributing Android at below-cost, making it difficult for rivals to compete with its mobile platform, which accounted for 70 percent of smartphones shipped in 2012.
While Android is free for device makers, these manufacturers must include Google apps such as YouTube or its Play store and preload Google mobile services to give them prominent default placement on the phone, according to the complaint.
"Google is using its Android mobile operating system as a 'trojan horse' to deceive partners, monopolise the mobile marketplace, and control consumer data," said Thomas Vinje, Brussels-based counsel to the FairSearch coalition.
"We are asking the Commission to move quickly and decisively to protect competition and innovation in this critical market. Failure to act will only embolden Google to repeat its desktop abuses of dominance as consumers increasingly turn to a mobile platform dominated by Google’s Android operating system."
The new Android complaint comes as Europe continues negotiations with Google over how it treats and labels its own services, which stems from an inquiry into Google's dominant position in search that was opened in November 2010.
Google submitted a proposal to address these issues last month, but it appears whatever it contained did not meet demands by Europe's competition chief Joaquín Almunia.
Almunia told the New York Times he expected to receive new proposals this week from Google that he hoped would make it clearer for users to see when Google was promoting its own services over rivals on both mobile and desktop search.
According to the Times, Almunia said Europe would not demand Google change its search algorithm, but said it may ask Google to "signal what are the relevant options, alternative options, in the way they present the results", adding that the choice "should be a real one".
Almunia declined to comment on the new complaint, but said the commission had already been looking into Android separate to the broader search inquiry from 2010.
ZDNet has approached Google for comment and will update the story if it receives one.
Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle are together on this and you're supposed to take it seriously?
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Originally Posted by danramos
I am just a news reporter. I am not supposed to ignore certain news based on who is involved in creating them
Linux is a trojan horse, by that measure. Especially with its repositories that exclude closed-source software and make it extra-steps more difficult to prefer commercial and closed-source.
Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle are together on this and you're supposed to take it seriously?
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I'm not sure if I'm up to date on the news flow. What's the latest?
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Running around in the middle of nowhere. Pretty Boring.
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Originally Posted by ranbaxy
I'm pretty sure baking IE into the Windows OS and making it virtually impossible to separate it out is NOT on the same level as simply making an OS available and free and making your apps available for free. Also, last I checked, nobody was forced to HAVE to use Google's apps if they used Android. I seem to remember everybody from Amazon (Kindle Fire) to Barnes and Noble (Nook Color and Tablets) and CyanogenMod and more.. all use Google's OS, alter it a lot and didn't always include Google's store nor applications.
I am just a news reporter. I am not supposed to ignore certain news based on who is involved in creating them
...So, yeah. Credibility.
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Unearthed by GSM Arena, the images show a handset that ditches the hitherto reassuringly ever-present physical home button in favour of an edge-to-edge screen.
Apple’s design also features gently curved, tapering edges that give it a look not unlike the old iPod nano and chimes with a patent filing for a similar-looking handset for which the company was granted approval last week.
Unearthed by GSM Arena, the images show a handset that ditches the hitherto reassuringly ever-present physical home button in favour of an edge-to-edge screen.
Apple’s design also features gently curved, tapering edges that give it a look not unlike the old iPod nano and chimes with a patent filing for a similar-looking handset for which the company was granted approval last week.
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