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Brazilian regulator orders Apple to lift in-app purchase restrictions
Published in News


Takes on the fruity cargo cult

Brazils antitrust regulator Cade has taken the brave step of telling Apple what to do and order the fruity cargo cult to lift restrictions on payment methods for in-app purchases.

DoJ wants the Fall of Chrome
Published in News
Tuesday, 19 November 2024 11:00

DoJ wants the Fall of Chrome


Breaking up Google’s monopoly

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has intensified its antitrust actions against Google, proposing a radical measure that would force Alphabet, Google's parent company, to sell its Chrome browser.

Vole accuses Google of running European "shadow campaigns"
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Wants to discredit Microsoft with regulators

Software King of the World Microsoft has slammed Google for running "shadow campaigns" in Europe designed to discredit the software giant with regulators.

Apple sued for bricking phones
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 06 April 2017 10:20

Apple sued for bricking phones


Fruity cargo cult revenged itself on DIY repairs

Fruity, Tax-Dodging cargo cult Apple has been charged with bricking the phones of users who dared to have their repairs done by those who did not wear blue shirts and had been blessed as Genii by the ghost of Steve Jobs.

South Korea investigates Google
Published in News
Friday, 12 August 2016 12:37

South Korea investigates Google


Playing monopoly

South Korea's antitrust regulator has admitted for the first time that it is looking into whether Google has violated the country's anticompetition laws.

Nadella heads to China to talk about monopoly
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We have two hotels on Tiananmen Square

Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella is in Beijing this week to head off some possible problems with China's anti-trust investigation.

Nvidia wants Qualcomm to pay for monopoly play
Published in Graphics


Crushed chipset deal

Nvidia has dragged Qualcomm into court for allegedly crushing a $352 million chipset deal.

US's highest court forces Apple to face facts
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Steve Jobs ran a cartel

It has taken the highest court in the US to do it, but Apple finally has to admit that its patron saint was a monopolist who ran an ebook cartel designed to raise the cost of books to feather Jobs’ Mobs’ nest.

Apple convicted of playing monopoly
Published in News
Wednesday, 01 July 2015 10:01

Apple convicted of playing monopoly


Still refuses to confess because it insists it is not evil.

Fruity cargo cult Apple has lost its appeal against conviction for conspiring with publishers to raise the price of e-books but is still refusing to admit it could have done anything wrong.

Apple is convicted of playing monopoly
Published in News
Wednesday, 17 June 2015 11:39

Apple is convicted of playing monopoly


Go directly to jail do not collect $200

Fruity cargo cult Apple has found that its anti-competitive practices of forcing telcos to do what they are told do not go down well in Taiwan.