av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 3, 2016 | Notiser
Google has until October 31 to reply to EU’s Android antitrust charges
Alphabet’s Google has been given until the end of October, the fourth extension, to rebut EU antitrust charges that it uses its dominant Android mobile operating system to block competitors, the European Commission said on Monday.The Commission in April said the U.S. technology giant’s demand that mobile phone makers pre-install Google Search and the Google Chrome browser on their smartphones to access other Google apps harms consumers and competition.
The EU watchdog had initially set a July 27 deadline for Google to respond to the charges. This had been extended three times at the company’s request, with the previous deadline Sept. 20.The new deadlines are Oct. 31 for the Android case and Oct. 26 and Oct. 13 for cases relating to online search advertising and shopping.In the shopping case, Google has been accused of favoring its shopping service over those of rivals in internet search results while the AdSense case centres on the company’s measures whoch block competitors in online search advertising.
In the shopping case, Google has been accused of favoring its shopping service over those of rivals in internet search results while the AdSense case centres on the company’s measures whoch block competitors in online search advertising.
Källa: Google has until October 31 to reply to EU’s Android antitrust charges | Reuters
av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 3, 2016 | Lästips
Google has until October 31 to reply to EU’s Android antitrust charges
Alphabet’s Google has been given until the end of October, the fourth extension, to rebut EU antitrust charges that it uses its dominant Android mobile operating system to block competitors, the European Commission said on Monday.The Commission in April said the U.S. technology giant’s demand that mobile phone makers pre-install Google Search and the Google Chrome browser on their smartphones to access other Google apps harms consumers and competition.
The EU watchdog had initially set a July 27 deadline for Google to respond to the charges. This had been extended three times at the company’s request, with the previous deadline Sept. 20.The new deadlines are Oct. 31 for the Android case and Oct. 26 and Oct. 13 for cases relating to online search advertising and shopping.In the shopping case, Google has been accused of favoring its shopping service over those of rivals in internet search results while the AdSense case centres on the company’s measures whoch block competitors in online search advertising.
In the shopping case, Google has been accused of favoring its shopping service over those of rivals in internet search results while the AdSense case centres on the company’s measures whoch block competitors in online search advertising.
Källa: Google has until October 31 to reply to EU’s Android antitrust charges | Reuters
av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 3, 2016 | Nyheter
While weve been seeing Googles next piece of hardware in the Android TV market for weeks and months, its only today less than a day before Googles big event that the device has been leaked. Of course that leak, as its being called on Twitter and live blogs aplenty, wasnt actually a leak at all. It was revealed by Xiaomi itself.
This Xiaomi Mi Box was shown to the world (again) today by former Google exec and current Global VP of Xiaomi, Hugo Barra.The Mi Box is Xiaomis first U.S. product. Their first product thatll be released and available for sale inside the United States at stores within the United States, that is to say. This device may very well be the first real store-ready competitor to the dominant Android TV product on the market: NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV.
Källa: Googles big Android TV announcement leaked by Xiaomi – SlashGear
Xiaomi kopierar Apple TV. Ingen nyhet eller särskilt överraskande egentligen.
Det här handlar om ett företag som kopierat Apples design, Apples kartonger, Apples keynotes och till och med hur chefern a uppe på scenen klär sig vid produktvisningarna.
Det enda som är en smula anmärkningsvärt är att det tagit sådan tid. Jag trodde att Xiaomi skulle ha kopierat Apple TV långt tidigare.
av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 3, 2016 | TED
Apple kan lansera tre nya iPad-modeller nästa år
Apple kan lansera tre nya iPad-modeller nästa år, alla tre med tilläggsnamnet Pro. Det ryktas om en ny 12.9-tums modell, en 10.1-tumme modell coch en ny iPad mini med en skärm på 7.9-tum.
Det ska tilläggas att det handlar om rykten och att de bara delvis stämmer överens med tidigare uppgifter – uppgiften om en ny iPad mini, Pro-modell, har inte förekommit tidigare. Tvärtom så har det spekulerats i att iPad mini kommer att försvinna helt som modell.
Uppgifterna kommer från japanska Macotakara och det är en japansk webbplats som har en hygglig historik när det handlar om rykten runt Apple.
Macotakara
av Mikael Winterkvist | okt 3, 2016 | Notiser
Apple partnering with Danish university to investigate sustainable energy
Apple has entered into a partnership agreement with Denmarks University of Aarhus to investigate bio-gas research and how sustainable energy can be obtained from agriculture.The R&D partnership is part of billion-kroner (read: hundreds of millions of dollars) partnership, according to Denmarks foreign minister, Kristin Jensen.Apples interest in sustainable energy is no secret. As part of a dramatic turnaround for a company that was once slammed by Greenpeace, Tim Cooks tenure at Apple has seen a focus on environmental issues. In 2013, the company announced that its data centers were all running on renewable energy, and this ambition was rapidly expanded to cover hundreds of Apple Stores.Eventually the hope is that this same philosophy will even extend to cover Apples overseas supply chain.Apples goal is to achieve a net-zero impact on the worlds supply of sustainable virgin fibre and power all its operations worldwide on 100 percent renewable energy, Cook has said, noting that this will take years, but is a responsibility we accept.
Källa: Apple partnering with Danish university to investigate sustainable energy | Cult of Mac