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Apple subpoenaed by the FTC in Google antitrust probe

By , Tuesday, Mar 13, 2012 at 3:30 pm
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The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has subpoenaed Apple to testify in their ongoing antitrust investigation again Google. Specifically, they're interested in the deal Google made to be the default search engine on the iPhone. Since Google enjoys an incredibly dominant market position in search, the government wants to find out if they're abusing that position to unfairly keep out competitors.

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FTC investigating Smurfberries, other in-app purchases

By , Wednesday, Feb 23, 2011 at 9:14 am
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has said they will be investigating in-app purchases for applications marketed to children, such as Smurfs' Village. The argument is that some children do not

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Investigating Apple

By , Sunday, Feb 20, 2011 at 10:55 pm
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Word is the US federal government, and the always eager European Union, are looking into Apple's new in-app subscription service. Last year, following complaints from Adobe, they looked

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Adobe complaint behind possible DOJ/FTC inquiry into Apple?

By , Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 10:28 am
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Apple's lock-out of Adobe CS5 iPhone packager as part of the iPhone OS 4 SDK, thus preventing Adobe from locking developers into CS5, has has allegedly so angered the Flash-maker

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Rumor: Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission jostling over inquiry into Apple restriction on cross-compilers

By , Monday, May 3, 2010 at 7:27 am
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Citing the usual "people familiar with the matter", the New York Post claims the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commissions are negotiating over which one of their organizations will

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FTC Investigating Apple and Google Antitrust Issues

By , Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 9:33 am
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The New York Times (via Daring Fireball) reports that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is looking into whether the ties between Apple and Google's respective Boards of Directors violate

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