Sources: Google and Samsung are in talks about giving Google products more prominence on Samsung phones, including more control over search
- Google Assistant, Play app store may gain more prominent roles — Samsung seeks other revenue sources as handset demand drops
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Discussion
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@mhbergen
Mark Bergen
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Once more, for the morning. These Google mobile deals are where much money is exchanged, w/o disclosure, and are one of the things antitrust enforcers have probed. https://twitter.com/...
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@tomwarren
Tom Warren
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I'm surprised this story doesn't mention Microsoft. Samsung and Microsoft have an Android deal that also included Microsoft retail stores (now dead) and bundling and integrating Microsoft services into Samsung devices. This will include xCloud soon too https://twitter.com/...
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@kantrowitz
Alex Kantrowitz
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Google clearly isn't worried about any antitrust action https://twitter.com/...
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@caseynewton
Casey Newton
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Is this the move that will finally allow Google to compete with Bing for consumers' attention? https://twitter.com/...
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@tculpan
Tim Culpan
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Fascinating, given that Google is now trying to tell U.S. Congress that it's really not so dominant. https://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology