SearchEngineUpdate with Vanessa Zamora - 02-27-2008 Part I
Abstract: 1. Google and Opera Form Mobile Partnership, 2. Europe Fines Microsoft, Again, This Time For $1.3 Billion
Vanessa Zamora
Video Content Producer, SearchEngineWorld
6:11 pm on Feb. 27, 2008 (utc 0)
Transcript
Wednesday February 27, 2008
Google and Opera Form Mobile Partnership
Google, which has been the default search engine in the Opera web browser for 7 years, has signed a 2 year deal with the Norwegian browser maker that will now also position Google as the default search engine in Operas mobile products, including Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, starting March 1st. This is the latest victory by Google in the ongoing Mobile search war with the decision by Opera to switch to Google from Yahoo, which was previously set as the default search engine in Operas mobile products. Under the deal, Google will secure 135 million new users to its search engine. The mobile collaboration covers all global territories except Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Europe Fines Microsoft, Again, This Time For $1.3 Billion
Microsoft has been fined once again, this time for $1.3 billion, by the European Commission for 488 days of noncompliance following an antitrust ruling made in 2004. Microsoft is said to have abused the dominance of its Windows operating system to gain unfair market advantage, and was instructed to disclose information that would enable third party developers to write programs for Windows and other Microsoft products. Antitrust officials said the company took measures to charge competitors unreasonable prices for royalties and patent fees, making it difficult to gain access to the crucial data. This is the highest penalty amount the European Commission has ever charged for an antitrust case and comes only a week after Microsoft announced plans to open up the required information to third party software makers.
6:11 pm on Feb. 27, 2008 (utc 0)