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DOJ suit over Apple iPhone cites failures of Amazon Fire Phone and Microsoft Windows Phone

GeekWire

That’s due in part to repeated references and comparisons in the suit to the DOJ’s prior antitrust case against Microsoft over its Windows monopoly in the late 1990s. Today, only Samsung and Google remain as meaningful competitors in the U.S. Today, only Samsung and Google remain as meaningful competitors in the U.S.

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How Google is bringing Windows apps to Chromebooks

The Verge

Chrome OS will run Android and Windows apps side by side Google revealed earlier this year that it’s planning to support Windows applications on Chromebooks thanks to a partnership with Parallels. In an exclusive interview with The Verge , Google is now detailing how and why Windows apps are arriving on Chrome OS.

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Lenovo starts selling Android-powered desktop PCs

TechSpot

Lenovo has entered into a reseller agreement with Esper, an "industry-leading" Android corporation, to offer all-in-one PCs compatible with Google's ubiquitous mobile operating system. Read Entire Article

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Microsoft is beating Google at its own game

Vox

Two decades ago, Google edged out Microsoft with the world’s most popular search engine. Google, for example, started out as a nimble, innovative upstart and eventually bested Microsoft in browsers, email, and mobile operating systems. Microsoft now wants to win the AI race. And it’s all thanks to OpenAI.

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Apple and Google crowd out the competition with default apps

The Verge

A new study shows how Apple and Google’s preinstalled apps dominate their mobile platforms If you use an iPhone or Android phone, chances are the majority of your most-used apps were made by Apple and Google. Apple and Google are increasingly under scrutiny for favoring their own services.

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Google staffs up to build OS for unknown ‘innovative AR device’

The Verge

Google is hiring an “Augmented Reality OS” team focused on building software for an “innovative AR device,” according to job listings spotted by 9to5Google. Lucovsky previously worked at Meta developing an in-house alternative to Android to power the company’s hardware, and also co-authored the Windows NT operating system.

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Windows 11 Might Let You Sideload Google's New Android App Bundles

Gizmodo

Amazon has officially confirmed that it is working on supporting the new Android App Bundle format mandated by Google, resolving the will-they-or-won’t-they question. It’s not entirely clear if this means you’ll be able to sideload Android apps of all types in Windows 11, which will let you run Android apps on a PC,… Read more.

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