INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
penalized by the European Commission just last year, when the search giant was slapped with a $2.7 billion fine for lowering the ranking of
competitor shopping comparison tools to promote its own.A third antitrust case against Google is also still open in the EU, which alleges
competition chief, Google used Android's dominant market position to strengthen its lead in search, a practice that has been deemed illegal
in the EU.More specifically, Google has been accused of:forcing Android phone manufacturers to preinstall Chrome and Search as a
prerequisite for including the Play Store appmaking payments to larger phone manufacturers and mobile carriers to ensure that Google Search
pre-approved by Google, despite Android being an open source software.Fighting backThe ruling against Google stipulates that the company
will need to unbundle its Chrome and Search apps from Android, which may significantly change the free business model the tech giant has
fines of up to 5% of Google parent company Alphabet's global turnover.Google has stated that it plans to appeal the decision.[Via Bloomberg]
