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[ad_1] Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Alphabet and its subsidiary Google, will testify on Monday in the once-in-a-generation antitrust fight over Google's dominance of search and some parts of search advertising.THE TAKE Pichai, who is being called as a witness for Google, will likely be asked about the company's investments aimed at keeping its search competitive, especially as smartphones took over, and innovation in search advertising. The government, in cross-examination, may ask why the company pays billions of dollars annually to ensure that Google search is the default in smartphones. CONTEXTThe government has argued that Google, which has some 90% of the search market, illegally paid an estimated $10 billion annually to smartphone makers like Apple and wireless carriers like ...

[ad_1] Japan's anti-trust watchdog said Monday it is investigating whether Google violated rules by asking smartphone manufacturers for preferential treatment.The Japan Fair Trade Commission probe adds to the search engine giant's other competition woes, including in the United States. The Japanese agency said Google is suspected of inappropriately seeking to have its search apps be included in devices, with their icons in specific places. Google also allegedly signed contracts with Android-device makers not to include rival search apps in their products in exchange for sharing profits generated from advertisement revenues driven from Google searches, the agency said.The commission will seek the public's input until November 22.Saiko Nakajima, head of the digital platform investigation ...

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify Monday in US Google antitrust trial

Google hit by Japan anti-trust probe