Report: Google paid Apple $1B in 2014 for using its search engine on iPhone
Google paid Apple $ 1 billion in 2014 to use its search engine on the iPhone, according to court records dug up by Bloomberg News. The disclosure provides new details about the complicated relationship between Apple and Google, whose iOS and Android operating systems are rivals in the smartphone market. Bloomberg uncovered the number by digging into court documents involving a copyright dispute between Oracle and Google. An Oracle attorney said last week in federal court that the Web’s top advertising company and search engine pays Apple a percentage of the revenue Google generates through the iPhone. As for how large a percentage Apple receives, the only… Read More
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