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Apple Rejected Bing Over Wrong Annie Lennox Answer, Google Antitrust Defense Reveals


Late last year, the United States government wrapped up arguments in its antitrust case against Google over its alleged search engine monopoly — a verdict has not yet been reached, and isn’t expected for a few more months. As The Register reports, a recently released filing from Google’s defense reveals that part of the reason why Apple rejected a bid from Microsoft to make Bing its default search engine in Safari was because of a wrong answer when looking up information about Annie Lennox.

Late last year, the United States government wrapped up arguments in its antitrust case against Google over its alleged search engine monopoly — a verdict has not yet been reached, and isn’t expected for a few more months. As The Register reports, a recently released filing from Google’s defense reveals that part of the reason why Apple rejected a bid from Microsoft to make Bing its default search engine in Safari was because of a wrong answer when looking up information about Annie Lennox. A lot of the government’s case against Google has been focused on how the company maintained its hold as the default search option in Safari.

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