Suzanne Michel, a high-level employee in Google’s legal department (and former FTC Official), testified in court today at the Senate Judiciary hearings that Google, Microsoft and Yahoo all bid to become Apple’s default search engine in Safari on iOS.
You’d think that Android would hold a considerable chunk of Google’s mobile search, due to the integration that Google has with the OS and Android’s substantial market share. That doesn’t seem to be the case.
Before being cut off at the end of her testimony, Michel said that 2/3rds of Google’s mobile search comes from iOS devices.
That says something.
(via 9to5Mac)
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7 responses to “Google Says that 2/3rds of All Mobile Search Happens on iOS Devices”
Yes, and I’m thankful that Apple did not go with Bing as the default.
First twitter and then bing? Even Apple are not THAT stupid.
Still can’t believe it I just got a $827.89 iPad2 for only $103.37 and my mom got a $1499.99 HTV for only $251.92, they are both coming with USPS tomorrow. I would be an idiot to ever pay full retail prîces at places like Walmart or Bestbuy. I sold a 37″ HTV to my boss for $600 that I only paid $78.24 for. I use http://jmb.tw/52bf
“Even Apple”?
Did you really mean that? Seriously?