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Google wins dismissal of U.S. lawsuit over Android app limits

February 20, 2015 publisher default, forcing-handset, higher-because, illegally, illegally-drove, make-the-search, microsoft-corp, real-estate, samsung, samsung-galaxy, screen, search, search-engine, such-as-samsung, such-as-youtube

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Google Inc of harming smartphone buyers by forcing handset makers that use its Android operating system to make the search engine company's own applications the default option. Consumers claimed that Google required companies such as Samsung Electronics Co to favor Google apps such as YouTube on Android-powered phones, and restrict rival apps such as Microsoft Corp's Bing. They said this illegally drove smartphone prices higher because rivals could not compete for the “prime screen real estate” that Google's apps enjoyed

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Rocket Internet backs rental start-up looking to replace realtors

December 16, 2014 publisher backing-online, britain, european, france, german, italy, market, real-estate, rocket, rocket-internet, said-on-tuesday, sarajevo, spain, the-start-up, venture-capital

By Eric Auchard LONDON (Reuters) – German ecommerce investor Rocket Internet is backing online apartment rental firm Nestpick as the start-up expands into four European countries, aiming to connect landlords with tenants and put real estate agents out of a job. Nestpick said on Tuesday it was expanding into 14 cities in Britain, France, Italy and Spain, seeking to do for medium-term property rentals what AirBnB has done to transform the market for short-stay rentals for holiday and business travelers

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Women feel no safer in Delhi, two years after notorious gang rape

December 16, 2014 publisher backing-online, constables, france, india, infamous, italy, market, men-stationed, past-on-their, real-estate, said-on-tuesday, sarajevo, thomson-reuters, two-policemen

By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – On a cold, rainy Sunday night, two policemen in khaki uniforms and fluorescent yellow jackets stand among commuters at a bus shelter in the Indian capital, occasionally stepping out to stop passing buses and climbing on board to conduct inspections. A white police car halts to check in with the men stationed at the bus stop. Some minutes after, two other constables walk past on their night patrol which they say runs from 8 p.m