Google's exclusive deals 'blocked upstart search app'
Search giant blocked a $650 million start-up from working with Samsung and telcos because it violated their exclusivity contract...
Google’s billion-dollar exclusivity deals are back under the spotlight in the antitrust trial, as a start-up said it was crushed when the search giant turned the screw.
Alex Austin, founder of Branch Metrics, testified that Google invoked its exclusive revenue sharing deals with Samsung, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile to block them.
Bloomberg reported Austin…
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