investigation

The U.K.'s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to launch a market investigation into Apple and Google's dominance in mobile browsers after a year-long study of the iOS and Android ecosystems. 97% of all mobile web browsing in the U.K. during 2021 was done on either Apple's or Google's browser 'engine,' the CMA said....

According to a new report from The New York Times, AT&T and Verizon are being actively investigated by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) over a claims of collusion. Both telecoms, in addition to the G.S.M.A, a mobile standards-setting group, are being subject to an antitrust investigation over potential coordination to hinder customers from...

After months of investigation, Samsung has finally determined that battery faults are to blame for the Galaxy Note 7’s propensity to catch fire, says a new report from Reuters. Many folks speculated that the battery was likely the root cause of the fires but we now know the exact reason the handset was such a fire hazard. […]

On January 23rd Samsung will admit that “irregularly sized batteries” were to blame for the problem that caused Galaxy Note 7 handsets to explode, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The report details that Samsung hired three independent “quality-control and supply-chain analysis firms” to perform the investigation, and these firms both concluded that two separate faults […]

Samsung’s investigation into what caused some Galaxy Note 7s to catch fire has concluded that the battery was the main reason, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters today. The world’s biggest smartphone maker will likely announce the results of the investigation on January 23, a day before it announces detailed fourth-quarter earnings results, […]