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It has been revealed that Apple rejected Bing as the default search engine in its Safari browser after providing the wrong answer to a question about Annie Lennox. Incorrect search results for the query “Annie Lennox first band” was among the reasons why Apple ended up going with Google as their default search engine. The claims were revealed on Friday, February 23 in a filing from Google in its antitrust case against the US government (per The Register). Lennox was referenced in… Source link

Microsoft reportedly tried to sell Bing to Apple in 2018 – but failed. The sale was unsuccessful because Apple had concerns about Bing’s search quality, advertising unit and monetization capabilities, according to a document in Google’s antitrust case against the U.S. Justice Department. Google argues that the failed sale highlights that Bing lost out because it is an inferior search engine, not because Google has made the search market unfair for its competitors, per CNN.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Apple rejected opportunities to buy Microsoft’s Bing, integrate with …  CNN Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Apple rejected opportunities to buy Microsoft’s Bing, integrate with DuckDuckGo  CNN Source link