A Russian search company says Google's bundling its suite into Android smartphone software is anti-competitive.
Around 78% of smartphones in use around the world run Google's Android operating system, Business Insider reports, and foreign companies are increasingly crying foul at Google's hold on mobile software and search. Russia's biggest search engine, Yandex, just filed a complaint with Russian authorities alleging that Google is requiring phone-makers to install the whole Google app suite, including Google search, should they want to include the Google Play app store on their devices. According to a Yandex spokesman quoted by the BBC, even if users later install the Yandex app, they cannot change the default search away from Google.
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