Google is facing further pressure from the European Commission over its dominance of the search market.
EC competion czar Joaquin Almunia said that the organisation is likely to take a look into its Android mobile operating system as well as its dominance in the mobile market.
The EC first started an investigation into possible abuse of its leading position in 2010, and believes the search giant may be anti-competitive.
Last weekend, Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, said on his blog that his company’s search engine was just part of the web landscape. That follows adverts from a group of publishers accusing the company is too dominant . It has an estimated 90 percent market share in Europe.
Schmidt rebutted those claims, saying that it isn’t promoting its own products at the expense of its competition. People often go directly to news sites and go to travel sites directly, rather than using Google.
He claimed that the increasing use of apps on smartphones and tablets bypassed Google completely. He claims that Google is just interested in helping users.
Google is not evil. But it’s not a non-profit organisation.
