<p> US Internet giant Google paid Apple a billion dollars in 2014, to be the go-to search tool on iPhones, Bloomberg reported, citing court documents.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The rare glimpse into financial figures typically kept private by Google and Apple was provided by an Oracle attorney during a court hearing in San Francisco last week, according to Bloomberg.<br /><br />A transcript of the proceeding was not among documents available at the court’s digital filing system on Friday, in the wake of a move by Google lawyers to have it sealed.<br /><br />An Oracle attorney had revealed that Google, a subsidiary of corporate parent Alphabet, paid a billion dollars in the year 2014 alone to secure its position as the default search engine on iPhones, Bloomberg reported.<br /><br />Google lawyers argued that Oracle “improperly disclosed highly sensitive, confidential information” regarding revenues and profits related to its Android mobile operating software, a copy of the motion showed.<br /><br />Android revenue details cited by an Oracle attorney in open court last week had been labeled “Highly Confidential — Attorney’s Eyes Only,” Google contended.<br /><br />According to Bloomberg, an Oracle lawyer also said in court that Google had $22 billion in profit from Android, which it makes available free to mobile device makers.<br /><br />The first Android-powered smartphone launched in 2008, and the software now powers more than 80 per cent of smartphones sold worldwide.<br /><br />The figures were made public briefly during a long-running legal fight over whether copyright-protected elements of Java code made by Oracle were used in Android without permission.<br /><br />While Apple is not a party in the case, Oracle lawyers argued that the impressive sum of money Google takes in from Android must be factored in by the court. <br /><br /></p>
<p> US Internet giant Google paid Apple a billion dollars in 2014, to be the go-to search tool on iPhones, Bloomberg reported, citing court documents.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The rare glimpse into financial figures typically kept private by Google and Apple was provided by an Oracle attorney during a court hearing in San Francisco last week, according to Bloomberg.<br /><br />A transcript of the proceeding was not among documents available at the court’s digital filing system on Friday, in the wake of a move by Google lawyers to have it sealed.<br /><br />An Oracle attorney had revealed that Google, a subsidiary of corporate parent Alphabet, paid a billion dollars in the year 2014 alone to secure its position as the default search engine on iPhones, Bloomberg reported.<br /><br />Google lawyers argued that Oracle “improperly disclosed highly sensitive, confidential information” regarding revenues and profits related to its Android mobile operating software, a copy of the motion showed.<br /><br />Android revenue details cited by an Oracle attorney in open court last week had been labeled “Highly Confidential — Attorney’s Eyes Only,” Google contended.<br /><br />According to Bloomberg, an Oracle lawyer also said in court that Google had $22 billion in profit from Android, which it makes available free to mobile device makers.<br /><br />The first Android-powered smartphone launched in 2008, and the software now powers more than 80 per cent of smartphones sold worldwide.<br /><br />The figures were made public briefly during a long-running legal fight over whether copyright-protected elements of Java code made by Oracle were used in Android without permission.<br /><br />While Apple is not a party in the case, Oracle lawyers argued that the impressive sum of money Google takes in from Android must be factored in by the court. <br /><br /></p>