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Anti-trust regulators in the European Union have deferred an announcement about fining Google for alleged anti-trust activities surrounding its Android mobile operating system due to a visit to Brussels by US President Donald Trump.

Search giant Google is likely to face another hefty anti-trust fine from the European Union in July, this time over its Android mobile operating system.

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has acknowledged that the Justice Department needs to take a close look at technology companies like Google that may be monopolies.

Apple has paid the first instalment of a fine levied by the European Union for alleged tax evasion, depositing €1.5 billion (US$1.76 billion) into an escrow account set up for the purpose.

The best way for Australia to show that it takes the privacy of its citizens seriously would be for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to levy a hefty fine on Google for having the guts to not only spy on all Android users, but to also use their own data to do so. Talk of chutzpah.

The European Commission has opened an investigation into Apple's proposed acquisition of music recognition applications maker Shazam, saying it is concerned "that the merger could reduce choice for users of music streaming services".

The European Union has raised the prospect that it may consider breaking up Google into a number of smaller units, saying it harbours "grave suspicions" about the firm's dominance of the search market.

The European Commission has fined chip maker Qualcomm €997 million (A$1.53 billion) for abusing its market dominance in LTE baseband chipsets.

Apple and Ireland have reached a deal on terms for an escrow fund for a €13 billion (US$17.6 billion) fine imposed by the European Union in August last year, with the money to stay in the fund while both the tech firm and Dublin appeal the EU's verdict.

Google is likely to be hit with another big fine from the European Union in the next few weeks, this time over its AdSense advertising system.

The European Union has told Amazon to repay €250 million (US$293 million) in taxes that it says the company received due to sweetheart deals with Luxembourg.

The European Union is likely to chastise Ireland for failing to collect a fine of €13 billion (US$17.6 billion) from Apple which was announced on 29 August last year.

Facing an EU deadline of 28 September to come up with a solution to the charge of using its search engine dominance to favour itself in its comparison shopping service, Google has made an offer to display rival shopping sites through a bidding process.

The European Union's move to demand that Apple pay €13 billion in back taxes was sparked by an investigation that began initially in the US, according to EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager.

It is said that there are two things that are certain in this world: death and taxes. One has to rethink that line now, in view of the EU-Apple news this week; only death seems to be a certainty.