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Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, bought Beeper in an effort to build a system that works across Android and Apple devices.

The inquiries signal the bloc’s intention to tightly enforce sweeping new competition rules that took effect this month.

The lawsuit caps years of regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s wildly popular suite of devices and services, which have fueled its growth into a nearly $3 trillion public company.

The Justice Department’s lawsuit against Apple is the latest in a series of regulatory actions that are hitting the tech giant at the same time.

The move tests the European Union’s new tech competition law, which was designed to allow competing app stores.

As the App Store approaches its 16th anniversary, patchwork rules have turned what was a single store into different shops across many countries.

The new headset teaches a valuable lesson about the cost of tech products: The upsells and add-ons will get you.

Beeper Mini customers were using their Mac computers to connect to iPhone messaging on their Android phones. Now, they say Apple has blocked the messaging service on their Macs.

An E.U. law taking effect in March forced Apple to loosen its grip on the App Store, changes it had long resisted.

Beeper Mini, which offers iPhone messaging on Android phones, has grown fast and its duel with the tech giant has gotten the attention of antitrust regulators.