Illustration photo of the Shazam application on a mobile phone December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration
BRUSSELS: EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Apple's bid for British music discovery app Shazam, concerned the deal might give the iPhone maker an unfair advantage in poaching users from its rivals.
Apple announced the deal in December to help it better compete with industry leader Spotify. Shazam lets users identify songs by pointing a smartphone at the audio source.
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