The antitrust dragnet closes on Google
As the EU faces fresh calls to investigate Google for abusing its market dominance, the internet giant flexes its muscles once more by starting to charge for Google Photos.
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Google hits out at ‘deeply flawed’ DoJ lawsuit
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) is suing internet giant Google for anticompetitive practices relating to search and search advertising.
Diversification helps Google ride the waves of coronavirus turbulence
Alphabet-owned Google certainly felt the pinch of COVID-19 over the last few weeks of the quarter, but CEO Sundar Pichai identified diversification as key to managing the crisis.
Google doubles down on India
Google has announced that use of its Google Pay platform has tripled to 67 million users in India.
Google prefers cookies to fingerprints
Internet giant Google has announced some measures designed to better protect the privacy of users of its Chrome browser.
Google Go goes global
The stripped-down version of Google’s mobile search engine is now available on all Android phones.
Android to grudgingly offer search choice in Europe
As part of its ongoing bid to get the EU off its back Android will give European users a choice of default search provider from next year.
Google investors slightly spooked by free-spending execs
Revenues might well be booming again at Google, but it seems shareholders are slightly concerned by increased costs, which is one of the fastest growing columns in the spreadsheet.
France fines Google for being vague
The French regulator has swung the GDPR stick for the first time and landed it firmly on Google’s rump, costing the firm €50 million for transparency and consent violations.
UK news media want tech giants to pay them annual license fees
A UK governmental review into threats to the press, principally from the internet, has led to calls for tech giants to pay for news content that appears on their platforms.
Trump declares war on Google
US President Donald Trump has tweeted that Google search results about him are biased in favour of leftwing media.
So much for ‘Don’t be Evil’ as Google bows to China censorship – sources
Many of the internet giants managed to put principles before profits when dealing with China, but willpower does seem to be fading as Silicon Valley attempts to work around the Great Chinese Firewall.
Apple and Google’s squalid symbiosis revealed
An Apple analyst reckons Google will pay Apple $3 billion to keep its position as the default search engine on its devices this year.
Europe shakes down Google to the tune of €2.42 billion for search bias
Internet giant Google has received its anticipated spanking from the European Commission, but the fine is significantly larger than expected.
Android’s Russian rebuke could have global implications
Google has reached a settlement with Russian authorities over claims it has been abusing Android’s dominant position, but that might not be the end of it.
Europe reported to be readying €3 billion fine for Google
The European Commission’s seven-year investigation into Google Search is set to conclude within weeks, according to a Telegraph report, with a massive fine.
Google counters EC Android accusation by saying it benefits everyone
As teased earlier in the week the European Commission has formally accused Google of abusing its dominant position with Android, but Google doesn’t see what all the fuss is about.
Major Google search algorithm tweak favours ‘mobile-friendly’ websites
Search giant Google is today implementing a major tweak to its search algorithm that will favour websites it deems to be ‘mobile-friendly’. Essentially this means that if your website is easy to view on a mobile device it may be more prominent in search results done from a smartphone. The tweak apparently doesn’t affect desktop or tablet searches.
Google picks up natural language search specialist
A US-based start up that launched last year has been snapped up by Google for an estimated $30m as natural language search and summarisation captures the industry’s imagination.
RIM beds down with Microsoft for search
Microsoft seems to be on a roll at the moment, this week adding Canadian Blackberry maker Research In Motion to its lengthening list of partners. The deal announced this week makes Microsoft’s Bing the default search engine and mapping tool on Blackberry handsets, but the appearance of Steve Ballmer alongside RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis at the Blackberry World conference in Orlando, set tongues wagging.
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