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Europe says Google broke antitrust law with app rules, Android contracts
Formal "Statement of Objections" focuses on Google search and Chrome browser app installation requirements....
Report: EU antitrust charges against Google’s Android could come this week
The central issue is whether Google has abused its position with contracts that require handset makers to pre-install proprietary Google apps....
Google fails in bid to overturn Russian “no default Android apps” ruling
The Moscow Arbitration Court upheld the competition regulator's decision, but Google can...
Report: European Commission set to file charges against Google over Android
App pre-install requirements are at issue, allegedly violate EU competition rules....
Associated Press Teams Up With Twitter To Track 2016 Election-Related Tweets
AP's Election Buzz tool tracks Twitter activity and Google search volume for candidates and politically-charged topics....
Seeking $1.7 Billion In Back Taxes, France Is Latest To Go After Google
Billions are at stake in Europe's flurry of tax collection efforts against US...
Russia Joins List Of Countries Seeking More Tax Revenue From Google, Apple
Countries across Europe have been seeking more tax revenue from US tech companies such as Google and Apple. Google and Apple have so far agreed...
Google Revenues Beat Expectations With $21.3B In Q4 And $75B In 2015
Revenue growth was driven by mobile search acceleration, YouTube and programmatic advertising. Next, Fiber and Verily drove revenue for "other...
Google Agrees To Pay $185 Million In Back Taxes In UK Settlement
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google was negotiating with France and other European governments to settle long-running...
Google Seeking To Normalize Tax Relations With Europe, Settle Claims
Many governments in Europe don’t believe that US companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Starbucks and Apple are paying their fair...
Google, Apple, Yahoo Trying To Score Points With Local Officials During Super Bowl
Silicon Valley tech companies are trying to score some points in the runup to the Super Bowl. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple,...
Airbnb Voted No. 1 Best Place To Work On Glassdoor’s Annual List Of Top Employers
More than half of the top 20 best places to work in the US are tech companies, with HubSpot, LinkedIn and Adobe making the...
Google Will Fight Russian Antitrust “No Mandatory Apps” Ruling
Seeking to avoid a potential “precedent” that might be emulated elsewhere, Google will challenge the Russian antitrust...
Yandex Takes Fight Against Google & Android To European Commission
Prompted by a complaint from Yandex, Russia’s antitrust regulator found that Google-required pre-installed Android apps violated Russian...
UK-Based Streetmap Sues Google In Potential First Wave Of New EU Lawsuits
Nearly a decade after the launch of Google Maps, Google is being sued by a mapping competitor in the UK. The company is called Streetmap, and...
Amazon Opening Physical Bookstore In Seattle, Google Abandons Store In NYC
Today, Amazon is opening a physical bookstore in Seattle’s University Village. Meanwhile, across the country, Google has reportedly decided...
Turning The Tables, Google Argues EU Must Justify More Aggressive Antitrust Stance
As part of its defiant stance against EU antitrust charges, Alphabet (Google) is arguing that there’s no basis for assessing fines against...
Alphabet (Google) Q3 Beats With $18.7 Billion, Mobile Search Revenues “Strong”
Google announced revenues $18.7 billion, which represented 13 percent year over year growth vs. $16.5 billion a year ago. Revenues beat...
FAQ: What We Know About The Yahoo-Google Search Deal — So Far
Consummating a long flirtation, Yahoo said yesterday that it had reached a search deal with Google. Here’s the official statement: In...
Citing NSA Spying, European Court Kills Data Transfer Agreement Between EU & US
The two-year old Snowden-NSA spying revelations have fueled a growing climate of hostility toward Google, Facebook and other US tech companies...
