In mid-October, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a long-expected antitrust lawsuit against Google, one of the world’s largest and most influential companies. Claiming that Google has used deals with phone makers to keep its web search… Source link
Read More »India opens antitrust case against Google over its payments app – TechCrunch
India’s antitrust watchdog has opened an investigation into Google for allegedly abusing the dominant position of its app store and Android mobile operating system to promote its payments service in the world’s second largest internet market. In its Monday announcement (PDF) about opening an antitrust case against Google, Indian watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) said it would review claims whether Google “unfairly” skews the search results on… Source link
Read More »Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has applied to become a citizen of Cyprus
The former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, is finalizing a plan to become a citizen of the island of Cyprus, Recode has learned, becoming one of the highest-profile Americans to take advantage of one of the world’s most controversial “passport-for-sale” programs. Schmidt, one of America’s wealthiest people, and his family have won approval to become citizens of the Mediterranean nation, according to a previously unreported notice in a Cypriot publication in October. While it is not… Source link
Read More »CCI to probe if Google misuses reach to push its payments app
New Delhi: The Competition Commission of India has opened yet another antitrust case against Google, this time looking into the company’s payments app, Google Pay. The case alleges that Google unfairly promoted its own payments app via “prominent placement on the Play Store” and “imposing unfair terms on users by requiring them to use Google Pay which is not in compliance with the data localisation directive issued by Reserve Bank of India and the guidelines issued by NPCI”. … Source link
Read More »Pixel 5 review: Google spends its bill-of-materials budget unwisely
The Pixel 5, which looks pretty good. Ron Amadeo … Source link
Read More »Becker still preparing to make business park home for Google
BECKER — With state bonding funds secured, Becker is another step closer to what it hopes will be a bustling business park. Legislators agreed on a bonding bill in October, and the $1.9 billion spending package included $20.5 million for the Becker business park. Becker is hoping to be home to a new Google Data Center, and this state funding is considered a key to redevelopment efforts tied to the incremental planned closure of Sherco, an Xcel coal-powered generating plant set to be… Source link
Read More »Kelley Commentaries: Crushing The Google Summer Internship
This year has been strange for everyone. Never did I think that I would go almost 4 months without wearing “real” pants. However, one thing did not change as the muggy days of summer approached: the onset of summer internships. Around the country, MBAs relished their week or two off between final exams and first-day impressions on the new job. This time around, the difference was that internships were remote, and some even shortened. This put even more pressure on interns to make a… Source link
Read More »Google Home: 5 amazing things you didn’t know your smart speaker could do
Move whatever you’re listening to in the garage into the main house with a simple command. Dale Smith/CNET … Source link
Read More »5 delightful things you didn’t know Google Home could do
Move whatever you’re listening to in the garage into the main house with a simple command. Dale Smith/CNET … Source link
Read More »Jury finds in favor of Google in patent infringement trial over YouTube | News
Multinational information technology company, Google, was victorious in Marshall’s federal court, on Friday, after a jury concluded that Google’s web-based You Tube service did not infringe a series of patents related to adaptive video-streaming technology. The case began this past Monday in US District Court Judge Rodney Gilstrap’s courtroom before a jury… Source link
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