Google balks at ‘gamesmanship’ claims in advertising antitrust case

The Google app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Summary Law firms Related documents Plaintiffs’ lawyers argue Google must disclose more documents Google’s attorneys say additional records ‘irrelevant’ to case The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and… Source link

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Facebook and Google stocks have diverged, and the reason is Apple

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and Google CEO, Sundar Pichai. REUTERS While Facebook is in the midst of its biggest stock drop ever and is trading at an 18-month low, Google remains near a record and has easily outperformed all of its Big Tech peers over the past year. The difference is Apple. Google and Facebook are the two dominant online ad companies in the U.S. and have been for years. While the companies do very different things and have faced their own unique issues, the… Source link

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Crypto regulation is coming, just not this year: SEC’s Peirce

Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce expects an SEC proposal to expand the definition of an exchange as a backdoor way to regulate cryptocurrency exchanges, but does not anticipate the commission will formally introduce direct crypto regulation this year. “The expansive definition that’s being proposed for exchanges will cover a lot of potential platforms that haven’t thought necessarily that they would be covered and that’s in the traditional security space, as well as in the… Source link

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Bill targeting Apple and Google approved by U.S. Senate panel

A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to approve a bill that would rein in app stores of companies they said exert too much market control, particularly Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL.O). The measure, sponsored by Democratic Senators… Source link

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Google Workspace goes all in on shadow IT – TechCrunch

Google today announced a new version of Workspace, the company’s productivity service that you probably still refer to as G Suite. With the new — and free — Google Workspace Essentials plan, Google wants to bring more business users onto the platform by offering them the basic Workspace productivity tools — with the exception of Gmail. Until now, in order to use Workspace with a non-Google email address, you had to sign up for the $6/month/user Business Starter account after a… Source link

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Meta stock is ‘probably dead money’ in the short term, says top tech analyst

Facebook shares are likely to stay in the penalty box for some time in the wake of a lackluster fourth quarter and even worse 2022 outlook as Apple privacy changes and a surging TikTok take their collective toll on profits. “Shares are probably dead money at this level of growth for at least the next three months,” said top tech analyst Mark Mahaney of EvercoreISI on Yahoo Finance Live. Meta shares were rocked to the tune of 25% on Thursday’s session, and rightfully so most analysts… Source link

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Meta made a crucial mistake with bitcoin: MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

Bitcoin bull Michael Saylor says Meta should have stayed around longer in the crypto space. “The mistake [they made] was not getting into the crypto space. They wasted many, many years of their time with the project they invested in,” the MicroStrategy CEO and founder said on Yahoo Finance Live. This week, Diem — Facebook’s one-time crypto venture — said it sold its assets and intellectual property to crypto bank Silvergate Capital. Sale price: $182 million. The sale effectively ends… Source link

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Amazon stock soars 15% after earnings, will hike Prime membership fee

Amazon (AMZN) reported fourth quarter results on Thursday and announced it will raise its Prime membership fee to $139 per year from $119 in the U.S. The stock is soaring in after-hours. These are the top- and bottom-line results for Amazon’s fourth quarter. Earnings per share: $27.75 vs $3.77 expected Revenue: $137.4 Billion vs $137.82 Billion expected AWS net sales: $17.78 Billion vs $17.23 Billion expected This is the third time since the launch of Amazon Prime that the e-commerce giant… Source link

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TCL 6-Series Google TV review: a great Mini LED TV at a good price

TCL’s first Google TVs were supposed to be a triumphant flex for the second most popular TV manufacturer in the US. Long known for its easy-to-use Roku TVs, TCL has been trying to push the message that it’s adopting a platform-agnostic approach and will offer sets with software from either Roku or Google. (The company has already released many Android TV models internationally.) So with the latest update to its 6-Series — model name R646 — TCL set out to blend its best TV… Source link

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