EU lawmakers want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 hearing

FILE PHOTO: The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google in a combination photo. BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers have invited the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to a Feb. 1 hearing in Brussels as they try to crack down on the powers of U.S. tech giants. The European Parliament will in the coming months provide input into proposals by the European Commission to force the companies to play fairly with rivals and to do more to tackle online fake news and harmful… Source link

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EU lawmakers want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 hearing

FILE PHOTO: The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google in a combination photo. BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers have invited the chief executives of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to a Feb. 1 hearing in Brussels as they try to crack down on the powers of U.S. tech giants. The European Parliament will in the coming months provide input into proposals by the European Commission to force the companies to play fairly with rivals and to do more to tackle online fake news and harmful… Source link

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What Is the Google Store?

If you’re interested in Google products, you may have stumbled upon the Google Store. This is the place where Google sells its own products, but it wasn’t always like that. The Google Store has an interesting history. The Google Store Started as a Tab The “Devices” tab now goes to the Google Store Google’s first “store” was the Android market. It existed only on Android devices, and it delivered Android apps and games. Google slowly added different types of content to the… Source link

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What’s So Bad About Free Google Searches?

Mike Kenny, Alston & Bird, Atlanta. (Courtesy photo) In the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic and on the cusp of a presidential election of historic contentiousness, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Oct. 20, 2020, that it and 11 states, including Georgia, were suing Google for alleged violations of the antitrust laws. More specifically, the DOJ is bringing three Section 2 Sherman Act claims, alleging that Google has unlawfully… Source link

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Hank Aaron dies at age of 86

Hall of Famer and longtime home run king Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron died Friday morning, his daughter confirmed to WSB-TV in Atlanta. The Atlanta Braves legend was 86. Aaron, a 25-time All-Star, played in MLB from 1954-76 almost entirely with the Braves organization — first in Milwaukee and then in Atlanta. In 1957 he led the organization to its first World Series title since 1914. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1982. Aaron’s career as home run king Aaron had his first… Source link

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Could Google really leave Australia?

Google has threatened to pull out of the Australian market if a new law governing its relationship with news publishers goes ahead. So what’s the row all about? Why would Google pull out of Australia? The government is introducing a law to address a long-bubbling row… Source link

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Yandex, smartphone vendors in dispute on app pre-installation

Smartphone vendors, who have been obliged to install applications of Russian origin on phones due to be sold in Russia, plan to place domestic applications on the so-called window of choice, which only appears upon activating the device, reports Kommersant. This provides customers with the opportunity to avoid installing local software. Source link

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Super Bowl LV will have limited capacity

Super Bowl LV will look a little different than the big game has in years past, but there will be fans in the stands two weeks from Sunday. The NFL announced that there will be 22,000 fans at the Super Bowl this year, which is a little more than one-third the capacity of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Of those, 7,500 tickets will be given out to vaccinated healthcare workers from hospitals and healthcare systems in Tampa and Central Florida, along with additional vaccinated… Source link

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Developer complains to EU over Apple, Google app rules after COVID game rejected

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A German app developer has filed a complaint with European Union antitrust authorities against Google and Apple which he said last year rejected a game aimed at encouraging compliance with government COVID-19 rules. FILE PHOTO: 3D printed coronavirus model and Google logo are placed near an Apple Macbook Pro in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Several developers have challenged Google and Apple over their app policies,… Source link

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Developer complains to EU over Apple, Google app rules after COVID game rejected

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A German app developer has filed a complaint with European Union antitrust authorities against Google and Apple which he said last year rejected a game aimed at encouraging compliance with government COVID-19 rules. FILE PHOTO: 3D printed coronavirus model and Google logo are placed near an Apple Macbook Pro in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Several developers have challenged Google and Apple over their app policies,… Source link

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