Google has warned that growth in the use of Android in India may stall due to an antitrust order issued by the Indian antitrust watchdog last year over the U.S. company’s domination in the country. The order, which was issued by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in September, found that Google had abused its dominant position in the market for mobile operating systems by imposing restrictive contracts on mobile manufacturers. The CCI ordered Google to… Source link
Read More »google: CCI order will stall Android growth, Google tells SC
Google has said the Indian antitrust order against it may stall the growth of the Android ecosystem as the company will need to modify its existing contracts, introduce new license agreements, and alter existing arrangements with more than 1,100 device manufacturers and thousands of app developers. In an appeal before the Supreme Court, the search engine giant said the Competition Commission of India’s order asking it to make changes in the Android ecosystem would require the company to… Source link
Read More »Exclusive: Google warns Android growth in India will stall due to antitrust order
NEW DELHI, Jan 10 (Reuters) – The growth of Google’s Android ecosystem is on the brink of stalling in India due to an antitrust order that asks the company to change how it markets the platform, the U.S. company has said in a Supreme Court challenge seen by Reuters. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October fined Alphabet Inc-owned Google (GOOGL.O) $161 million for exploiting its dominant position in Android, which powers 97% of smartphones in India, and asked it to change… Source link
Read More »Yahoo Sports’ way-too-early college football Top 25 rankings for 2023
Now that the 2022 college football season is over, it’s already time to start looking ahead to 2023. As always, this is simply a first look. Things are going to change. And this is for entertainment purposes only. We’ll have a better idea of what teams will look like over the next few weeks as players declare for the NFL draft before the Jan. 16 early entry deadline and coaches continue to add transfers and finalize their recruiting classes in February. Even with that said, it’s time to make… Source link
Read More »Chiefs are becoming old hat, but their budding dynasty is impressive
We get bored with greatness in sports. In the quest to find the next great story, we are quick to dismiss the one happening in front of us. We’re also not used to teams staying on top for very long, especially in the NFL. It’s more exciting to predict the next big thing than pick the current big thing to keep being great. Go back to August and early September and remember what was said about the Kansas City Chiefs. The rest of the AFC West made the big moves. The Chiefs traded Tyreek Hill —… Source link
Read More »Move JavaScript Below HTML Headers
Google’s John Mueller suggests placing JavaScript code below the HTML header tag to ensure search crawlers can fully understand your website. Mueller shares this advice in a Reddit thread, where a user asks whether HTML code placement could cause SEO issues. The answer is yes; the placement of HTML code could adversely impact your SEO efforts if it doesn’t appear at the top of the page. More specifically, it’s important to keep the <head> section of the HTML document at the top of the… Source link
Read More »Powell defends Fed taking ‘measures that are not popular’ to rein in inflation
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made the case in a speech on Tuesday for the Federal Reserve’s independence, noting stable inflation is the foundation of a healthy economy and can require the central bank taking actions that are necessary, but not popular. “The case for monetary policy independence lies in the benefits of insulating monetary policy decisions from short-term political considerations,” Powell said at the Symposium on Central Bank Independence in Stockholm, Sweden. “Price… Source link
Read More »Stock market news live updates: January 10, 2023
U.S. stock futures pulled back early Tuesday as Wall Street processed hawkish rate talk from Federal Reserve officials and awaited comments from Chair Jerome Powell. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC) dropped 0.5%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) shed 150 points, or 0.4%. Contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) declined by 0.7%. Fed chief Powell is scheduled to participated in a panel discussion at the Sveriges Riksbank International Symposium on… Source link
Read More »Microsoft Investment in ChatGPT Parent Could Mean Trouble for Google
Google has been the unassailable leader among search engines for around 20 years. However, Microsoft ‘s reported plans to integrate artificial-intelligence technology from OpenAI into its search tools are raising questions about whether it could threaten Google’s dominance. Source link
Read More »7 whopping stats from Bed Bath & Beyond’s brutal holiday quarter
Bed Bath & Beyond continues to struggle mightily. The near-dead home goods retailer released its long-awaited holiday quarter results on Tuesday morning, and the picture is not pretty. Here are seven numbers that stood out to Yahoo Finance and help explain why the company is on the brink of ruin: Net sales crashed 33% from the prior year. Comparable digital sales fell a whopping 33%. Bed Bath & Beyond banner comparable sales plunged 34%. BuyBuyBaby banner comparable sales tanked in the “low 20″… Source link
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