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A smartphone with the Apple Pay logo is placed on a displayed Google Pay logo in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration SYDNEY, Aug 30 (Reuters) – The Australian government is considering new laws that would tighten the regulation of digital payment services by tech giants such as Apple (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O). Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he would “carefully consider” that and other recommendations from a government-commissioned report… Source link

Yahoo Australia has launched a major marketing campaign for its search engine in an attempt to gain a greater share of the market which is heavily dominated by Google. The Yahoo Search for Change campaign, developed by CHE Proximity, plays into consumers’ privacy concerns and reminds them they have a choice with which search engine they can use. According to reports, Google more than 90% of the search engine market in Australia. The push comes a week after Verizon announced it is… Source link

GlobeNewswire American Lithium Completes Merger with Plateau VANCOUVER, British Columbia and TORONTO, May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — American Lithium Corp. (“American Lithium” or the “Company”) (TSXV:LI | OTCQB:LIACF | Frankfurt:5LA1) and Plateau Energy Metals Inc. (“Plateau”) (TSXV:PLU | OTCQB:PLUUF) are pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition by American Lithium of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Plateau (“Plateau Shares”) by way of a… Source link

The Guardian Alphabet: revenue soared for Google owner as Covid brought more people online Company exceeded Wall Street’s expectations with $55bn in revenue, even as it continued to face landmark antitrust lawsuits Alphabet, the Google parent company, saw revenue jump 34% from a year ago. Photograph: Marcio José Sánchez/AP Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported record profits for the second consecutive quarter and a 34% jump in revenues but warned bumper traffic and ad sales during… Source link

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GlobeNewswire Building Materials Market Research Report by Structure, by Application – Global Forecast to 2025 – Cumulative Impact of COVID-19 Building Materials Market Research Report by Structure (Multi-Story and Single-Story), by Application (Commercial, Infrastructure, Residential, and Warehouses & Industrial) – Global Forecast to 2025 – Cumulative Impact of COVID-19New York, April 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “Building Materials Market… Source link

Google’s historical collection of location data has got it into hot water in Australia where a case brought by the country’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has led to a federal court ruling that the tech giant misled consumers by operating a confusing dual-layer of location settings in what the regulator describes as a “world-first enforcement action”. The case relates to personal location data collected by Google through Android mobile devices between January 2017 and December… Source link

A search for ‘Australia News’ on the Google homepage, arranged on a desktop computer in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. David Gray | Bloomberg via Getty Images Australia’s federal court found that Google misled users about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices between 2017 and 2018, the country’s competition regulator said Friday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) — which launched legal proceedings against Google in 2019 — said… Source link

A 3D printed Google logo is seen in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Australia’s federal court found Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices, the country’s competition regulator said on Friday. The tech giant has been embroiled in legal action in the country in recent months as the government mulled and later passed a law to make Google and Facebook (FB.O) pay media… Source link

Bloomberg WHO Sees Pandemic on Wrong Path; Korean Wave: Virus Update (Bloomberg) — The pandemic is on the wrong trajectory after six straight weeks of increased cases, according to a World Health Organization officer, who said “vaccines will not end the pandemic.”South Korea’s president will hold an urgent meeting on Monday with the country’s top health officials, Yonhap News reported, after authorities warned the country is in the early stage of another wave of infections. Pfizer… Source link