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A panel of U.S. Senators questioned officials from Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Wednesday about the dominance of their mobile app stores and whether the companies abuse their power at the expense of smaller competitors. Amy Klobuchar, the top Senate Democrat on antitrust issues, said Apple and Google can use their power to “exclude or suppress apps that compete with their own products” and “charge excessive fees that affect competition.” App makers like music… Source link

Russia’s competition watchdog has launched a formal probe into Yandex, alleging the country’s largest technology company could be abusing its dominant position in the search market to promote its own services at the expense of competitors. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) said Tuesday that Yandex has failed to comply with a previous warning that it must stop favoring its own products in search results. Shares in the technology giant, which is listed on the U.S. Nasdaq… Source link

He said that during the inquiry, parties expressed concern about potential conflicts of interest from Google’s various roles in this industry. “This includes Google very often acting on behalf of both publishers and advertisers for the same ad sale across the ad tech supply chain, while also selling its own ad inventory,” Sims added. The commission had yet to form a view on whether Google’s conduct breached Australian competition law through a misuse of market power, the report said. A… Source link

I’ve come to appreciate the sheer fact of consistency, of availability. Not just day-to-day, though you can certainly expect that from LeBron James, but year-to-year. He is the rare timeless athlete, one of the few constants in my life — in anyone’s life. Eighteen years. LeBron’s career is old enough to be my drinking buddy, and it pretty much is. Memories are unreliable, frustrating narrators, but I remember moments involving him with perfect clarity. When James made his playoff debut… Source link

He said that during the inquiry, parties expressed concern about potential conflicts of interest from Google’s various roles in this industry. “This includes Google very often acting on behalf of both publishers and advertisers for the same ad sale across the ad tech supply chain, while also selling its own ad inventory,” Sims added. The commission had yet to form a view on whether Google’s conduct breached Australian competition law through a misuse of market power, the report said. A… Source link

He said that during the inquiry, parties expressed concern about potential conflicts of interest from Google’s various roles in this industry. “This includes Google very often acting on behalf of both publishers and advertisers for the same ad sale across the ad tech supply chain, while also selling its own ad inventory,” Sims added. The commission had yet to form a view on whether Google’s conduct breached Australian competition law through a misuse of market power, the report said. A… Source link

CANBERRA, Australia — A lack of competition for Google and a lack of transparency in the digital advertising supply chain needed to be addressed because they were impacting publishers, advertisers and consumers, Australia’s competition watchdog said on Thursday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released its interim report on its inquiry into the Google-dominated digital advertising services industry in Australia that is worth 3.4 billion Australian dollars… Source link

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A lack of competition for Google and a lack of transparency in the digital advertising supply chain needed to be addressed because they were impacting publishers, advertisers and consumers, Australia’s competition watchdog said on Thursday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released its interim report on its inquiry into the Google-dominated digital advertising services industry in Australia that is worth 3.4 billion Australian dollars… Source link

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia announced on Thursday it may let internet users choose which data they give to Big Tech companies like Google, limiting the internet giants’ ability to access users’ online histories to cross-sell products. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at la Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) new proposals aim… Source link

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia announced on Thursday it may let internet users choose which data they give to Big Tech companies like Google, limiting the internet giants’ ability to access users’ online histories to cross-sell products. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at la Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) new proposals aim… Source link