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Collecting antiques is getting harder but not impossible when it involves smartphone and tablet apps. Apple and Google are limiting the availability of apps that have gone too long without an update – but the two companies aren’t being equally strict about it. For now, each allows a workaround.  Apple announced April 29 that it would consider an app neglected if it had “not been updated within the last three years” and had “not been downloaded at all or extremely few times during a… Source link

The entrance to Google’s U.K. offices in London. Olly Curtis | Future Publishing | via Getty Images The U.K.’s competition regulator has opened a fresh investigation into Google, taking aim at the company’s role in the advertising technology market. It’s the second major antitrust probe to target Google’s ad practices in the U.K. The Competition and Markets Authority launched a separate investigation with the European Union into Google and Facebook parent company Meta earlier this year over… Source link

BRUSSELS, April 23 (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google, Meta (FB.O) and other large online platforms will have to do more to tackle illegal content or risk hefty fines under new internet rules agreed between European Union countries and EU lawmakers on Saturday. The agreement came after more than 16 hours of negotiations. The Digital Services Act (DSA) is the second prong of EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s strategy to rein in Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google, Meta (FB.O) and… Source link

Google’s big annual developer conference, Google I/O, will take place May 11th and 12th, the company announced Wednesday. The event will once again be fully online, though it sounds like at least some of the conference will be streamed live from the Shoreline Amphitheatre, a frequent Google I/O venue. “This year’s event will be broadcast in front of a limited live audience, and is completely free and open to everyone virtually,” Google spokesperson Alex Garcia-Kummert said in a… Source link

Google is facing a lawsuit from a Florida restaurant chain owner that accuses the company of directing users to “unauthorized” Google-branded food ordering webpages, where it uses restaurants names “without their approval,” as first reported by Ars Technica. A copy of the lawsuit alleges Google employs “bait-and-switch” tactics by placing its “Order Online” button at the top of restaurants’ profile panels on the search engine. The large blue button redirects users to a

The logo of Russian internet group Yandex is pictured at the company’s headquarter in Moscow, Russia October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MOSCOW, Feb 25 (Reuters) – Russian tech giant Yandex (YNDX.O) has started warning Russian users looking for news about Ukraine on its search engine of unreliable information on the internet, after Moscow threatened Russian media over what they publish. Authorities on Thursday… Source link

A staff member works during preparations for the reopening of a Fnac store in Paris as part of an easing of the country’s lockdown restrictions amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in France, May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Feb 23 (Reuters) – French retailer Fnac Darty said on Wednesday it entered into a new partnership with tech giant Google (GOOGL.O), as it seeks to improve its online services. Under… Source link

Cookies are one of the many questionable pacts we have made online, where privacy is exchanged for convenience without being entirely sure about the consequences. As with so many arrangements involving our data, this deal is being rewritten under the gaze of regulators. Last week Google issued an update on how it is replacing cookies on its Chrome browser, which is important because two-thirds of web browsing around the world is on Chrome. Sign up for our weekly technology newsletter,… Source link

Lawmakers from both parties are set to introduce bills that could break Google’s stranglehold on the advertising business and start to chip away at Big Tech monopolies, The Post has learned. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) is set to introduce a bill within weeks that would bar Google and other large tech firms from controlling multiple parts of the online ad supply chain.  And while Lee’s bill appears to be aimed squarely at Google, it could also affect Facebook and… Source link

It’s been a particularly busy week for Google. Three state attorneys general and one from Washington, D.C., sued the tech giant, alleging it misled consumers about when they were being tracked. Google also announced this week it will change the way it collects user data for advertising purposes. What’s been happening with the company this week is our focus for “Quality Assurance,” where we take a deeper look at a big tech story. Patience Haggin… Source link