The logo of Google is seen at the high profile startups and high tech leaders gathering, Viva Tech,in Paris, France May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MILAN, July 14 (Reuters) – Italy’s competition authority AGCM said on Thursday it had launched an investigation against Google (GOOGL.O)for suspected abuse of its dominant position in data portability, an accusation the Alphabet unit denied. The watchdog said in a statement that… Source link
Read More »Google dials up focus on portability ahead of rule changes – TechCrunch
Google has signalled it’s dialling up efforts around portability, announcing a plan yesterday to spend $3 million and “hundreds of hours” of its engineers time over the next five years to build on existing (sometimes very long-standing) initiatives in this area, such as the 2018 open source Data Transfer Project (DTP) to which Google is a contributor. The move comes at a time when lawmakers in multiple jurisdictions are paying increased attention to barriers that prevent service… Source link
Read More »Facebook adds Photobucket and Google Calendar to its data portability options – TechCrunch
Daniel Cooper Contributor Daniel Cooper is a senior editor at Engadget. Facebook has today announced that it has added two new destinations for when you want to move your data from the social network. In a blog post, the company said that users will be able to move their images to Photobucket and event listings to Google Calendar. Product Manager Hadi Michel said that the tool has been “completely rebuilt” to be “simpler and… Source link
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