US judge dismisses advertisers’ antitrust claims against Google
A US judge has dismissed antitrust claims against Google brought by a group of advertisers, though offered them a chance to try again after addressing her “serious concerns.&...
Russia: IT firms must open offices in the country under new draft law
Foreign technology companies will be forced to open offices in Russia or face penalties such as advertising bans under draft legislation, a senior lawmaker has said, in a fresh mov...
The coming storm: US state AG’s ask Congress for antitrust funding
On Monday, dozens of state attorneys general wrote to US lawmakers to urge Congress to fund their antitrust probes, which have resulted in big lawsuits filed against Google and Fac...
Verizon to offload Yahoo, AOL for $5 billion
Verizon Communications is getting rid of its media businesses that include iconic brands Yahoo and AOL for $5 billion, ending an expensive and unsuccessful run in the media and adv...
Vodafone teams up with Google Cloud on data analytics
Mobile operator Vodafone Group and Google Cloud entered a strategic partnership to jointly develop data services, Vodafone has stated over the weekend.
Blocking Google class action would deny justice, UK court told
Blocking a proposed UK class action against Google, that alleges it secretly tracked millions of iPhone users a decade ago, risks allowing big business to behave with impunity, a l...
Google sales top estimates; Alphabet plans $50 billion buyback
Alphabet beat quarterly revenue estimates and announced a $50 billion share buyback as the recovering economy and surging use of online services combined to accelerate its advertis...
US antitrust senators query Google over testimony meddling concerns
US Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee sent a letter to Google saying they were “deeply troubled” by what they called a possible attempt to influence witness testimony ...
US senators question Apple and Google on app store dominance
A panel of US Senators questioned officials from Apple and Google about the dominance of their mobile app stores and whether the companies abuse their power at the expense of small...
Daily Mail owner sues Google for monopoly over ad business
The Daily Mail, owner of the MailOnline newspaper, has sued Google, alleging that the search and advertising giant’s power over selling online ad space means newspapers see l...
Google and Apple executives to testify in app store hearing on Wednesday
Senior executives from Google and Apple will testify tomorrow about antitrust concerns related to their app stores along with executives of three companies which rely on those onli...
Apple to bring social media platform Parler back to App Store
Apple will bring controversial social media app Parler back to its App Store according to a letter sent to two Republican lawmakers.
USbanks deploy AI to monitor customers and workers amid tech backlash
Several US banks have started deploying camera software that can analyse customer preferences, monitor workers and spot people sleeping near ATMs, even as they remain wary about po...
Microsoft to invest $1 billion in Malaysia to set up data centres
Microsoft Corporation will invest a cool $1 billion over the next five years in Malaysia as part of a new partnership programme with government agencies and local companies, the So...