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Google double-whammy: Android complaints in Europe, plus Microsoft ‘Scroogled’ ads run anew

Gargantuan Google is again playing whack-a-mole with complaints over its business practices. Calling Android a "Trojan Horse," rivals of Google have urged European regulators to look into the Silicon Valley giant's dominant position in mobile. The rivals, including Microsoft, Oracle and Read More →

When elephants fight: Google vs. Microsoft goes on and on

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73 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

When elephants fight: Google vs. Microsoft goes on and on

When tech titans fight, metaphors and common expressions come to mind. Pot, meet kettle. Size matters. Tit for tat. Microsoft and Google have gone after each other over antitrust issues. The most recent example comes by way of a Read More →

A $733M ‘error’ message: EU fines Microsoft over browser-choice deal

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75 days ago Levi Sumagaysay No Comments

A $733M ‘error’ message: EU fines Microsoft over browser-choice deal

Microsoft is again in trouble for failing to give consumers a choice in Web browsers, with the European Union fining the company 561 million euros, or $733 million, for non-compliance with a 2009 settlement. It is the first fine imposed Read More →

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135 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 1 Comment

The Google-FTC deal the day after

We're rounding up key reaction and follow-up the day after the Google-FTC settlement, in which Google agreed to change some practices but emerges largely unscathed and avoids an antitrust trial: • Google played the political game all Read More →

Google must be feeling lucky: It ducks U.S. antitrust suit with FTC settlement

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136 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 2 Comments

Google must be feeling lucky: It ducks U.S. antitrust suit with FTC settlement

Google has avoided a potentially long and painful antitrust lawsuit, settling with the Federal Trade Commission in a deal announced today. The big win among the wrongdoings the company was accused of: The FTC said it found no evidence that Read More →

Tech check: Zynga’s games over; Facebook privacy flaw plugged plus IPO revisited; no Google antitrust action; Apple shares’ ride

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139 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 2 Comments

Tech check: Zynga’s games over; Facebook privacy flaw plugged plus IPO revisited; no Google antitrust action; Apple shares’ ride

We're closing 2012 with a check on some of the Silicon Valley companies we often wrote about this year: • Zynga is doing some previously announced year-end cleaning: It shut down PetVille and (revised) Mafia Wars 2 Read More →

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Google double-whammy: Android complaints in Europe, plus Microsoft ‘Scroogled’ ads run anew

When elephants fight: Google vs. Microsoft goes on and on

A $733M ‘error’ message: EU fines Microsoft over browser-choice deal

The Google-FTC deal the day after

Google must be feeling lucky: It ducks U.S. antitrust suit with FTC settlement

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