Yelp versus Google: an antitrust court fight plays out in San Francisco
San Francisco — For years, Yelp has complained about Google’s practices, alleging that the tech giant placed its own products above competitors in Google search results.Yelp says when a customer...
Apple defence bolstered by Google monopoly ruling in US case
APPLE could be the winner after Alphabet’s Google lost its fight with the US antitrust enforcers earlier this week, with a ruling that supports the iPhone maker’s defence in...
Deal reached in feud between California news outlets and Google: $250 million to support journalism but no new law
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers intend to shelve legislation that would have required Google to pay news outlets for distributing their content, and in its place announced a new public-private partnership...
UK Competition Watchdog Accepts Meta’s Proposed Changes to Ad Data Use
Meta’s new approach to handling advertiser data has been approved by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority. This comes ahead of the rollout of a new digital markets competition...
EU Antitrust Leader Margrethe Vestager to Step Down
European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager will not be renominated for a third term, according to the Financial Times. Vestager’s decade-long career as Europe’s top antitrust regulator was marked...
Google launches RCS business messaging as a more secure alternative to SMS
GOOGLE has worked with local telcos to launch Rich Communication Services (RCS) business messaging for RCS-enabled Android users in Singapore. On Thursday (Aug 15), Google announced at its Safer...
Google Fitbit, Peloton announce fitness content partnership
GOOGLE’S Fitbit has partnered with Peloton Interactive to give its premium users access to the exercise equipment maker’s fitness content, starting in early September, the companies said on Tuesday...
US considers a rare antitrust move: breaking up Google
A RARE bid to break up Alphabet’s Google is one of the options being considered by the Justice Department after a landmark court ruling found that the company monopolised...
