Tag: Google
US: ”Fortnite” developer spars with Google over App-Store fees
The creator of “Fortnite” is challenging Google’s policy of taking a cut of payments made for app-related purchases at a time when regulators have...
Australia: Facebook and Google to get a new code of conduct
Australia said on Thursday technology giants such as Facebook and Google will have to agree to new rules to ensure they do not...
EU: Brussels asks news stations to describe their data deals with...
The European Commission has sent detailed questionnaires to news publishers as it tries to understand whether the way Google collects data from their websites...
US: Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes the reins at Alphabet
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take over as the new CEO of Alphabet, as well as retain his job at Google, according to a...
US: Google co-founders stepping down
More than 20 years after launching Google out of a Menlo Park garage, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are relinquishing their executive roles at...
US: Genius Media sues Google over anticompetitive use of lyrics
Five months after it accused Google of publishing lifted song lyrics, music website Genius Media is suing the search giant over what it alleges...
UK: Google’s £2B acquisition of Looker faces competition probe
Britain’s competition watchdog on Monday, December 2, announced it was probing Google’s US$2.6 billion buyout of privately held big-data analytics firm Looker Data Sciences,...
US/Ireland: Facebook to allow transfer of photos, videos to Google Photos
Facebook is trying to make it easier for users to move photos from the social network to rival online services. The option will be...
US: Senators fear Google will mine Fitbit’s health data
Google’s US$2.1 billion Fitbit deal is sparking privacy concerns that the search giant will mine the health data of the 27 million people who...
South Korea: Watchdog sets up antitrust team to probe Naver, Google
South Korea’s antitrust watchdog is set to investigate unfair business practices by dominant tech firms through a new special task force team, officials said...
