Tag: Google
US: Simons won’t release 2012 report on Google antitrust probe to...
Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), says he will withhold from Congress a 2012 staff report that could...
US: Google’s Fitbit buy faces instant antitrust scrutiny
Google’s US$2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit means two of the largest technology companies now dominate the US market for fitness tracking devices...
US: Google to buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion
Google said on Friday that it is acquiring Fitbit, the maker of fitness-tracking devices, for $2.1 billion to close the gap with...
US: Google sues Texas in antitrust probe
Google sued Texas’ attorney general on Thursday, October 31, to ensure that its confidential business information will not be disclosed to rivals...
US: States ask internet search rival for evidence in Google probe
Texas's attorney general has sent the privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo a demand for documents and records as part of a multi-state antitrust...
Australia: Google sued by ACCC over location data collection
Australia’s competition watchdog is pursuing Google over allegations the tech giant made false or misleading claims about which personal location data it...
France: Digital minister says Facebook different from Google on copyright
Facebook's refusal to pay for news in France under new legislation on the neighboring right for publishers does not have the same...
US: Alphabet to buy Fitbit?
Google owner Alphabet has made an offer to acquire US wearable device maker Fitbit, as it eyes a slice of the crowded...
US: Analysts may question Google on Antitrust investigations during earnings call
During a quarterly earnings call on Monday, October 28, financial analysts may be as interested in Google’s ongoing investigations as in reported...
US: Google antitrust meeting with AGs to be held next month...
US state attorneys general probing Alphabet’s Google plan to meet next month in Colorado to discuss a probe into whether the search...
