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Rivals launch “Don’t Comcast the Internet” to oppose TWC merger
In the current debate over how the U.S. should oversee the internet, the worst case scenario for many is the web reinvented as cable TV:…
Read MoreGoogle to give all users clearer information about data use
Google has vowed to revise its privacy policy and account settings, in order to make it clearer to people what it does with…
Read MoreApple, Google anti-poaching settlement now reported to be $415M
Four big technology companies involved in a wage-fixing scandal will reportedly add $90 million to top off an earlier proposed settlement that was rejected…
Read MoreAs Comcast merger enters final phase, deal may be on thin ice
When telecom giant Comcast announced plans in February to swallow its largest rival, Time Warner Cable, the consensus in Washington and on Wall…
Read MoreComcast-TWC merger delayed, FCC says 7,000 docs wrongly held back
Comcast’s plans to swallow its largest rival Time Warner Cable has suffered another setback as the FCC announced Monday it would once again halt…
Read MoreMicrosoft axes its EU browser choice mechanism after five years
Five years ago, Microsoft began offering a choice of browsers to European customers who were booting up a copy of Windows for…
Read MoreGoogle goes to court for antitrust claims over Android apps
Google will try to persuade a federal judge in San Jose, California on Thursday that its Android agreements, which requires Samsung and other…
Read MoreJudges question Apple ebook verdict and Amazon’s role
In a new twist in the long running antitrust case against Apple, an appeals court on Monday cast doubt on the Justice Department’s theory…
Read MoreEU market tests Booking.com antitrust commitments
The European Commission has asked for comments as it tries to settle a series of antitrust cases surrounding the hotel-booking website Booking.com.…
Read MoreIce dancer may be new face of Apple iPod trial
An ice dancer from Massachusetts who claims that Apple policies obstructed her access to her favorite music is set to become the new lead…
Read MoreApple knocks out another plaintiff in iPod case, lawyers scramble
Lawyers in California are beating the bushes to find someone who bought an iPod between 2006 and 2009, after a judge disqualified their…
Read MoreFCC restarts clock on Comcast merger as critics renew attack
There is little that's subtle about America's giant telecom beast, Comcast, and the same can be said about its critics.…
Read MoreAndroid antitrust investigators ask Yandex to detail Google woes
The Russian web firm has confirmed that it was asked to provide evidence in a potential EU antitrust case against Google, over its bundling of core services with Android. Investigators are also looking into claims of Google forcing manufacturers to delay or cancel devices using non-Google services.…
Read MoreHow Europe could cut Google down to size without splitting it up
Google's EU search antitrust case is a complex beast that is being overloaded by vested interests. Competition commission Margrethe Vestager would be best advised to keep her solutions simple, and here are some suggestions for what those solutions might entail.…
Read MoreEU Parliament calls on Commission to consider Google break-up
The call, which was anticipated, does not have any concrete effects but it does increase pressure on the European Commission to take a hard line with Google over the abuse of its dominance in the EU search market.…
Read MoreApple’s $450M plan to settle ebook price-fixing gets green light
Apple could begin paying out $400 million worth of cash and ebook credits by the end of the year, after a federal judge approved an unusual deal related to an Apple-led conspiracy to fix the price of ebooks.…
Read MoreEuropean Parliament reportedly wants Google to be broken up
The Parliament is, according to the Financial Times, poised to call on the European Commission to separate Google's core search business from its other businesses or take some other serious measure to tackle the firm's dominance in the EU.…
Read MoreGoogle has free speech right in search results, court confirms
A San Francisco court ruled last week that Google has the right to arrange its search results as it pleases, which confirms the company's long-held view, while underscoring the stark difference in how U.S. and European seek to regulate the search giant.…
Read MoreGoogle antitrust case: New EU competition chief wants fresh talks with complainants
Europe’s last antitrust chief, Joaquin Almunia, couldn’t settle his department’s four-year case against Google, keen though he was to do so. Now…
Read MoreAntitrust experts slam Comcast merger plan, warn of threats to Netflix and Amazon Prime
More than 30 law and economics experts warned the FCC that a proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable would violate anti-monopoly laws, and will lead to harm for consumers.…
Read MoreAmazon and rise of mobile challenge Google’s search position, says chairman
Are EU regulators over-estimating Google's influence? Chairman Eric Schmidt pointed to new competitive threats, including Amazon, in a speech in Berlin.…
Read MoreComcast comes out swinging in defense of merger, blasts Netflix and Discovery
Comcast's top lawyer is taking a more aggressive tone at a time when attention is shifting to the internet implications of its proposed merger with Time Warner Cable.…
Read MoreNews Corp wades into Google’s EU antitrust adventure
It’s not just European press publishing houses that have been calling for the European Commission to reject Google’s antitrust settlement proposals: on…
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