On Thursday, LinkedIn posted some very disappointing numbers, and the result was a massive bailout on the stock. The companies reported losses…
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Facebook Beta Launches Work Chat Application
Late last week, Facebook quietly made its entry into the work chat (enterprise real-time messaging) arena with the very limited release of…
Read MoreThis Digital Transformation is Not the One You’re Looking For
I was sorting through some browser tabs that had been open for a couple of weeks on my laptop and rediscovered a…
Read MoreFCC mobile competition report once again dodges its key question
Another year, another report from the Federal Communications Commission on the state of competition in the U.S. mobile industry, and as has…
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 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 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 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 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 MoreIs zero rating a net neutrality issue? Europe’s outgoing digital chief doesn’t think so
Neelie Kroes hasn't given a public opinion about zero-rated mobile content and apps, but her office has told anti-zero-rating advocates that it's a competition issue rather than a net neutrality issue. It's up to her successor, Andrus Ansip, to clear things up.…
Read MoreJournalism’s biggest competitors are things that don’t even look like journalism
As journalist/programmer Stijn Debrouwere has argued in a persuasive essay about the challenges facing the news business, journalism isn't being disrupted just by different forms of journalism -- it's being disrupted by things that don't even look like journalism…
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…
Read MoreLooks like Google’s EU antitrust case will roll on for some time yet
When Yelp(s yelp) and the European Consumer Organisation joined the 4-year-old EU antitrust case against Google(s goog), it became pretty clear that…
Read MoreYelp piles into Google EU antitrust case with formal complaint about local search
Competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia was already facing resistance in his quest to wrap up the long-running Google antitrust case, but Yelp's new front-and-center involvement will almost certainly see the case continue.…
Read MoreEU regulators give conditional approval to Telefonica’s E-Plus takeover
Telefonica’s takeover of KPN’s German carrier E-Plus has moved closer to finalization after the European Commission gave its blessing on Wednesday. However,…
Read MoreGoogle faces new competition complaint in Europe, this time over Android app stores
The Lisbon-based Independent app distribution firm Aptoide has complained to EU regulators about Google's alleged unfair tactics against third-party app stores.…
Read MoreIntel loses bid to quash $1.4B EU antitrust fine
The European Commission's record-breaking fine for Intel's illegal anti-AMD kickbacks was justified and proportionate, a top court has ruled.…
Read MoreSprint starts paying consumers to switch carriers, offering up to $650
For the next month, Sprint will pay early termination fees and offer device trade-in bonuses for customers who switch from the competition to one of its new "Framily" plans.…
Read MoreSprint’s new chairman: Give us T-Mobile and we’ll give you competition
SoftBank CEO and Sprint Chairman Masayoshi Son argues a merged T-Mobile-Sprint would create more competition, not less. But the price war Son promises is already happening, and it's being led by T-Mobile without Sprint's help.…
Read MoreNew competition challenges robot startups to submit their robots, connected devices and sensors
Competing startups can win cash, mentoring and legal services. The winner will be announced May 20.…
Read MoreGoogle publishes proposals for EU antitrust settlement (which is not a done deal yet)
The company has made public the full text of proposals it hopes will settle its European antitrust case -- which, contrary to what many people seem to think, has not already been settled.…
Read MoreEverything you need to know about the proposed $45B Comcast-Time Warner merger
Comcast has offered to merge with Time Warner in a $45-billion deal that would combine two of the country's largest cable providers. Here's what you need to know about the potential impact of such a merger and whether it is likely to be approved or not…
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