
Google fails in bid to overturn Russian “no default Android apps” ruling
In February 2015, Russian search engine Yandex asked the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) to initiate an...

German court: Facebook Like button data transfer illegal without user consent
Yesterday, a court in a Düsseldorf ruled that German websites using Facebook buttons could not transfer data to the company without user...

Facebook Announces SMB Video Offering & 3-Million-Advertiser Milestone
Facebook has announced a new montage-video product for small businesses, Your Business Story. In the same post, Facebook casually...

Facebook Told To Stop Tracking Non-Users Or Face Fines In France
France’s data protection authority, Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), has been one of the more aggressive in...

Mobile Ad Growth Of 81% Drove Facebook’s Huge Fourth Quarter
In 2012, investors were anxious that Facebook was behind the curve of consumer mobile adoption. Since that time, Facebook has built a...

Banner Q4 For Facebook: Revenue Tops $5.8 Billion, Ad Revenue Per User Jumps
It was yet another beat for Facebook, as the social media behemoth reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2015 on Wednesday. After...

Google Seeking To Normalize Tax Relations With Europe, Settle Claims
Many governments in Europe don’t believe that US companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Starbucks and Apple are paying their fair...

Facebook Sports Stadium Launches As A Unified Place For Fans To Connect In Real Time
A new feature from Facebook looks to harness the power of real-time and bring folks together through sporting events. “Facebook Sports...

Facebook’s “Find-a-Friend” Contacts-Invitation Tool Ruled Illegal In Germany
Facebook’s “friend finder” bulk contacts-invitation function has been found to violate Germany’s data protection rules. The country’s...

Airbnb Voted No. 1 Best Place To Work On Glassdoor’s Annual List Of Top Employers
Of the top 20 best places to work in the US, more than half were tech companies, with Airbnb, Guidewire, HubSpot and Facebook all making...

Facebook To Fight Belgian Court Mandate To Stop Tracking Browsing Behavior
Like Google, Facebook is under fire in Europe from privacy regulators. Today, the company said it would appeal a decision by a court in...

Facebook Introduces New “Slideshow” Ad Unit For Emerging Markets, SMBs
Today, at an event organized to discuss Facebook’s growth opportunity in emerging markets, the company introduced a new ad unit called...

Facebook Pushes Back Against European Privacy Onslaught
Facing increasingly emboldened data protection regulators in Europe and a recent judicial setback concerning cross-border data transfers,...

Ranking All-Time iOS Apps: Facebook Most Downloaded, Pandora Top Grossing
App Annie released a report that presents the most downloaded iPhone and iPad apps and games “of all time.” The company also ranks the...

Facebook Beats Estimates With $4.04 Billion, Mobile Nearing 80 Percent
Facebook announced second quarter earnings this afternoon. The company posted revenues of $4.04 billion and beat analyst consensus...

Facebook Sued In Belgium For Social Plug-in Tracking, EU Passes Stricter Privacy Law
Just like Google, Facebook faces a wave of investigations and potential sanctions across Europe for its privacy policies. A series of...

Facebook Reveals The Internet.org Platform – A Framework To Help Connect The Globe
The goal of the Internet.org Platform is simple: to facilitate the creation of free basic services. These should be non-exclusive to...

EU Report Renews Criticism Of Facebook, Repeats Privacy Policy Violates Law
European privacy regulators have again criticized Facebook’s privacy policy and reiterated that it violates EU law. That’s according to...

CNN, FT, Guardian And Reuters Combine Ad Forces Against Google, Facebook
Four leading online publishers have forged a digital advertising deal in an effort to take back control over their programmatic ad sales...
























