Fahad HMay 26, 20161 min readGoogle wins its Java case against Oracle (again), saves billions in fees — for nowOracle was seeking roughly $9 billion in licensing fees and damages from Google for the use of Java APIs in Android. However, earlier...
Fahad HMay 24, 20161 min readFrench tax officials perform early morning raid on Google offices in ParisGoogle’s offices in Paris were “raided” today by 100 tax officials, according to the BBC. The company is accused of owing France nearly...
Fahad HMay 16, 20162 min readReport: Europe readying “record-breaking” $3.4 billion antitrust fine against GoogleAccording to the London-based The Daily Telegraph, Google is about to get hit with a “record-breaking” antitrust fine by the European...
Fahad HMay 11, 20162 min readReport: FTC looking at reopening antitrust investigation against GoogleFederal Trade Commission (FTC) officials may be preparing to reopen the “search bias” antitrust investigation against Google. That’s...
Fahad HApr 25, 20162 min readGoogle, Microsoft agree not to fight proxy regulatory battles against one anotherLast week, Microsoft and Google decided to play nice. The two companies agreed to stop filing complaints about one another with...
Fahad HApr 21, 20162 min readAlphabet Q1 misses with $20.25 billion in revenues; Google revenue rose 17 percentThe Google division of Alphabet reported revenues of $20.091 billion, representing nearly all of Alphabet’s total revenue of $20.257...
Fahad HApr 20, 20162 min readEurope says Google broke antitrust law with app rules, Android contractsAs expected, Google has been hit with a formal “Statement of Objections” (antitrust charges) by the European Commission regarding its...
Fahad HApr 18, 20162 min readReport: EU antitrust charges against Google’s Android could come this weekFor several months, the European Commission has been hinting through its actions and various leaks that it will file a second antitrust...
Fahad HMar 14, 20161 min readGoogle fails in bid to overturn Russian “no default Android apps” rulingIn February 2015, Russian search engine Yandex asked the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) to initiate an...
Fahad HMar 10, 20162 min readReport: European Commission set to file charges against Google over AndroidAccording to a report from Bloomberg, the European Commission (EC) is about to file an antitrust complaint over the Android operating...
Fahad HMar 1, 20161 min readAssociated Press Teams Up With Twitter To Track 2016 Election-Related TweetsAccording to the AP, the Twitter data being tracked is based on an algorithm that measures the number of Tweets related to this year’s...
Fahad HFeb 25, 20161 min readSeeking $1.7 Billion In Back Taxes, France Is Latest To Go After GoogleFrance is the latest in a growing list of countries to seek “back taxes” from Google. France is trying to collect the equivalent of...
Fahad HFeb 9, 20161 min readRussia Joins List Of Countries Seeking More Tax Revenue From Google, AppleCountries across Europe have been seeking more tax revenue from US tech companies such as Google and Apple. Google and Apple have so far...
Fahad HFeb 1, 20163 min readGoogle Revenues Beat Expectations With $21.3B In Q4 And $75B In 2015Google parent Alphabet just released fourth quarter and full year earnings. The company surprised analysts and beat their consensus...
Fahad HJan 25, 20161 min readGoogle Agrees To Pay $185 Million In Back Taxes In UK SettlementLast week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google was negotiating with France and other European governments to settle long-running...
Fahad HJan 22, 20162 min readGoogle Seeking To Normalize Tax Relations With Europe, Settle ClaimsMany governments in Europe don’t believe that US companies such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Starbucks and Apple are paying their fair...
Fahad HJan 20, 20162 min readGoogle, Apple, Yahoo Trying To Score Points With Local Officials During Super BowlSilicon Valley tech companies are trying to score some points in the runup to the Super Bowl. According to the Wall Street Journal,...
Fahad HDec 9, 20151 min readAirbnb Voted No. 1 Best Place To Work On Glassdoor’s Annual List Of Top EmployersOf the top 20 best places to work in the US, more than half were tech companies, with Airbnb, Guidewire, HubSpot and Facebook all making...
Fahad HNov 17, 20152 min readGoogle Will Fight Russian Antitrust “No Mandatory Apps” RulingSeeking to avoid a potential “precedent” that might be emulated elsewhere, Google will challenge the Russian antitrust agency’s...
Fahad HNov 13, 20151 min readYandex Takes Fight Against Google & Android To European CommissionPrompted by a complaint from Yandex, Russia’s antitrust regulator found that Google-required pre-installed Android apps violated Russian...
