As Google Enters Auto Insurance Market, Comparison Sites React; Agency Partner Raises Financing
Last week, Google’s anticipated US version of its compare product for car insurance finally arrived, making waves throughout the auto...
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UK Readying 25 Percent “Google Tax”
European governments for some time have been trying to collect more tax revenue from US based tech companies. A so-called “diverted...
Report: Only Massive Nexus 6 Will Work With New Google Wireless Service
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Google Wireless could launch by the end of next month. The “big catch” being...
Google Wins Injunction Against Mississippi Attorney General’s “Conspiracy” To Cens
Last fall, Google sued Mississippi State Attorney General Jim Hood in federal court to quash a “punitive and burdensome subpoena.” The...
Google Buys TLD “.App” For $25 Million In Record-Breaking ICANN Auction
Liang Zou / Shutterstock.com This week’s ICANN auction resulted in the largest amount ever paid for a TLD when Google purchased .app for...
Is Yahoo’s Rise In Search Market Share About To End?
Another month, another gain for Yahoo in taking search share away from Google, thanks to Yahoo’s partnership with Firefox. What’s...
Report: Apple, Android Now 96 Percent Of Smartphones Globally
Android has most of the devices, while Apple generates most of the profits. Together they control the global smartphone market. According...
Confirmed: Google Buys Softcard (Assets) To Better Compete With Apple Pay
One could argue that Google Wallet was ahead of its time. When it launched it was blocked by wireless carriers (except for Sprint) that...
Russians Open Formal Antitrust Case Against Google Over Android
Reuters reported this morning that Russia’s competition regulator had formally opened an antitrust investigation into Google’s control...
Why Won’t Google Talk About Mobile Like Everyone Else?
George Dolgikh / Shutterstock.com No secret here: Digital ad-driven companies that rose up in the world when desktops ruled have been...
FAQ: How Twitter’s New Deal To Bring Tweets To Google Search Works
It’s official. Twitter and Google are once again partnered so that Google has full access to Twitter’s feed of tweets, commonly called...
Google Revenues: $18 Billion For Q4 ($66 Billion For Year) But CPCs Down Again
Google announced full year 2014 revenues of $66 billion, which was up 19 percent vs. 2013. The fourth quarter saw revenues of $18.1...
Google Wireless: Company To Offer Mobile Service Using Sprint, T-Mo Networks
According to a report in The Information, Google is about to become a wireless carrier. The company will become a mobile virtual network...
Yet Another Publisher Sues Google For Withholding AdSense Earnings
Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Super Cray, New York-based online publisher of the website www.supercraycray.com, has filed suit against...
Google Making Moves Into US Auto Insurance
Liang Zou / Shutterstock.com More indications that Google is set to enter the US auto insurance market are popping up. Google launched...
Google Goes All In On “Viewability” For Display And YouTube Ads
Google previously said that viewability would become the standard for its display ad network. It’s now taking steps to do so for video...
Google Sues State Attorney General Who Allegedly Conspired With MPAA
State Attorneys General are the top cops in every state and have traditionally been regarded as public officials of the highest...
Porn Purveyors Want Google To Help Reduce Industry Piracy
The entertainment industry has fought long and hard to get Google and other search engines to combat piracy and promote legitimate...
New European Digital Economy Commissioner A “Google Hawk”
Germany has been in some ways the epicenter of Google criticism in Europe. And that criticism is personified in the form of the new...
Have We Reached “Peak Android”?
Just as Google’s US search market share seems to have topped out at about 67 percent, Android’s global market share may also have peaked...
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