Fahad HJan 16, 20141 min readGoogle Fails To Prevent UK Court From Hearing Privacy SuitCookiegate” episode, on jurisdictional grounds. As you may recall, Cookiegate arose when Google was discovered surreptitiously...
Fahad HNov 7, 20131 min readGoogle Brings Local Search To Digital Displays Across LondonGoogle Outside,” and first reported by the website Campaign, Google and agency R/GA have deployed 160 digital displays at bus stops and...
Fahad HSep 20, 20131 min readMicrosoft’s Ballmer: Google Is A “Monopoly”At a recent meeting of financial analysts Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer characterized Google as a search “monopoly,” implying the company...
Fahad HJul 18, 20132 min readSouth Korea Drops Antitrust Investigation Against GoogleIn early 2011, South Korean search and portal providers NHN Corp. and Daum Communications filed antitrust complaints with the South...
Fahad HJul 17, 20133 min readEurope Calls For More Concessions From Google, Survey Says “Rival Links” Not EnoughAccording to the NY Times, Almunia said that Google needs to “improve” its current proposal: “I concluded that the proposals that Google...
Fahad HJul 5, 20131 min readUK’s ICO Watchdog Tells Google To Update Privacy Policy By September 20th Or ElseThe Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK has set a deadline of September 20, 2013 for Google to amend the policy to make it easier...
Fahad HJun 28, 20132 min readWould Europe “Ban” Google Universal Search Results?EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia negotiated the current settlement with Google over a period of months. The specific...
Fahad HJun 26, 20132 min readEurope: Google Wins “Censorship” Battle, Slammed On Antitrust ProposalsOn Monday, an advisory (non-binding) opinion from Niilo Jaeaeskinen of the EU Court of Justice found that Google cannot (or should not)...
Fahad HJun 21, 20132 min readTo Avoid Copyright Liability, Google News Goes Opt-In In Germanymore restrictive copyright law was passed in Germany that gave publishers near total control over the use of their content (there’s no...
Fahad HJun 20, 20132 min readGoogle Given Privacy Ultimatum By French: Fix It Or Face Finesaccording to Bloomberg. Many nations in Europe have lined up behind the French who are taking the lead in trying to get Google to offer...
Fahad HJun 15, 20133 min readGoogle, Facebook In Transparency Battle Over PRISM Disclosuresdisclosure of government-related user-data requests: For the six months ending December 31, 2012, the total number of user-data requests...
Fahad HJun 13, 20131 min readEuropeans Take New Look At Google’s Android Licensing Practicesreporting that Google is now “facing an investigation by European authorities into allegations that it supported the leading Android...
Fahad HJun 13, 20131 min readUK Government Report: Google’s Tax Position “Deeply Unconvincing”reported yesterday that a UK Parliamentary Committee found, essentially, Google had improperly avoided paying taxes in the UK by routing...
Fahad HMay 6, 20132 min readEurope Finds That Google’s Motorola Unit “Abused Its Dominant Position” In Patent preliminary determination that Google’s Motorola Mobility unit “abused its dominant position” under EU antitrust rules in seeking to...
Fahad HApr 18, 20131 min readGoogle’s $82 Million Private Airport Terminal ApprovedAPR reports Google has been approved in a 10 – 1 vote by the San Jose City Council to lease a private airport terminal for $82 million on...
Fahad HFeb 14, 20131 min readGoogle Countersues British Telecom In US, UK For Patent Infringementhave counter-sued the UK’s BT Group (British Telecom) for patent infringement in the US and UK. This follows a 2011 patent lawsuit filing...
Fahad HFeb 10, 20132 min readExcess Or Economic Development: Google’s New $82 Million Private Airport TerminalHowever, the city of San Jose and its airport clearly see it as a welcome development and are prepared to approve a proposed $82 million,...
Fahad HJan 21, 20133 min readAfter North Korea Trip, Eric Schmidt’s Daughter Outshines Father With TravelogueBack from his trip to North Korea, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has posted a few thoughts on his visit. But far more...
Fahad HJan 21, 20131 min readFrance Wants To Tax Facebook, Google “Personal Data Collection”says that France is considering a range of creative taxation schemes on US based Internet companies — Google and Facebook in particular....
Fahad HJan 18, 20131 min readGoogle Plans To Build $1.6 Billion Headquarters In LondonAccording to the Guardian UK, Google has purchased a 2.4 acre property in the King’s Cross and St Pancras station area of London. The...
