
EU Seeks To Overcome “Loser” Digital Status With Single Market, New Taxes On U.S. Web Co
EU digital czar Günther Oettinger is signaling that he wants to make a series of moves to level the digital playing field for European...

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 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...

YouTube Music Key: Will A New Music Subscription Service Quiet Piracy Complaints?
YouTube has long been one of the primary ways consumers discover and listen to music, and Google took a big step toward making that even...

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...

Locksmith Sues Google, Others Claiming Spam Local Listings Illegal
A Northern Virginia locksmith has sued Google, Yellowbook (hibu) and Ziplocal under multiple state and federal laws, including the...

Google Touts Its Progress In Piracy Battle, Announces New Ad Format & “Pirate” Algo
Against what seems like an almost constant string of accusations that it’s not doing enough to prevent online piracy, Google today touted...

WSJ: Search Engines Ignoring FTC Rules About Labeling Search Ads
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has implicitly issued a challenge to the FTC. Covering alleged non-compliance with the FTC’s 2013 directive...

German Regulator Orders Google To Make Privacy Changes
In another blow to Google’s privacy policy in Europe, the German data-protection regulator Johannes Caspar is ordering the company to...

Google Contracts Forcing Search, Apps On Android Partners — Report
Twin Design / Shutterstock.com The Information is reporting that it has seen “confidential documents … [that] show Google has been adding...

Russia Moves To Censor Google, Facebook, Twitter
Under Vladimir Putin Russia has taken many steps backward toward its repressive, Cold War past. It’s apparently taking another by...

EU Seeking Numerous Google Privacy Disclosures, Policy Changes
According to Reuters, Google was given formal privacy recommendations this week in response to its consolidated privacy policy, which...

Dear News Corp & Google: An Open Letter On Their Open Letters To Each Other Over Competition
Last week, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp sent an open letter to the European Union outlining competition concerns it has about Google. This...

Court Ruling: Just Because People “Google” Stuff, Google Shouldn’t Lose Its Tradem
To Google something has come to mean looking it up online. As the saying goes, “Google is a verb.” However, that usage hasn’t yet become...

German Court Orders Google To Do Better Customer Service
A court in Berlin Germany has ordered Google to “stop ignoring customer emails and start offering a way to communicate with the company.”...

Google Agrees To Pay $19 Million In Refunds For Unauthorized In-App Charges Incurred By Kids
The Federal Trade Commission announced today Google has agreed to pay out, at least, $19 million in refunds to consumers for unauthorized...

Google Wins Patent-Infringement Appeal Against Vringo
Google appears to have finally come out on top in its patent-infringement battle with Vringo Inc. In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of...

Google Faces Thai Criminal Case For Not Shutting Down Blogger
Google’s founders, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and its entire board have been named as criminal defendants in a case in Thailand. The...
























