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...

Could Facebook and Twitter be forced to “forget” things said about others? Perhaps so under the European Union’s new “Right To Be...

The Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL) has been long in the works and will finally be enforced starting on July 1st, 2014. But what is...

Vringo won the case (I/P Engine Inc. v. AOL Inc., 14-1233) in which it claimed the filtering technology used in Google’s AdWords system...

reported this morning. Hogan must pay a fine of $25,000 and will remain on supervised release for three years after his prison term is...

In other words, it’s safe to “Like” Cheerios and Chex on Facebook again. As the New York Times reported and our Greg Sterling followed,...

There is a very disturbing trend in the world of corporate terms and conditions. Consumers (and small merchants) are increasingly being...

New York pharmacy chain Duane Reade’s social media team might be getting an expensive lesson in how not to tweet. And that means the rest...

I start this article with three controversial statements: Native advertising likely violates Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rules on...

seeks US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) review of a US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision, which affirmed a lower court denial of Google’s...

The parties return to court this week for another round of patent-for-tat. The new case presents five Apple claims against Samsung and...

settled its investigation of Google without any significant penalty or restrictions. More recently, the long European antitrust inquiry...

“ Today’s Google homepage includes a small birthday cake image with a “25” candle on top to celebrate the web’s 25th birthday. The image...

ads from major brands like Amazon, McDonalds, American Express and Ford showing up on 30 percent of the largest sites. Yesterday,...

filed a complaint with the FTC over Google’s recent rollout of a feature that lets Gmail users contact Google+ users without knowing the...

a range of reactions but many critics contend he didn’t go far enough. The proposed reforms also probably don’t help the tech...

In the process of the investigation, Canada’s privacy watchdog also found Google’s automated ad review system to have “demonstrable...

scrapping parts of its Sponsored Stories ad product — the ads that show what other users “Like.”  It turns out, the same day a Colorado...

With the NSA spying scandal and a brewing transatlantic privacy dispute in the background, Google was given the maximum fine, 150,000...

The companies are Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, AOL and Twitter. Others will likely follow their lead and join the...