Tag: Google

• Thursday, July 29th 2021 - 05:02 UTC

  Tech companies profits soar to over US$ 50 billion in April/June

  

  Tech companies Apple, Microsoft, and Google owner Alphabet reported on Tuesday combined profits of more than US$ 50 billion in the second quarter of the year. The three companies currently have a combined market value of US$6.4 trillion, more than double their market capitalization when the pandemic started 16 months ago.

• Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 17:33 UTC

  Trump files class action lawsuit against big tech giants and their CEOs

  

  Former US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had filed a lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, Google and their CEOs, because of unfairly infringing upon his First Amendment right to free speech as protected by the US constitution.

• Tuesday, June 15th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  YouTube will ban election, alcohol, gambling and prescription drugs ads

  

  Alphabet's YouTube will no longer allow political or election ads in its coveted masthead spot at the top of the site's homepage nor ads for alcohol, gambling and prescription drugs, it said on Monday.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 04:38 UTC

  Google fined €220 million in France to settle abuse of power in online advertising

  

  BLOOMBERG – Google has agreed to pay €220 million and end anti-competitive practices, to settle a French antitrust probe over its abuse of power in online advertising. The French Competition Authority said Google has been unfairly sending business to its advertising server and its online ad auction house, to the detriment of rivals. In addition to the fine, Google promised to remedy the situation by improving the interoperability of its Google Ad Manager services for third parties.

• Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Google buys 30-hectare property in Uruguay's Science Park

  

  Google's subsidiary in Uruguay, Eleanor Applications SRL, Friday purchased 30 hectares in the duty-free Science Park in Canelones, where it will install a data centre, it was announced.

• Thursday, April 22nd 2021 - 20:44 UTC

  Argentine version of Google falls into “wrong” hands leading to search engine's temporary collapse

  

  An Argentine internet user claimed realized ownership of the google.com.ar domain had expired Wednesday, April 21 and since it was available, he decided to purchase it for reportedly AR $ 540 (around the US $ 3.85 at the unofficial exchange rate) leading to a temporary shutdown of the search engine ending in “.ar”.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 09:37 UTC

  Australian bill confirms Facebook and Google agreement to pay local media for content

  

  After a last-gasp deal that watered-down binding rules Facebook and Google had fiercely opposed in return for the tech giants agreeing to pay local media companies, Australia's parliament passed landmark legislation on Thursday. The dispute was closely watched around the world.

• Thursday, February 18th 2021 - 08:38 UTC

  Google agrees to pay Australian media news content, but Facebook blocks Aussie users

  

  Google apparently has struck deals with Australian media to pay for news content, but Facebook on Thursday blocked Australian users from sharing or viewing news content on the platform.

• Friday, February 12th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Australian landmark legislation for its dispute with Google and Facebook

  

  Landmark legislation to force Alphabet's Google and Facebook to pay publishers and broadcasters for content, will be introduced by Australia next week. The bill and its outcome is being closely watched around the world.

• Thursday, February 11th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Google's dominance of digital advertising exposed in Australia

  

  Google's dominance of digital advertising technology in Australia needs to be addressed, the country's competition watchdog said, opening up another front in its battle with the US giant.