Apple spent $6.5 million last year, pretty much in line with its lobbying outlay from 2020, despite an increasingly hostile climate in D.C…
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Apple tells U.S. senators that tech bills will threaten privacy and security
Apple warned U.S. senators Tuesday that proposed bipartisan antitrust legislation aimed at curbing the power of big technology companies…
Apple CEO Tim Cook personally lobbying against the American Innovation and Choice Online Act
The lobbying effort by Big Tech companies, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is personally lobbying against the legislation, is picking up…
Google looks to further mimic Apple by deepening ties among devices
Alphabet Inc. subsidiary Google used the annual CES technology conference to announce plans to further mimic Apple by deepening ties…
Internet Association shuttered as Big Tech splinters
Growing tensions between Apple, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Meta (Facebook), and Microsoft, lie behind the death of the Internet Association…
South Korea lawmaker says Apple not doing enough to comply with app store payment systems law
Apple and Alphabet subsidiary Google aren’t doing enough to comply with South Korea’s law barring dominant app store operators from…
Google parent company Alphabet hits $2 trillion market cap, joining Apple and Microsoft
Google parent company Alphabet briefly hit a market capitalization of $2 trillion on Monday, joining Apple and Microsoft at the $2+ billion…
Why settle for Android when you can ‘bring the best of Google to your iPhone?’
If you want your iPhone festooned with Google apps reporting to Google’s privacy-trampling tracking central, why settle for an iPhone knockoff…
Apple should develop its own search engine to take on Google
We’ve been saying that Apple should develop their own search engine to counteract Google’s monopoly. No one company should control…
Apple’s iOS surges in U.S. to 50% mobile OS market share
The analysis features findings about trends in mobile phone activations from April-June 2021 for Apple’s iOS and Alphabet’s Android …
President Trump sues Facebook, Twitter, and Alphabet CEOs over being banned from their platforms
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced class action lawsuits against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and…
Why has Microsoft been carved out of new U.S. antitrust bills?
Why has convicted monopoly abuser Microsoft avoided scrutiny while openly supporting actions against Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and…
Breaking up Big Tech – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook – and in focus as new U.S. antitrust bills introduced
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced four antitrust bills on Friday aimed at reining in the power…
EU antitrust regulators focus on Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant
EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday that the market dominance of Apple’s Siri, and knockoffs like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant…
Woz can’t sue YouTube over Bitcoin scam
Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak wanted to file a lawsuit against YouTube over scam videos that used his image in a bogus Bitcoin …
Apple reclaims title of the world’s most valuable brand from Amazon
According to the Brand Finance Global 500 2021 Index, Apple has overtaken Amazon to become the world’s most valuable brand for…
Apple defends App Store control in court; doesn’t want iOS to devolve into Android
In court on Monday, Epic Games argued that Apple purposely locks in its customers in the first day of a landmark trial with Apple…
Analyst: Apple will win court battle with ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games
Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives says Apple will prevail in a “Game of Thrones” Court Battle versus “Fortnite” maker Epic Games …
Big Tech had fantastic pandemics; here are 6 reasons why they’ll thrive even after
Big Tech – Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft – all performed better over the past pandemic year than anyone dreamed…
U.S. House committee approves blueprint for antitrust crackdown on ‘Big Tech’
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has formally approved an antitrust report accusing Big Tech companies of buying or…
Sen. Lee, Rep. Buck question Apple’s, Google’s, and Amazon’s actions against Parler
In a joint letter to the CEOs of Apple, Google, and Amazon to question the companies’ actions in removing the social network Parler from…
Apple: iOS developers multiple alternative channels to reach users and are not limited to the App Store
Apple has responded further to the Australian consumer watchdog saying there are multiple alternative channels for iOS developers to reach…
Four more U.S. states join Texas-led antitrust lawsuit against Google
Four more states have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Alphabet Inc’s Google that accuses it of breaking antitrust laws…
Google looks to make Chrome browser for Mac less of a pig
Want to test your Mac’s fans (if your Mac has fans)? Download and launch Google’s Chrome browser for Mac and open a tab or two…
Analyst: Buy this dip in Apple stock before it’s out of reach
It’s been a bad week for tech stocks, including Apple stock. The Nasdaq tumbled 2.7% on Wednesday and the slide looks set to continue…
U.S. government asks Google for detailed search data in antitrust case
U.S. government antitrust authorities asked Alphabet unit Google to fork over granular information on how its search engine works…
Minnesota bill targets Apple App Store
A proposed bill in the Minnesota state legislature would force Apple’s App Store and Alphabet’s derivative Google Play store to keep the…
U.S. House members assail Big Tech, consider changes to antitrust law
The four Big Tech members – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook – received another tongue-lashing centered on antitrust concerns…
Judge bars Epic Games from pursuing Apple in the U.K. over Fortnite ban
A U.K. judge has barred aspiring freeloader Epic Games from widening its fight with Apple over App Store access to its Fortnite video game.
Wall Street slips as tech slide resumes, U.S. jobless claims rise
Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Thursday as investors continued to shift out of tech shares, while a rise in U.S. weekly jobless claims…
Apple TV+ is now available globally on Chromecast with Google TV
Starting today, the Apple TV app, including Apple TV+, is now globally available on the new Chromecast with Google TV, with more Google TV…
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp signs news partnership deal with Google
The Rupert Murdoch-controlled media company News Corp struck a global news deal with Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday¬
North Dakota rejects anti-Apple App Store bill drafted by Epic Games lobbyist
The North Dakota Senate on Tuesday voted down the bill that would’ve banned Apple and Google from taking a cut of app sales from firms…
Big Wall St. investors bought Apple, other tech stocks during GameStop retail frenzy
Deep-pocketed Wall St. investors pumped a record $4.2 billion into Apple and other big technology stocks last week, BofA’s flow data…
Klobuchar’s antitrust reform bill could cause Apple to be fined 15% of its annual revenue
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., unveiled a sweeping antitrust reform bill on Thursday that could, theoretically, cause Apple to be fined…
Google closes deal to buy Fitbit as U.S. DOJ probe continues
Alphabet Inc.’s Google has closed its deal to buy fitness tracking company Fitbit, both companies said on Thursday, even as the U.S. DOJ …
Details about Apple default search deal shows how Google discourages competition
The DOJ’s case against Google’s centers on its practice of spending billions of dollars a year to become the default search engine on…
Apple seeks to keep competitive secrets from Google in-house lawyers
In a filing Friday in federal court in Washington, Apple said confidential competitive secrets it provided to the U.S. DOJ for the Google …
EU digital chief invites Big Tech to talks about how to curb their powers
The European Union’s digital chief has invited companies including Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook to video talks next week to discuss…
Big Tech may still be in trouble regardless of Trump or Biden win
Election Day 2020 is over, but the ultimate outcome for the U.S. presidency is far from certain. While supporters of President Donald Trump…
Big tech stocks climb as ‘blue wave’ fails to materialize, easing antitrust concerns
Stock futures surged to a tech-led rally on Wednesday as ongoing U.S. election uncertainty signaled the White House was still up for grabs…
Apple has outperformed the broader market under President Trump
All five companies — Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft — have outperformed the broader market under President Trump …
