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After Apple introduces app tracking rules, advertisers shift spending toward Android
Advertisers have begun shifting their spending patterns in the months since Apple began requiring apps to gain iPhone and iPad users’ permission…
Google delays Chrome’s cookie-blocking privacy plan by nearly 2 years
Google has delayed a major privacy change to its Chrome browser, pushing back a plan to block third-party cookies until late 2023…
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…
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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 …
Four French online ad lobbies file antitrust complaint against Apple
Four French online advertising lobbies have filed an antitrust complaint against Apple over changes the iPhone maker will make to privacy…
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz: Big tech companies like Google are ‘drunk on power’
“Big tech is, I believe, drunk on power. They are getting more brazen.” — U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX). Cruz voiced displeasure over…
DOJ antitrust lawsuit targets Google’s multibillion-dollar default search pact with Apple
The U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit is targeting Google’s multibillion-dollar default search pact with Apple. The Justice Department’s lawsuit…
Google is finally getting the antitrust treatment it deserves
The U.S. Justice Department today filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law…
U.S. DOJ cites Apple deal in antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google
The United State’s Department of Justice on Tuesday filed antitrust charges against Alphabet’s Google that focus on the company’s…
U.S. DOJ says Google breakup may be needed to end violations of antitrust law
The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday, claiming the $1 trillion company uses its…
U.S. government to file antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday
The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law…
Senate panel compels CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter to testify over political bias
A U.S. Senate panel voted Thursday to compel testimony from the CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter as lawmakers opened a new front…
U.S. states lean toward breakup of Google’s ad tech business
The state attorneys general investigating Google are considering pushing for a breakup of the tech giant’s ad technology business as part of an expected…
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Apple’s iOS 13 drops location data advertisers collect by 68%
Since the launch of iOS 13 last fall, the amount of background location data that marketers collect from Apple iPhone users has dropped by 68% …
Apple’s new privacy features rattle the location-based ad market
With Apple devices, you have control over what you share. Privacy is built in from the beginning, from the moment you open your new device…
iPhone users could get £750 from Google ‘illegal’ tracking of data, including race, health, politics and sexuality
Google siphoned personal data, including information on physical and mental heath, political affiliations, sexuality and sexual interests from iPhone users…
Apple warns advertisers: Break Safari’s privacy rules and we’ll treat you like malware
Apple has released a stern policy guiding its technology for stopping advertisers and websites from tracking you online…
U.S. appeals court voids Google ‘cookie’ privacy settlement that paid Safari, Explorer browser users nothing
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Google’s class-action settlement meant to resolve claims it invaded the privacy of millions of computer users…
Europe fines Google $1.7 billion for freezing out online advertising rivals
Europe’s antitrust regulators slapped Google with a big fine Wednesday for the third time…
U.S. iOS users targeted by massive malvertising campaign
A cyber-criminal group known as ScamClub has hijacked over 300 million browser sessions over 48 hours…
Malicious code hidden in online ad images cost publishers and ad networks $1.13 billion this year
Malvertising, the practice of embedding malicious code in seemingly innocent online adverts…
The Boston Globe Editorial Board: Break up Google
Never in the history of the world has a single company had so much control over what people know and think…
Amazon, Facebook and Google tiptoe toward monopoly, but not Apple
Imagine a not-too-distant future in which trustbusters force Facebook to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp…
Alphabet Inc’s Google could face $4.3 billion claim in U.K. iPhone privacy case
iPhone users suing Google over data-collection claims may be seeking as much as 3.2 billion pounds ($4.29 billion)…
Google could be forced to pay over five million iPhone users £2.7 billion for selling their data without their consent
Google could be forced to pay over five million iPhone users £2.7 billion in compensation…
Sorry, but Silicon Valley isn’t special anymore
Steve Jobs once said, speaking about the irreverent culture he helped create…
How Google is secretly recording Android settlers, monitoring millions of conversations every day and storing the creepy audio files
Google has effectively turned millions of its users’ smartphones into listening devices
Google Chrome under attack: Have you used one of these hijacked extensions?
Attackers have been phishing developers to compromise Chrome extensions to spread…
Apple’s iPhone turns ten: No product in recent history has changed people’s lives more
The firm’s approach to data privacy will determine Apple’s success in the coming years…
Twitter ends Do Not Track support, extends off-Twitter web browsing tracking
When you visit a site that features a tweet button or an embedded tweet, Twitter…
Methbot: Russian botnet steals millions from US companies every day
Russian hackers are stealing between $3 million to $5 million per day from US brands and media companies…
NBCUniversal inks deal to handle Apple News ad sales
Apple Inc. is outsourcing ad sales for Apple News to NBCUniversal…
Google to pay $5.5 million for sneaking around Apple’s privacy settings to collect user data
Perhaps if Google had taken its own ‘don’t be evil’ motto to heart…
Apple News opens the floodgates
The News app, which is baked into the iOS software that powers iPhones and iPads, aggregates news sources into one feed…
How Apple could improve their News app and turn it into an industry leader
There’s a lot of potential in News. With a few tweaks, it could become it could become the best in its field — and maybe even save the industry…
Apple plans to offer subscription content through Apple News app
Apple Inc is working to make subscription content available through its News app…
Apple phasing out its in-house iAd sales team in favor of new publisher-driven system
Apple is getting out of the advertising-sales business and shifting to a more automated platform…
