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U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Google could benefit Apple

Thursday, January 26, 2023 12:52 pmNo Comments

A landmark lawsuit by the U.S. Justice Department against Alphabet’s Google subsidiary over its abusive digital advertising monopoly…

U.S. Justice Department sues Google for monopolizing digital advertising technologies

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 2:33 pmTuesday, January 24, 20233 Comments

Today, the U.S. Justice Department filed a civil antitrust suit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology…

Is Apple preparing to launch its own search engine?

Thursday, June 2, 2022 9:23 amFriday, June 3, 202213 Comments

The rumor mill is revving up ahead of WWDC 2022 with an oldie but a goodie: Apple is prepping the launch its own search engine …

Lawsuit alleges that Google pays Apple to steer clear of search engine market

Wednesday, January 5, 2022 10:33 am1 Comment

California Crane School filed a class action antitrust case basically alleging that Google pays Apple to stay out of the search engine market…

Google parent company Alphabet hits $2 trillion market cap, joining Apple and Microsoft

Monday, November 8, 2021 5:31 pm3 Comments

Google parent company Alphabet briefly hit a market capitalization of $2 trillion on Monday, joining Apple and Microsoft at the $2+ billion…

Apple should develop its own search engine to take on Google

Friday, September 3, 2021 2:03 pmFriday, September 3, 202142 Comments

We’ve been saying that Apple should develop their own search engine to counteract Google’s monopoly. No one company should control…

Apple tried to hire away former Google search chief Ben Gomes

Friday, August 20, 2021 11:09 am3 Comments

When Apple went after a pair of high-profile managers for its Siri and artificial intelligence groups: Google’s top brass overseeing search …

Four more U.S. states join Texas-led antitrust lawsuit against Google

Wednesday, March 17, 2021 10:26 am6 Comments

Four more states have joined a lawsuit filed by Texas and others against Alphabet Inc’s Google that accuses it of breaking antitrust laws…

Australia to investigate Apple’s default search deal with Google

Thursday, March 11, 2021 10:21 amThursday, March 11, 20213 Comments

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is focused on internet browser defaults, including Apple’s default search deal with Google …

U.S. government asks Google for detailed search data in antitrust case

Monday, March 1, 2021 3:02 pmNo Comments

U.S. government antitrust authorities asked Alphabet unit Google to fork over granular information on how its search engine works…

Details about Apple default search deal shows how Google discourages competition

Tuesday, November 24, 2020 9:54 amTuesday, November 24, 202015 Comments

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

Friday, November 20, 2020 5:44 pm8 Comments

In a filing Friday in federal court in Washington, Apple said confidential competitive secrets it provided to the U.S. DOJ for the Google …

Apple steps up efforts to develop alternative to Google search monopoly

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 9:16 am10 Comments

Apple has increased its efforts to develop its own search technology as competition authorities in the U.S. and Europe question its deal…

Google pays Apple $8 billion to $12 billion per year to be default search on iPhones, iPads, and Macs

Monday, October 26, 2020 9:21 am9 Comments

Last Tuesday, the DOJ filed a landmark lawsuit against Google and homed in on the Google’s annual multi-billion dollar payment to Apple to…

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz: Big tech companies like Google are ‘drunk on power’

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 2:03 pm13 Comments

“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

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 11:54 amWednesday, October 21, 202014 Comments

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

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 4:44 pm14 Comments

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

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 3:15 pmTuesday, October 20, 20209 Comments

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

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 12:24 pm13 Comments

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

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 9:00 am19 Comments

The U.S. Justice Department is expected to file an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday for allegedly breaking the law…

U.S. DOJ antitrust lawsuit against Google is imminent

Tuesday, September 22, 2020 12:42 pm19 Comments

The U.S. DOJ is expected to brief state attorneys general this week about its imminent plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against Google …

Apple may be preparing a search engine to take on Google

Thursday, August 27, 2020 9:27 amThursday, August 27, 202018 Comments

Changes in Spotlight Search on iOS and iPadOS 14 beta, a significant update to its Applebot support page, and an increase in crawling…

Analyst: Apple should buy DuckDuckGo search engine

Monday, June 8, 2020 10:50 am17 Comments

In a new note to clients, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi suggests that Apple should buy DuckDuckGo, the search engine which he values at…

U.S. Department of Justice gearing up for antitrust investigation of Google

Friday, May 31, 2019 10:28 pmFriday, May 31, 20195 Comments

The Justice Department is gearing up for an antitrust investigation of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, a move that could present a major new layer of regulatory scrutiny for the search giant…

Should Apple have its own search engine?

Friday, November 30, 2018 12:01 pmFriday, November 30, 201843 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook was made to answer a very uncomfortable question…

Tim Cook: Why Apple accepts billions annually from Google to be Safari’s default search engine despite privacy concerns

Monday, November 19, 2018 11:00 amMonday, November 19, 201826 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t name names when he spoke out against the privacy practices…

DuckDuckGo: What it’s like to use a search engine that values your privacy

Monday, November 5, 2018 12:00 pmMonday, November 5, 20188 Comments

DuckDuckGo prides itself on not tracking users…

Mark Zuckerberg loses $16 billion in record Facebook fall

Thursday, July 26, 2018 3:01 pmThursday, July 26, 201825 Comments

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday…

Facebook stock plunges as users vanish

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 6:52 pm21 Comments

Facebook Inc’s stock fell as much as 24 percent after hours on Wednesday over concerns…

Silicon Valley execs will convene in San Francisco to discuss privacy

Monday, June 25, 2018 5:01 pmMonday, June 25, 20181 Comment

Privacy and government affairs officers from a number of the largest tech companies plan to convene..

The 18 things you may not realize Facebook knows about you: Firm reveals the extent of its spying in a 454-page document to U.S. Congress

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 5:03 pm13 Comments

The creepy ways Facebook spies on its users have been detailed in a bumper document…

Apple pummels privacy-trampling Facebook

Thursday, June 7, 2018 4:50 pmThursday, June 7, 201811 Comments

In the early days of Apple, of course, the company’s Evil Empires were IBM and Microsoft…

Facebook confirms sharing users’ personal data with Chinese companies

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 6:00 pmWednesday, June 6, 201810 Comments

Facebook Inc said Tuesday it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies…

Apple needs to advertise their strong commitment to privacy

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 8:55 amWednesday, June 6, 20182 Comments

The greatest commercial in Apple history — perhaps all history — did not show an Apple product…

Apple borks Facebook’s pervasive personal data-harvesting operation

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 11:28 amTuesday, June 5, 20185 Comments

Apple’s software-focused event on Monday was a momentous moment — for Facebook…

Apple requested ‘zero’ personal data in deals with Facebook – CEO Tim Cook

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 10:27 amTuesday, June 5, 20187 Comments

“We’ve never been in the data business,” Apple CEO Tim Cook told NPR on Monday…

Facebook CEO blasts Apple’s latest privacy protections as ‘cute virtue signaling’

Tuesday, June 5, 2018 9:58 amTuesday, June 5, 201814 Comments

Apple is taking active steps to block Facebook’s data collection practices…

Facebook gave personal data to 60 companies including Apple, Amazon and Samsung

Monday, June 4, 2018 9:30 amMonday, June 4, 201819 Comments

Facebook struck agreements allowing phone and other device makers access to vast amounts of its users’ personal information…

Mark Zuckerberg’s worldwide Facebook apology tour hits a snag in the EU

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 3:35 pmWednesday, May 23, 201818 Comments

Turns out “sorry” doesn’t seem to work as much for the social network’s chief anymore…

How to delete the search, browsing and viewing history Google keeps on you

Friday, May 11, 2018 2:02 pmFriday, May 11, 20184 Comments

Google is making it easier to see the search, browsing and YouTube viewing history it keeps on you…

How to remove third-party accounts like Facebook from your Mac

Friday, May 4, 2018 11:30 amFriday, May 4, 20183 Comments

With the release of iOS 11, Apple nixed its built-in integration with Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, and Vimeo…

Apple responds to personal data request with 9MB file: The personal data archives from Facebook and Google were 881MB and 243MB respectively

Friday, May 4, 2018 11:01 amFriday, May 4, 201816 Comments

Following Facebook’s acknowledgement that it had let a political ad targeting firm scrape the personal data of millions of users…

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