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Google postpones plan to phase out advertisement cookies in Chrome browser

Google said it hopes to eliminate third-party cookies early next year, provided it can come to an agreement with regulators

Google's ad-privacy changes not enough to protect consumer privacy: UK

Google plans to completely phase out the use of third-party cookies for users in the second half of 2024

TMSEp584: Coca Cola Lemon-Dou, Article370, thematic funds, Google antitrust

Why is Coca Cola eyeing the alcobev market? What was the significance of Article 370? Why are thematic funds gaining traction? Epic's antitrust win against Google explained. All answers here

Google's antitrust headaches compound with trial targeting Play Store

Google on Monday will try to protect a lucrative piece of its internet empire at the same time it's still entangled in the biggest US antitrust trial in a quarter century. The latest threat will unfold in a San Francisco federal court, where a 10-person jury will decide whether Google's digital payment processing system in the Play Store that distributes apps for phones running on its Android software has been illegally driving up prices for consumers and developers. The trial before US District Judge James Donato is scheduled to last until just before Christmas and include testimony from longtime Google executive Sundar Pichai, who is now CEO of the company's parent, Alphabet Inc. Pichai recently took the witness stand in Washington DC during an antitrust trial pitting Google's long-running dominance of internet search against the US Justice Department's attempt to undercut it on the grounds the the company has been abusing its power to stifle competition and innovation. The case

Alphabet to pay $40 million to Match to settle Google Play antitrust battle

Lawyers representing Match and Google said in a court filing Tuesday they've agreed to drop all claims and counterclaims against each other

Paid $26 billion to be default search engine, says Google's Raghavan

The amount of money Google has paid other companies for default status for its search engine has more than tripled since 2014, Raghavan said

Google changed ad auction formula in 2017, raising prices 15%, says witness

Google's advertising auctions require the winner to pay only a penny more than the runner-up

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai set to testify in Google Play antitrust trial

Pichai is also scheduled to testify in coming weeks in the ongoing Washington trial in a suit brought by the US Justice Department accusing Alphabet of maintaining a monopoly in web search

Ex-Googler's struggling search startup becomes antitrust cautionary tale

Taking the stand Monday in federal court in Washington, Neeva co-founder Sridhar Ramaswamy recalled how the company thought it could deliver a better search experience by charging consumers

Microsoft's Satya Nadella to testify at Google antitrust trial Monday

Last week, Microsoft business development executive Jonathan Tinter testified that the Redmond, Washington-based software giant failed to secure a deal to put its Bing search app on Apple's products

DoJ pushes ahead with antitrust case against Google, questions ex-employee

The US Justice Department pressed ahead with its antitrust case against Google on Wednesday, questioning a former employee of the search engine giant about deals he helped negotiate with phone companies in the 2000s. Chris Barton, who worked for Google from 2004 to 2011, testified that he made it a priority to negotiate for Google to be the default search engine on mobile devices. In exchange, phone service providers or manufacturers were offered a share of revenue generated when users clicked on ads. In the biggest antitrust case in a quarter century, the government is arguing that Google has rigged the market in its favour by locking in its search engine as the one users see first on their devices, shutting out competition and smothering innovation. Google counters that it dominates the internet search market because its product is better than the competition. Even when it holds the default spot on smartphones and other devices, it argues, users can switch to rival search engines

It's Google versus US in the biggest antitrust trial in over 2 decades

Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. Over the next 10 weeks, federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to prove Google rigged the market in its favor by locking its search engine in as the default choice in a plethora of places and devices. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta likely won't issue a ruling until early next year. If he decides Google broke the law, another trial will decide what steps should be taken to rein in the Mountain View, California-based company. Top executives at Google and its corporate parent Alphabet Inc., as well as those from other powerful technology companies are expected to testify. Among them is likely to be Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who succeeded Google co-founder Larry Page four years ago. Court documents also suggest that Eddy Cue, a high ranking Apple executive, might b

As Google moves SC against CCI order, here's how the events unfolded

Competition Commission of India imposed a monetary fine of Rs 1337.76 crore on the tech giant as well as a list of directives it must follow

Govt plans action against Google after antitrust breaches: Chandrasekhar

The minister declined to specify what sort of policy or regulatory action the government could take

India startups call for antitrust probe of Google in-app billing fee

Google, which counts India as a key growth market, faces other regulatory challenges, including a recent setback that forced it to change how it markets its Android system

Epic Games alleges Google not complying with Indian antitrust order

In October the agency said Google exploited its dominant position in Android in India, where 97% of smartphones run on the operating system

Google hits back in US search antitrust lawsuit, says doesn't block rivals

Android is a mobile operating system, licensed open source, in which Google has invested billions of dollars since its release in the fall of 2008

Google warns Android growth in India will stall due to antitrust order

"Google will be required to make far-reaching changes to the Android mobile platform which has been in place for the last 14-15 years"

Google offers to split ad-tech biz to avoid anti-trust lawsuit: Report

According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal was part of multiple concessions the tech giant offered the US Department of Justice to avoid lawsuits alleging anti-competitive practices.

Google hit with UK probe into suspected competition breaches: Report

The Competition and Markets Authority will probe suspected breaches of competition law in Google's rules over in-app payments in its mobile store in the UK