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When to comes to advantages, Google Assistant devices has one over Echo in international markets. The company, who wants to capitalize on this fact, is expanding multilingual support and has announced a raft of new partners. One of the many things that was announced, one of the things users can do s switch between languages …
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As of January 1, Germany began to enforce its anti-hate speech and illegal content law (“NetzDG”), which was originally passed in mid-2017. This law targets publishers and social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and YouTube, that have more than 2 million members or users. The law, translated as the Network Enforcement Act requires “obviously illegal” material to be …
Google and Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) have finally settled the antitrust case that had to do with the pre-installation of Google apps on Android handsets. The antitrust began about two years ago following a complaint by Yandex. FAS found, back in 2015, that the required pre-installation of apps on Android phones in Russia were anti-competitive. In 2016, FAS …
Google Settles Russian Antitrust Case Over Default Android Apps Read More »
Several large US-based internet sites, such as Google and Facebook, aren’t having the best relationship with EU regulators, as they say many of their terms and practices as contrary to Europe’s laws, mainly when it comes to consumer privacy. Now, the companies have been given immediate deadlines to make the requested changes or face some …
Google, Facebook To Face Large Fines In Europe Unless They Change Policies Read More »
Unsurprisingly, the European Commission (EC) has filed a third “Statement of Objections” against Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc. on Thursday. Not only that, the antitrust regulator even amended charges associated with initial shopping search case. It looks like Google is now dealing with three different active antitrust cases in Europe, all at the same time. The …
A Third EU Antitrust Complaint Against Google Could Mean $20 Billion In Potential Fines Read More »
The Google offices in Paris had some some unexpected company on the morning of May 24th. According to the BBC, the offices were “raided” by 100 tax officials. The company has been accused of owing France almost $1.8 billion in unpaid taxes. France, among other European countries, are trying to collect “back taxes” from Google …
French Tax Officials Perform Early Morning Raid On Google Offices In Paris Read More »
In a report by The Daily Telegraph, Google is on the cusp of being hit with a “record-breaking” antitrust fine by the European Commission. It apparently will be“in the region of €3 billion” ($3.39 billion). Ouch. The Daily Telegraph, which cites sources familiar with the European Commission’s proceedings, says that the penalty is coming “within weeks.” It’s …
Report: Europe Readying “Record-Breaking” $3.4 Billion Antitrust Fine Against Google Read More »
There are some new features and capabilities that have been added to Google Translate recently, which includes third party app integration, improved and expanded offline mode and visual Word Lens) translation for Chinese languages. The main feature of this update is called “Tap to Translate,” which avoids the need to copy text from on app or page …
Google Translate Adds New “Tap to Translate” Feature For Third Party Apps Read More »
Something that I found rather nice, in an age where companies seem to always play cutthroat with each other, Google and Microsoft have agreed to play nice with each other. The companies have decided to stop filing complaints about one another with regulators around the world. In a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, this was prompted …
Google, Microsoft Have Agreed Not To Fight Proxy Regulatory Battles Against One Another Read More »
Back in February of 2015, Yandex, the top Russian search engine asked the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) to initiate an antitrust investigation into Google’s control over the Android platform. According to Yandex, Google was given an unfair advantage through the required pre-installation of Google apps on Android handsets in Russia. In September …
Google Fails In Bid To Overturn Russian “No Default Android Apps” Ruling Read More »