The European Commission (EC) has revealed that it is likely to reject Google's proposed search changes. European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia addressed the European parliament yesterday and said that Google's proposed changes to its...
The German Federal Court of Justice ruled that embedded videos don't infringe copyright under German laws, however, it could still violate European laws. If the CJEU decides that German law is not compatible with E.U.law, the Germans will have to...
The concessions come following the European Commission's ongoing antitrust investigation into Google's search business. UK price comparison firm Foundem has rejected Google's proposed web search concessions.
Give Carrey an audio script and you'll have more luck getting the European jobless rates down than him to learn his lines. What do Tiger Woods, Tom Cruise, Jim Carrey, and Serena Williams have in common?
The European Commission is now seeking feedback on Google's cosmetic search result changes that aim to settle a years-long antitrust investigation. The EC also revealed some images illustrating what Google's results could soon look like.
The regulation currently being discussed in the context of the future European General Data Protection Regulation, whereby a maximum fine of [two] percent of a company's annual turnover is provided for, would, on the other hand, enable violations...
Google reportedly has reached a deal with European Union (EU) regulators regarding its so-called anticompetitive search practices. The European Commission (EC) has been investigating Google's alleged "anticompetitive" internet search service since...
Google Sued Over Searches as European Probes Advance – BloombergUK company's lawsuit accuses Google of "cynical manipulation of search results. Google's Matt Cutts and former ex-Googlers talk spam, rankings, and SEO tips.
Google has submitted proposals to address European Union (EU) concerns that the company, which owns a dominating 90 percent of the search market in Europe, is guilty of discriminating against rivals, Bloomberg reported.
The attack ads coincide with another European antitrust complaint orchestrated by Microsoft relating to Google's Android software. In an interview with the New York Times, European Union’s antitrust chief, Joaquín Almunia, noted one solution to...
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The action follows an initial investigation by the French data protection authority CNIL, on behalf of the Article 29 group of which the ICO is a member.The ICO also confirmed that several other data protection authorities in Europe are also...
A 2007 US Census Bureau report put the number of Americans speaking Spanish “very well” in their homes at more than 18 million people with an additional 6 million or so speaking it “well,” while nearly 7 million Americans spoke an Indo-European...
The European Commission (EC) hit Microsoft with a €561 million fine Wednesday, after the firm failed to keep its promise of offering Windows users a choice of web browsers. Web browser rivals Google and Opera tipped off the EC about Microsoft's...
Tampa-based BlueGlass has strengthened its European presence with the acquisition of Swiss digital marketing agency Idealizer. Founded in 2007, Idealizer specializes in search and content marketing, According to Zwicky, the Swiss team’s offerings...
Google has submitted a response to the European Commission (EC) over its anti-competitive business concerns, Reuters reported. Theoretically Google could face a fine as high as $4 billion – 10 percent of its global turnover – if found to be in...
Foundem, a comparison search website that helped initiate a large-scale European Union anti-trust investigation against Google, has filed a lawsuit against Google, according to court papers filed in October and released this week, Bloomberg reported.
Elsewhere, Russia is dominated by Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki, sites that are also quickly expanding into other Eastern European countries. EMarketer predicts there will be a massive 1.43 billion social network users in 2012, representing a 19.2...
London, England bumped Paris, France out of the top European spot. Bing has announced the top searches in 2012 across a variety of categories, including people, sports stars, news, reality TV and more.
Ben Hammer, a spokesperson with industry advocacy group FairSearch.org, said the FTC need only to look at recent comments from European Commission vice chairman Joaquin to see that Google's search results are hurting the industry.
