Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is on the brink of launching a fresh antitrust probe into Google, over alleged misconduct over how it handles its display advertising business, Reuters reported. An unnamed source confirmed the news to Reuters late...
Google wins FTC Technology Achievement Award for crowd-sourced system to reduce robocalls (a.k.a.spam) to mobile and landline phones. Google to sell second-gen Nexus 7 tablet from July: sources – Reuters
After the conclusion of the FTC investigation, Google voluntarily made changes to some of its practices, including how it handles search and patent issues and agreeing not to sue willing licensees over standard essential patents.
Citing “three people familiar with the matter,” Reuters reported Saturday that four of the five FTC commissioners are convinced Google “illegally used its dominance of the search market to hurt its rivals.
As part of the investigation, the FTC has contacted Google and Twitter, though its unclear what information the FTC has requested from the two companies, Reuters reported. Facebook's $1 billion acquisition of photo-sharing service Instagram is...
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the New York Democrat expressed his concerns that privacy rights may be infringed as contact names, telephone numbers, and email addresses are acquired from devices without user permission.
As we've previously reported, the FTC investigation of Google will mainly focus on whether Google has unfairly promoted its own content above competitors; unfairly demoted or removed competitors from its search index; prevented or prohibited...
We've obtained a draft copy of a complaint to the FTC penned by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and we hear that they're trying to drum up support from other privacy organizations before they file the document.
FTC Realizes 'Do Not Track' Too Complicated For Quick Decision by Frank Watson FTC Commissioner J. China dismisses Google accusations on Gmail - Reuters Baidu to introduce anti-piracy technology for books product - Reuters
Opt-Out 'Error' Gets Ad Firm in FTC Hot Water - ClickZ Chinese writers slam Baidu for copyright infringement - Reuters Facebook hires Google exec to lead M&A efforts - Reuters Here's a recap of this week's columns and news stories for the week of...
FTC official wary of Google, Microsoft privacy tools - MarketWatch Why Tim Wu's Advising the FTC is Bad for Google - Google Watch Google CEO sees signs of Internet bubble: report - Reuters Facebook readies room to grow while Google eyes LA - Reuters
Now they have given it a name "Keep Mt Opt-Outs" and are trying to get more momentum for their effort to appease the FTC. Google widens access to Israel's Holocaust archives - Reuters U.S.asks about search fairness in Google/ITA - Reuters
Everyone Is Rushing To Stop FTC's Do Not Track Registry, Why? Baidu sees growth rate slowing in 2011 - Reuters Here's a roundup of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Dec.to Dec.as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well as search...
FTC Wants Do-Not-Track for Online Ads - ClickZ Yandex, the largest search engine in Russia has chosen London to launch their IPO early next year, Reuters reported. Lead thieves use Google Earth to target churches - Reuters
Because of these commitments [Google promised the FTC that it has not and will not use the collected data in any of its products], we are ending our inquiry into this matter at this time," David Vladek, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer...
Google-Yahoo Japan Deal May Face FTC Scrutiny By Danny Goodwin China unveils its own version of Google Earth - Reuters Here's a roundup of this week's columns and news stories for the week of Oct.to 22, as reported by Search Engine Watch, as well...
And for more on the topic, see also my past blog post Clickfraud: Whose Problem, FTC, Search Engines Or Advertisers? Google has won the trademark lawsuit with Geico, and more coverage from Reuters. RSS Overview from Reuters By Gary Price, Dec.
Danny linked to a couple of articles in his post: Clickfraud: Whose Problem, FTC, Search Engines Or Advertisers? Reuters reports that Blinkx has named a CEO. Reuters reports Google Desktop for the Mac is in the works: Google Will Offer Desktop...
The FTC also suggests that search engines might find themselves liable if someone illegally purchases drugs from a company they let advertise. Growth in Google's revenue engine seen slowing Reuters, Nov.http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?
Dropping that section also helps bring Ask Jeeves more in line with the recent FTC guidelines on paid listing disclosures. Overture shrs lose over 12 pct on loss of Ask Jeeves Reuters, July 19, 2002 http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/020719...
