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Business / Mobile / Tech

EU Approves Facebook’s Acquisition of WhatsApp

I still have a hard time getting my head around the fact that lines of code can be worth $19 billion, but...

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Business / Tech

European Parliament Approves Resolution to Break Up Google

After announcing early this week they would hold a vote on a resolution to break up search giant Google, the European Parliament...

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Business / Tech

Apple Offering 14 Day iTunes Return Policy On Digital Goods In EU

Returning things can be pain. Thankfully a lot of businesses make it make it pretty easy but returning digital goods can be tough proposition....

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Google / Tech

Google AdSense Introduces New User Consent Policy

Google AdSense is one of the primary ways websites earn revenue. It’s a fairly simply system – Google places ads on your website that...

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Google / Tech

Google Ordered To Remove Links To Stories About EU’s Right To Be Forgotten Law

The European Union’s “Right to be Forgotten” law which passed last year requires Google – and other search engines – to remove...

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Google / Tech

Google Donates €1M To European Migrant Crisis

The European migrant crisis is becoming a huge issue for the EU. The influx of refugees and migrants puts a strain on...

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Business / Google / Tech

Is There A U.S. Antitrust Investigation Of Google’s Android?

Google seems to be under the microscope just about everywhere overseas and now it seems the eye in the United States is...

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Google / Tech

EU Wants Google And Yahoo To Pay For Displaying News Snippets

The European Union is exploring the idea of making Google and Yahoo pay for displaying news snippets in “news” search results. Some...

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Editorial / Google / Tech

Google Accused Of Using US Congressmen To Lobby Against EU Antitrust Case

Politics is a dirty game and like it or not, all big companies play the game to their advantage. I use Google...

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Tech

User experience best practices for capturing consent post-GDPR

The EU’s GDPR is an unprecedented new data protection law that imposes compliance with stricter privacy rules

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Business / Tech

EU targeting Amazon for back taxes, fine could be announced soon

Business Insider speculates that the fine could be several hundred million euros.

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Android / Business / Google / Mobile / Tech

European Union may level a record fine in the Google Android case

As if the shopping and Android cases weren't enough. Google has a third case in the European Union courts that revolves around its...

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Business / Google / Tech

European Commission doles out €2.42 billion fine on Google

Google's wallet is going to get €2.42 billion thinner thanks to the European Commission.

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Google / Tech

Google Charged With Abusing Android Market Position In EU

The European Union has brought charges against Google accusing the search giant of abusing its position in the Android market. Antitrust regulators...

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Google / Tech

Are Google Advertising Contracts Now A Target Of EU?

Google advertising contracts could be the latest target of an aggressive European Union campaign against the search giant and its parent company, Alphabet. Margrethe...