THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER SEARCH YOUR SYMPTOMS ONLINE

We live in the times where we feel we have answers for every question. One thing that has empowered everyone lies in their pocket. Yes, internet, it is internet which has power to answer each one of your questions, including all your health related issues. While it may sound very convenient, but ...

UK WATCHDOG: FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE LACK EFFECTIVE SCAM REPORTING PROCESSES

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• The United Kingdom consumer watchdog said that, Facebook and Google have been lacking the effective scam reporting processes
• According to the reports, two in five online users does not report these advertisements

Accordin...

UK SUPREME COURT: CLASS ACTION AGAINST GOOGLE IS NOT VIABLE

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• Google has been battling landmark class action of United Kingdom over alleged iPhone tracking
• Antony White said that, it has not been his case that loss of personal data might not have serious consequences

The Supreme Cou...

AUSTRALIA WARNS APPLE AND GOOGLE OVER APPSTORE DOMINANCE

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• Australia warns Apple and Google over the Appstore dominance
• ACCC chairman said that, Apple and Google not only run the app marketplace, but they also compete with each other with their own apps

The Australian Competition...

US SENATORS QUESTION APPLE & GOOGLE ABOUT THE DOMINANCE ON THEIR APP STORES

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• Apple and Google can use their power to exclude or suppress apps that complete with their own products and charge excessive fees that affect competition said Amy Klobuchar

• To which, Senator Mike Lee said “I feel like unfrozen caveman lawyer, I...

FACEBOOK, GOOGLE DRAGGED TO COURT BY OVER 100 US NEWSPAPERS FOR UNLAWFUL DIGITAL AD MONOPOLY

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• As per the US-based magazine editorandpublisher.com, the publishers have alleged Google and Facebook of being involved in a secret deal called Jedi Blue, to take wipe off the competition

• Halbreich clearly said “These monopolistic practices must c...

US HOUSE COMMITTEE FORMALLY APPROVES REPORT ACCUSING BIG TECH FIRMS BUYING SMALLER COMPANIES

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• Thanks to this approval, which came with 24-17 vote that split along party lines, this report with over 400 pages will be becoming an official committee report

• The first bill regarding this takedown has already been introduced in the month of March by ...

REGULATOR: GOOGLE MISLED CUSTOMERS OVER DATA COLLECTION IN AUSTRALIA

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• The competition regulator of Australia said that, Google has misled its customers over the collection of data
• The ACCC the company Google has wrongly claimed that it can only collect the information from the location history setting
...

US PRESIDENT BIDEN HOLDS MEETING WITH CEOs ON GLOBAL CHIP SHORTAGE

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• This meeting comes at a time when the US President is building support for his infrastructure bill worth $2 trillion

• CEOs of companies like General Motors, Alphabet and Intel were part of the meeting which was held virtually

• The US Pre...

APPLE INC. CRITICIZED BY U.S.SENATORS FOR NOT TESTIFYING ON ANTI-TRUST ISSUES

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• Tech giant Apple Inc is refusing to testify at an hearing on competition issues regarding the mobile app stores

• As per a statement given by senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Mike Lee, a Republican, they had written to Tim Cook, Chief Executive of...

FACEBOOK, GOOGLE ARE JOINTLY FUNDING SUBSEA CABLES TO LINK SINGAPORE TO U.S.

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• While Facebook is funding two projects, Google has participated in one of the projects that will link Singapore to the western coast of the United States

• According to Facebook, the couple of transpacific conduits will help in expanding the capacity acr...

CEOs OF GOOGLE, FACEBOOK & TWITTER TO FACE GRILLING BY CONGRESS OVER SPEECH, MISINFORMATION

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• Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter chief Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar Pichai will be testifying in a virtual hearing in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee

• This is not the first time that these CEOs are facing the Congress as they ...

LINA KHAN LIKELY TO BE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S NOMINEE FOR POST OF COMMISSIONER AT FTC

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• According to the announcement made by the President Joe Biden, Lina Khan, Big Tech critic will be nominated for the post of the commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

• The appointment of Khan holds significance as it comes at a time when the...

US JURY DIRECTS APPLE TO PAY FINE WORTH $308.5 MILLION FOR INFRINGING A PATENT

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• Tech giant Apple Inc must pay about $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications LLC (PMC) over charges of infringing a patent said a federal jury

• In the year 2015, PMC LLC has dragged Apple to the court over alleging iTunes service had infringe...

INDIAN CREATORS ARE SAYING THAT YouTube's NEW TAX POLICY WILL IMPACT THEIR REVENUE

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• YouTube said that this new policy will start from as early as June 2021

• All the creators have been informed by YouTube regarding the update and they have also been asked to provide their tax information in their AdSense account on priority basis

INFOSYS TO APPOINT 500 PEOPLE WITH GOOGLE CAREER CERTIFICATES IN US

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• Infosys has decided to do this along with Merit America, an organisation that helps people without bachelor degree get jobs

• Along with Infosys, IT firms like Accenture and Cognizant will be hiring people on the basis of Google Career Certificates in th...

AUSTRALIA GOES AFTER APPLE AND GOOGLE OVER BROWSER DOMINATION

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• The government of Australia is now going after Apple and Google over the deliberations of browser domination
• The government of Australia has been focusing on the competition and choice in the web browsers and internet search

BUSINESSES IN UK CAUGHT PURCHASING FIVE-STAR GOOGLE REVIEWS

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• The business in United Kingdom have been caught buying the five-star Google reviews
• The consumer group has established a fake company and has purchased fake five-star reviews as a part of the investigation

The company Goo...

AMBANI TO PARTNER WITH FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE

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• Mukesh Ambani is going to forge a partnership with Facebook and Google.
• Three partners seek to obtain a license to enter India’s digital payments business.

Reliance Industries Ltd., led by Asia’s richest man Mu...

FACEBOOK AND GOOGLE MUST PAY FOR NEWS IN AUSTRALIA

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• The tech giants Google and Facebook, will have to pay for the news in the territory of Australia
• A draft law has been drawn up in the month of July 2020, and it had been passed on 25th February 2021 by the government of Australia