U.S. and European regulators approved Google Inc’s 12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc and said they would keep a sharp eye on the web search giant to ensure patents critical to the telecommunications industry would be licensed at fair prices. It was one of a series of approvals…
Internet giants Google Inc and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown like China if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities. The two are among 21 companies ordered to develop a mechanism to block material…
It’s the year’s hottest initial public offering but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients. The world’s biggest social network is expected to seek a 75 billion to 100 billion valuation in its IPO the most anticipated stock offering from Silicon Valley since…
A group of European regulators has written to Google Inc calling on it to halt the introduction of its new privacy policy saying it needs to investigate whether the proposals sufficiently protect users’ personal data. Google said in January it was simplifying its privacy regulations consolidating 60 guidelines into a…
Depending on who you ask Facebook is either the best company to go public since Google or the hallmark of another tech bubble. But no matter the ultimate fate of the broadreaching social network it’s clear that investors will be scrambling to pick up shares when they get the chance.…
Planned changes to Google Inc’s privacy policies that have caught the attention of U.S. lawmakers would not take away the control its customers have over how data is collected and used the company said in a blog post on Tuesday Google whose offerings include its flagship search engine Gmail YouTube…
Some of the world’s biggest Internet companies and financial services firms have developed a new approach to fighting email spam that they hope will reduce online scams. Facebook Google Inc and Microsoft Corp have joined with financial firms Bank of America Corp Fidelity Investments and eBay Inc’s PayPal to create…
Apple’s Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee’s job according to a court filing. The 2007 email from Jobs to Schmidt was disclosed on Friday in the course of civil litigation…
Google Inc plans to unify its privacy policy and terms of service across its online offerings including its flagship search Gmail and Google products to make them easier to use but the move could attract greater scrutiny from antitrust regulators. In an online blog post Google said it expects to…
Google Inc has turned on the music at its new online store aiming to wrest the lead from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in audio entertainment distribution despite the absence of a major record label. Google Music with more 13 million songs will be integrated with Android Market the company’s…
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