Yelp sues Google, alleging Google abused its dominance in general search to gain an unfair advantage in the local search and local search advertising markets
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Google employees have mostly ignored the DOJ's antitrust case, and some expect only small business tweaks and some fines; closing arguments concluded on May 3
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In just a few months, Google spent well over $1B to settle lawsuits, including $700M on Play Store claims, as the company fights two cases brought by the US DOJ
Nico Grant / New York Times : X: @florian4gamers X: Florian Mueller / @florian4gamers : The $700M Google Play Store with three dozen state attorneys-general is not a done deal yet as Judge Donato bel...
Email: Google plans to cut 100 employees from YouTube's operations and creator management teams; a source says YouTube employs 7,173 people
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US v. Google: Satya Nadella says Google cemented its search dominance via default search deals with Apple and he may have been overenthusiastic about ChatGPT
and Apple could fix it New York Times : Microsoft C.E.O. Testifies That Google's Power in Search Is Ubiquitous Bloomberg : Microsoft CEO Says Google Search Dominance to Give It AI Edge Diane Bartz / R...
A profile of Kent Walker, Google's top lawyer, who helped negotiate the 2013 FTC settlement, as Google prepares to defend itself against DOJ antitrust claims
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Inside the cottage industry around “YouTube automation” that is dubiously persuading people to spend thousands of dollars to create video businesses on YouTube
A cottage industry is persuading people to spend thousands to create video businesses on YouTube. Disclaimer: It is harder than it looks. Tweets: @emilsteinerphd , @nicoagrant , @jimkerstetter , and ...
Some SMB owners complain Google is ending its G Suite legacy free edition after over a decade on August 1, arguing the company lured them with a free service
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A breakdown of Google Cloud's rivalry with AWS and Azure as analysts expect $26B in 2022 GCP revenue and IDC predicts ~30% YoY cloud market growth until 2025
Nico Grant / Bloomberg : Tweets: @nicoagrant Tweets: Nico Grant / @nicoagrant : New details here about Google's Project Drawbridge and Project Moat, efforts to bolster Google Cloud's reliability afte...
A breakdown of Google Cloud's rivalry with AWS and Azure as analysts expect $26B in 2022 GCP revenue and IDC predicts ~30% YoY cloud market growth until 2025
When Amazon's cloud computing network went down on Dec. 7, it hampered a broad swath of companies that rely on its servers, including Disney, Netflix, and Ticketmaster. Tweets: @nicoagrant Tweets: Nic...