by admin | Oct 4, 2024 | Column, Columns, Google, Internet News, Monopoly, News, Toby Shapshak
Since Google’s $175 billion search business was declared a “monopolist” by a US court in August, the potential consequences have been widely debated and pose major threats to its profits. These range from breaking up Google’s search business from its other divisions,...
by admin | Aug 18, 2024 | antitrust, digital advertising, Google, Internet News, Monopoly, News, search, search giant, US
A US judge has found that Google is a monopoly and has used this dominance to reinforce its market position. This ruling, which is subject to appeal, brings the US regulator close to the European Commission in its approach to tech giants such as Google, Meta,...
by admin | Aug 17, 2024 | AI, artificial intelligence, Google, Internet News, Monopoly, News, Other Tech News, search
It’s not a good time to be a website operator who isn’t all that keen on being replaced by AI. Google’s AI Overviews ‘feature’, which throws up summaries from websites, is powered by the same section of the company that includes websites in Google’s search results....
by admin | Aug 17, 2024 | antitrust, changes, Google, Industry News, Monopoly, News, Other Tech News
If you’re paying attention to more than the company’s hardware news, you’ll know that Google is in for a bumpy ride in the next few months. The search giant was recently convicted of being… well, a search giant. But illegally. A judge in the States ruled that Google...
by admin | Sep 23, 2023 | Column, Columns, Google Google antitrust, Internet News, Monopoly, News, Toby Shapshak
It wasn’t a happy 25th birthday for Google, the search giant and now Android maker, which went on trial last week for monopolising the online search industry. Initially filed in 2020, the US Justice Department sued Google in the most consequential attempt by...
