Google Ad Business Faces Antitrust Inquiry in India. Regulators in Europe, the US, and now India circle Google number of formal complaints still to be determined. Compounding Google's regulatory entanglements, India has begun an antitrust investigation into the search company's online advertising program. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Compounding Google's regulatory entanglements, India has begun an antitrust investigation into the search engine. Google Faces Antitrust Inquiry In India. India has launched an antitrust probe of Google Inc.
Facebook is a biggest social networking company without any confusion. Dressed in his trademark hoodie and jeans, Facebook Inc. Co Founder member Mark Zuckerberg kicked off a cross-country road show to pitch his company's initial public stock offering. No he bring IPO in the international trade market. The company will showcase the impending deal to institutional investors during the roadshow, which was due to kick off today in New York. Flag it up the Facebook and US flags outside underwriters JP Morgan in New York. Facebook's IPO is expected to be the biggest ever.
A jury ruled that Google violated copyrights owned by Oracle Corp. A jury has found that Google infringed Oracle's Java copyrights in Android but could not decide unanimously if the the infringement was protected by "fair use. But the federal jury was unable to reach a decision on a key claim by Google regarding. There was no infringement found regarding the documentation.
According to Facebook CEO Mark Jukarberg, Facebook has updated it's mobile Messenger application to give users a bit more information about who's actually reading their messages versus who's ignoring them completely. Facebook released updated versions of its Messenger app for iOS and Android devices. Facebook Messenger has just been updated with some neat additional features.
FTC brings in former government prosecutor to dig deeper into Google’s. Google faces an intense courtroom grilling over antitrust allegations, with the FTC retaining a notorious litigator in what observers say marks a “watershed moment” for online privacy regulation. FTC appoints high profile lawyer to oversee Google antitrust case. The Federal Trade Commission turned to former Justice Department prosecutor Beth A. Paves way for courtroom showdown with Larry Page Google could face court action over its business.
LinkedIn, the business-centric social network, has finally launched an iPad app. LinkedIn has also revamped the iPhone app with a redesigned updates view. The company said it built its new iPad app "from the ground up" to address the needs of mobile professionals using iPads. LinkedIn for iPad Finally Arrives. LinkedIn is now available for the iPad. LinkedIn, the social network for business people, has finally launched an iPad app.
Hit up the links below if you'd like to catch the full spiel, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt took a turn in the testimony chair April 24, defending his company's decision to go its own way in using Java to help build its now-hugely popular Android mobile device operating system. Former CEO testifies to the court that Google used only the names of the application programming interfaces (APIs).
Google Stores, Syncs, Edits in the Cloud Wall Street Journal. Google is jumping into the cloud-based file storage and syncing business, offering a service called Google Drive, by offering lower prices and different features. It works on multiple operating systems, browsers and mobile devices, including those of Google's competitors Apple and Microsoft. It works on multiple operating systems, browsers, and mobile devices. WSJ's personal technology columnist, Walt Mossberg takes it for a drive. Other backers of the project include Google's Larry Page and Eric Schmidt.
As the fateful day of Facebook’s initial public offering draws closer, the giant social network’s financial results are attracting more attention. I think Facebook still has lots of opportunities even if its growth stagnates and its coolness has long since vanished. And while its recently updated securities filingshows some blockbuster numbers including a mind boggling 900 million active users. Facebook's latest securities filing contains some eye-popping numbers. Half a billion of whom use the site daily it also reveals some potential red flags, including rapidly rising costs for marketing and other expenses. Don't forget there's also the issue of what constitutes an “active user”.
You now have the ability to share files with others via Google Drive. Today Google launched Google Drive, a free if you just need 5GB of storage Dropbox like service that lets you easily store and share files in the cloud. Google Drive is a new service that allows you to map a “drive” to your computer allowing you to store files in the cloud. I like the idea of free cloud storage, but I'm just the tiniest bit wary of sharing files with Google, given the company's penchant for using information I share with it to hone its advertising. Google Launches Google Drive Cloud Storage Service. You can locate your iPhoto Library file to any networkable/cloud storage. For this reason, I've determined to encrypt any files I place on my Google Drive. And you can too easily and with your new best friend, Automator.
According to News today that Social website Facebook founder Mark Zukarberg is spending $550 million to buy 650 patents held by Microsoft came just weeks after it made what seemed to be an even bigger purchase from IBM in which it spent an undisclosed sum to acquire 750 patents. Social-networking giant's amended S-1 sheds light on how much it plunked down for patents in first quarter. It looks like those IBM patents are not nearly as valuable to Facebook as the ones once held by AOL that the social network bought from Microsoft today.
World ranking social communicative website Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will pay to Microsoft Corporation $550 million in cash for hundreds of patents recently sold by AOL. The social networking company's latest move to bulk up its intellectual property in the wake of a lawsuit filed by Yahoo. Microsoft, Amazon, eBay and other top label corporation earlier this month with its more than $1 billion purchase of most of AOL Inc. patent trove. Valuing patents is a complex process as early as possible, and it was not immediately clear whether Microsoft profited from the deal with Facebook.
The Internet’s & technology world been shining this week with news about CISPA. A new cyber security bill that’s set to be introduced on the House floor next week. By the people Vocal critics have likened it to SOPA. The doomed anti-piracy cyber security company bill that caused widespread outrage and protests earlier this year. Even though the two bills are markedly different. They both touch are very sensitive topics for people.
