Apple is now Google's largest corporate customer for cloud storage

Apple has dramatically increased the amount of data that it stores on Google's cloud services, suggesting that its storage needs have grown faster than it can handle with its own servers.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 19

YouTube TV '4K Plus' tier brings 4K streaming, offline downloads for $19.99

YouTube TV is introducing a new add-on that introduces 4K quality, downloads, and unlimited simultaneous streaming on a home network to the Google live TV subscription service.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 6

Lower 15% Google Play fee offered for Wear OS, Android Auto integrations

Google is offering Android app developers a lowered Google Play commission rate if they agree to add deeper integration for Google platforms like WearOS and Android Auto in their apps.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 17

Google pushes back third-party cookie block until 2023

A Privacy Sandbox feature for Google Chrome that would block third-party cookies has been delayed by a year, over what the company says is concern for advertisers.

Wesley Hilliard 4 years ago 12

Judiciary committee on path to advance entire big tech antitrust bill package

Following a debate that extended into the early morning, the US House Judiciary Committee has advanced all but one of the bills before it that focus on curbing Big Tech and its ability to promote its own products and services over others — and the last one will likely get the nod on Thursday.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 8

EU takes on Google's ad business with antitrust probe

The European Commission is starting an investigation into Google to determine if the search giant violated antitrust rules by favoring its own advertising business in online ad auctions it manages.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 3

Google is risk averse & has paralyzing bureaucracy, executives say

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai is facing internal criticism from company executives who believe the Mountain View giant is seeing "cracks" in its success, according to a new report.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 7

Google plans Android version of Apple's Find My network

Google may be working on its own version of Apple's Find My network, with a beta release of Google Play Services for Android suggesting the smartphones could be used to track other devices in a similar way to Apple's major feature.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 5

First Google Store takes an opposite approach from Apple retail

Google is launching its first brick-and-mortar retail store on Thursday, and the design of the location is being billed as an "anti-Apple" experience.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 46

US House will mark up & modify antitrust legislation bills in late June

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will soon begin reviewing five sweeping bills that could target Big Tech with increased antitrust regulations and enforcement.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 5

Sonos criticizes Google, Amazon, and Apple at Senate antitrust hearing

Sonos' chief legal officer on Tuesday testified before a U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee about the smart home market dominance of companies like Google, Amazon, and Apple.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 29

UK to investigate Apple and Google's 'effective duopoly'

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it will examine if Apple and Google constitute a duopoly on mobile devices given their control over app stores.

William Gallagher 4 years ago 35

Japan to probe Apple and Google in antitrust discussions

Apple is set to face more scrutiny of its business practices, with the Japanese government said to be preparing another antitrust probe into both Apple and Google.

Malcolm Owen 4 years ago 11

Google's FLoC has 'significant' privacy problems, Mozilla says

Google's new proposal for targeted ad tracking has a number of properties that could pose "significant" privacy risks to users, according to Firefox maker Mozilla.

Mike Peterson 4 years ago 17

Legislation to curb anticompetitive Big Tech firms, limit mergers is imminent

A series of new bills is set to be launched by House Democrats against Big Tech firms, including proposals to prohibit companies like Apple from locking-in users, or promoting their own services.

William Gallagher 5 years ago 0

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