http://www.slashgear.com Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/ftc-may-not-have-enough-evidence-to-hit-google-with-antitrust-charges-20257846/ http://www.slashgear.com/ftc-may-not-have-enough-evidence-to-hit-google-with-antitrust-charges-20257846/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:37:30 +0000 Eric Abent http://www.slashgear.com/?p=257846 FTC may have a problem actually hitting Google with antitrust charges due to... thing without ending up in court. The FTC investigation stems from anti-competitive claims from Google's competitors. According to them, Google ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/ftc-may-not-have-enough-evidence-to-hit-google-with-antitrust-charges-20257846/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/google-eu-antitrust-end-in-sight-says-competition-chief-19261583/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-eu-antitrust-end-in-sight-says-competition-chief-19261583/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:22:48 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=261583 Google's antitrust spat with the European Commission could reach preliminary settlement as early as ... with that of other campaign providers. Although not officially confirmed by either the FTC or Google, the prospect of the search company escaping without ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-eu-antitrust-end-in-sight-says-competition-chief-19261583/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/was-googles-ftc-antitrust-escape-scuttled-by-euro-stringency-20261772/ http://www.slashgear.com/was-googles-ftc-antitrust-escape-scuttled-by-euro-stringency-20261772/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:14:03 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=261772 FTC suddenly deemed insufficient. The search giant ...the EU is expected to find Google guilty of antitrust, but the fashion in ...delivered has observers concerned. While initially the FTC looked to be readying a far ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/was-googles-ftc-antitrust-escape-scuttled-by-euro-stringency-20261772/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/google-settles-ftc-antitrust-with-patent-and-advert-limits-03262946/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-settles-ftc-antitrust-with-patent-and-advert-limits-03262946/#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:36:50 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=262946 Google has settled with the FTC, avoiding antitrust penalties by agreeing to ... to visit their sites specifically. "Some FTC Commissioners were concerned that this conduct ... other authorities that have looked at Google's business practices ... have concluded ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-settles-ftc-antitrust-with-patent-and-advert-limits-03262946/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/google-ftc-inquiry-demanded-by-antitrust-senators-20203529/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-ftc-inquiry-demanded-by-antitrust-senators-20203529/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:36:21 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=203529 FTC today, Bloomberg reports, with the company'... "warrant a thorough investigation by the FTC." The fresh attention will come as... careful to downplay Google's role as a potential antitrust threat, pointing out...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-ftc-inquiry-demanded-by-antitrust-senators-20203529/feed/ 5 http://www.slashgear.com/google-to-face-subpoenas-in-ftc-antitrust-probe-23161189/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-to-face-subpoenas-in-ftc-antitrust-probe-23161189/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:55:39 +0000 Rue Liu http://www.slashgear.com/?p=161189 FTC panel is preparing to send ... have dealt with Google. Google has faced antitrust probes in the ... a major chunk of Google's revenues. Google has a growing... them to Google's own competing services. The FTC has been...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-to-face-subpoenas-in-ftc-antitrust-probe-23161189/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/ftc-antitrust-probe-on-google-focuses-on-android-and-search-10170939/ http://www.slashgear.com/ftc-antitrust-probe-on-google-focuses-on-android-and-search-10170939/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:04:58 +0000 Rue Liu http://www.slashgear.com/?p=170939 antitrust probes that Google has experienced with mergers... probe say that the key areas the FTC intends to probe include Google... search related services. The FTC is questioning whether Google prevents manufacturers that use...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/ftc-antitrust-probe-on-google-focuses-on-android-and-search-10170939/feed/ 2 http://www.slashgear.com/google-enrages-rivals-with-rumored-ftc-antitrust-escape-plan-17261093/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-enrages-rivals-with-rumored-ftc-antitrust-escape-plan-17261093/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:10:04 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=261093 Google is near a US antitrust settlement which would see the ...trial or any financial settlement. The FTC would still have to accept ... was true or if the FTC had communicated some willingness to ...of the rumored deal. "If the FTC fails to take meaningful action...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-enrages-rivals-with-rumored-ftc-antitrust-escape-plan-17261093/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/google-faces-ftc-investigation-over-search-antitrust-14209311/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-faces-ftc-investigation-over-search-antitrust-14209311/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:53:24 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=209311 Google+, will also come under investigation in a US FTC antitrust ...priority than status messages left in Google+, while the Electronic Privacy Information ...filtering technologies, arguing that artificially limiting Google as the dominant player in ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-faces-ftc-investigation-over-search-antitrust-14209311/feed/ 9 http://www.slashgear.com/leaks-in-the-google-antitrust-probe-brings-the-ftc-under-scrutiny-09264438/ http://www.slashgear.com/leaks-in-the-google-antitrust-probe-brings-the-ftc-under-scrutiny-09264438/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:29:31 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=264438 Google has been in the news in increasing frequency over the ... or so months concerning an FTC antitrust probe into its business ... with the situation. Now the FTC is under scrutiny from Congress... press about the investigation of Google, I request the Office of...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/leaks-in-the-google-antitrust-probe-brings-the-ftc-under-scrutiny-09264438/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/google-and-ftc-close-to-settling-patent-case-sources-say-11260436/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-and-ftc-close-to-settling-patent-case-sources-say-11260436/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:50:27 +0000 Brittany Hillen http://www.slashgear.com/?p=260436 FTC, Google breached antitrust law by trying to prevent... offer a comment on the claims, but Google spokesperson Adam Kovacevich had this to ...the FTC has also been poking around Google while trying to determine whether the ...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-and-ftc-close-to-settling-patent-case-sources-say-11260436/feed/ 0 http://www.slashgear.com/google-admob-deal-approved-by-ftc-apple-iad-helped-clinch-it-2186577/ http://www.slashgear.com/google-admob-deal-approved-by-ftc-apple-iad-helped-clinch-it-2186577/#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 16:39:08 +0000 Chris Davies http://www.slashgear.com/?p=86577 Google paid $750m in back in ... important questions about the transaction. Google and AdMob have competed head-... be found at www.ftc.gov. The FTC’s Bureau of..., send an e-mail to antitrust@ftc.gov, or write to...]]> http://www.slashgear.com/google-admob-deal-approved-by-ftc-apple-iad-helped-clinch-it-2186577/feed/ 1