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US tech giants like Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Netflix are being singled out, says the US Trade Representative office.

Trump administration says won't let India, others tax US tech firms...

The US Trade Representative office has announced investigations into nations, including India, with digital services...

3 Jun 2020 10:40 PM IST

Google pulls popular Indian app that helped remove Chinese apps from phones. (Photo- PTI)

Google takes down popular Indian app that removed Chinese apps

The app, Remove China Apps had become top trending free app on Google's mobile app store in India with five million...

3 Jun 2020 3:44 PM IST

For those feeling grief, anger, sadness & fear, you are not alone, Pichai said, sharing a screenshot of the Google search home page which said, We stand in support of racial equality, and all those who search for it. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Nguyen Hung Vu)

Sundar Pichai throws Google's weight behind black community in US; had...

Although he did not comment on the discriminating Citizenship Amendment Act in India, he has spoken up for Muslims...

1 Jun 2020 7:07 PM IST

The countrys competition regulator, the ACCC, has estimated that Google and Facebook together earn some Aus$6 billion (US$4 billion) per year from advertising in Australia.

Nope, not gonna show you the money: Google snubs Australia government...

Google claimed it made barely Aus$10 million per year from news-linked advertising, a fraction of a government...

1 Jun 2020 5:47 PM IST

Sundar Pichai is CEO of Alphabet, whose profit slumped 30 percent to $6.96 billion from a year back. The online giant relies on digital advertising for most of its income. (Photo | AFP)

Profits of Google parent Alphabet hit by 30 pc over dip in ad sales...

Revenue regained ground in the second quarter in search and at video-sharing platform YouTube, showing signs of...

31 July 2020 6:24 PM IST

Canada, France, Germany and Spain too have been trying to get Google and Facebook to pay for news with no success, but Australias law could move things along. (Photo | AP)

Australia's draft law makes it mandatory for Google and Facebook to...

The aggregators will be given three months to work out a deal on fair pay for news, failing which arbitrators will make...

31 July 2020 2:24 PM IST

Staggering economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic was reflected in reports released Thursday from Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Googles corporate parent, Alphabet. (AFP Photo)

Big Tech including Apple, Facebook reports mixed earnings amid...

Apple delivered surprisingly strong numbers with both its revenue and profit rising, defying analysts' lowered...

31 July 2020 9:37 AM IST

The prolonged lockdown of Googles offices could influence other major employers to take similar precautions, given that the technology industry has been at the forefront of the shift to remote work that has been triggered by the spread of the novel coronavirus. (Photo | Flickr - Maurizio Pesce)

Work from home till July 2021, Google tells most of its 200,000...

It marks a six-month extension of Google's previous plan to keep most of its offices closed through the rest of this...

28 July 2020 3:27 PM IST

The allegations arise from Googles move in 2016 to start combining users personal information in their Google accounts with information from the same users activity on non-Google sites that used Google technology, formerly DoubleClick technology, to display ads.

Google accused of privacy breaches, Australian watchdog begins...

This is the latest litigation Google has faced around the world over allegations of privacy breaches.

27 July 2020 3:40 PM IST

Pressure has been growing both from the right and the leftand sometimes internallyto do something about the overwhelming dominance of the internet platforms. In this photo, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg. (Photo | AP)

Big Tech CEOs' postponed anti-trust hearing will now be held on...

The heads of Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple will be testifying at a time of growing complaints about their...

26 July 2020 4:17 PM IST

The hearing in the US Congress at Capitol building was called amid rising concerns over Big Tech dominance, which has become even more pronounced during the coronavirus pandemic, and coincides with investigations at the federal and state level of the online giants. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - aoc.gov)

Antitrust hearing with Big Tech CEOs at US Congress postponed

The hearing would have conflicted with the memorial service for the late representative and civil rights leader John...

25 July 2020 4:41 PM IST

The Federal Trade Commission is considering taking sworn testimony from Zuckerberg and Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, the Wall Street Journal reported. Major tech companies Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, referred to by the acronym GAFA, have been under the scrutiny of the US House Judiciary Committee and the Department of Justice for alleged anti-trust practices. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - JD Lasica)

Antitrust regulator to question Zuckerberg on Facebook for unfair...

The Federal Trade Commission has been conducting a yearlong probe into whether the social network has abused its...

18 July 2020 4:45 PM IST