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Google To Appeal European Commission Anti-Competitive Ruling
Google // September 12, 2017

Google is appealing the fine dealt by the European Union for engaging in anti-competitive behavior due to its product search comparison tool, reported TechCrunch. According to a report in TechCrunch, the EU ruling in which it fined Google a record $2.73 billion for giving its...

Google Tracker: Smart Move In Smart Speaker Race
Retail // September 05, 2017

The Google Assistant finds a home away from the Home as third parties integrate it into their smart speakers using Google’s open software development kit. Soon it will also reside on Google’s own Home device and forthcoming Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 Android phones....

Samsung Merges Into Self-Driving Cars Lane
Innovation // September 01, 2017

Samsung announced news that it received a permit to test self-driving vehicles in California — just four months after rival Apple received its own permit. In May, Samsung’s parent company was granted permission from South Korean authorities to test a self-driving car equipped with its...

Google Starts To Comply With EU Antitrust Order
Google // August 30, 2017

Google has offered up plans and a glimpse of how it will seek to comply with antitrust directives from the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Reuters reported Tuesday. The plans center around behavior in which the internet giant favored its own shopping platform...

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Google To Appeal European Commission Anti-Competitive Ruling

September 12, 2017
Google is appealing the fine dealt by the European Union for engaging in anti-competitive behavior due to its product search comparison tool, reported TechCrunch. According to a report in TechCrunch, the EU ruling in which it fined Google a record $2.73 billion for giving its own service “an illegal advantage by abusing its dominance in […]

Samsung Merges Into Self-Driving Cars Lane

September 01, 2017
Samsung announced news that it received a permit to test self-driving vehicles in California — just four months after rival Apple received its own permit. In May, Samsung’s parent company...

Google Starts To Comply With EU Antitrust Order

August 30, 2017
Google has offered up plans and a glimpse of how it will seek to comply with antitrust directives from the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Reuters reported Tuesday....

Google Bringing AR To All Sorts Of Android Devices

August 30, 2017
Google is aiming to get more augmented reality (AR) on Android mobile phones and released a mobile developer tool on Tuesday (Aug. 29) to meet that end. In a blog...