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Mozilla drops Yahoo search for Google with new Firefox Quantum browser release

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Mozilla announced that they have terminated their search deal with Yahoo and that their new version of the Firefox browser, named Firefox Quantum, will feature Google as the default search provider. “As part of our focus on user experience and performance in Firefox Quantum, Google will also become our new default search provider in the […]

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$27.8 billion, revenues up 24%

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Google parent Alphabet announced third-quarter results. Both revenues and earnings per share beat Wall Street estimates. The company reported roughly $27.8 billion in total revenues (up 24 percent), with Google contributing all but $302 million of that amount. Earnings per share were $9.57, which was about $1.24 higher than expected. Advertising generated just over $24 billion

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We’ve manually reviewed 1M+ videos to improve brand safety processes

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Since announcing efforts to restrict violent extremist content in June, YouTube released an update on their brand safety initiatives this week. The Google-owned company says its teams have manually reviewed more than a million videos to improve the flagging technology being used to monitor content. YouTube also says that during the past month, over 83

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Investors anxious about Google traffic acquisition costs, which regulation could further increase

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Google’s traffic acquisition costs (TAC) have been climbing. As Google’s ad revenues grow, so does the money it pays to partners and distributors. Investors are particularly sensitive to this issue. In response to investor questions, Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat explained recently that Google’s increasing traffic costs are partly about mobile and programmatic growth, which have

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Alphabet to create separate business unit in Europe to run Google Shopping

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According to Bloomberg, Google is going to create a separate business unit to manage shopping content in search results to comply with the European Commission’s recent antitrust decision. This unit will reportedly be required to compete in the auction against shopping competitors. The unit will apparently use its own budget and revenues to bid in

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Google gradually limiting search ads on addiction treatment queries

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Beginning last week, Google started limiting ads on search results pages for drug and alcohol treatment center queries. Rehabilitation centers like those operated by Advanced Recovery Systems have suddenly seen ads disappear from roughly 40 percent of queries they were targeting, reported The Verge. Searches for “drug detox,” “drug rehabilitation” and “drug treatment program” are some

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Gab.ai sues Google after removal from Play store for hate-speech violations

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Described as a “digital safe space for the far right” or the “alt-right’s very own Twitter,” social site Gab.ai is suing Google parent Alphabet for alleged violations of antitrust law. The company filed its suit after its Android app was removed from Google Play. According to the company’s complaint, the Gab app was never allowed on

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Yelp says Google violated ‘do not crawl’ provision of 2013 FTC settlement agreement

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Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com Yelp has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asserting that Google is improperly using Yelp images in local search results in violation of its 2013 antitrust settlement with the regulatory agency. Yelp also circulated the letter to several members of Congress and state attorneys general, according to a

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Google to appeal $2.7 billion EU fine

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According to The Telegraph, Google is planning to file an appeal against the roughly $2.7 billion (€2.4 billion) antitrust fine imposed by the European Commission in June for abuse of market position in shopping search. The fine was the largest in EU history; the previous record fine was $1.3 billion against Intel. Last week, Intel won

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Top European court’s ruling might embolden US tech companies to challenge regulators

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The highest court in the EU has dealt a blow to the European antitrust regulator. According to reports this morning, the European Court of Justice said that a roughly $1.3 billion fine imposed in 2009 on Intel needed to be re-examined by a lower court. The facts of the Intel case involved the question of

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