Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, and Facebook.

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Investigations Of Big Tech Look Set To Multiply Across DOJ, FTC
Investigations Of Big Tech Look Set To Multiply Across DOJ, FTC
November 19, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

For Big Tech: More investigations, and broader ones, too. On a number of fronts. News comes, as reported by The New York Times Monday (Nov....

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Google Sets Up Shop In Tokyo’s Chic Shibuya Neighborhood
Google Sets Up Shop In Tokyo’s Chic Shibuya Neighborhood
November 19, 2019  |  Google

Google relocated its head office to Tokoyo’s hip Shibuya neighborhood, taking up most of the 35th floor of the Shibuya Stream skyscraper, Bloomberg reported on...

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DOJ Big Tech Probe Could Expand Beyond Antitrust
DOJ Big Tech Probe Could Expand Beyond Antitrust
November 19, 2019  |  Regulation

To potentially challenge companies such as Facebook and Google on multiple fronts, the Department of Justice (DOJ) could go beyond looking into potential antitrust violations,...

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Google Maps Pilot Allows Users To Follow Local Guides’ Recommendations
Google Maps Pilot Allows Users To Follow Local Guides’ Recommendations
November 18, 2019  |  Google

Google Maps is going to test a new social feature in which users can follow Local Guides to help discover restaurants and other business locations,...

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Top News In Payments: Elavon To Buy UK Gateway Sage Pay; Germany To Make Digital Payment Providers Open Systems To Rivals
Top News In Payments: Elavon To Buy UK Gateway Sage Pay; Germany To Make Digital...
November 18, 2019  |  News

In today’s top payments news, U.S. Bancorp subsidiary Elavon is acquiring U.K. payments gateway Sage Pay for $300 million. Also, Apple criticized the vote of German lawmakers to pass...

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Data Dive, The New Financial Services Edition: Google, Apple And Facebook
Data Dive, The New Financial Services Edition: Google, Apple And Facebook
November 18, 2019  |  Data Dive

The quest to disrupt the mainstream banks of the past is not exactly a new headline — any number of FinTechs big and small have...

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Big Tech Antitrust Examination By AGs Gathers Steam
Big Tech Antitrust Examination By AGs Gathers Steam
November 18, 2019  |  ANTITRUST

Antitrust headlines dominated the regulatory sphere this past week – focused, of course, on marquee names such as Facebook and Google. In one salvo, lawmakers...

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Why Google’s Deal With Citi Isn’t About Becoming A Bank (But Is Still A Big Deal)
Why Google’s Deal With Citi Isn’t About Becoming A Bank (But Is Still A Big...
November 18, 2019  |  Payments Innovation

It was the gasp heard ‘round the world last week. Google confirmed that it will partner with Citi and Stanford Federal Credit Union to launch...

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Fitbit’s Google Acquisition Sparks Privacy Concerns For Some
Fitbit’s Google Acquisition Sparks Privacy Concerns For Some
November 17, 2019  |  Google

Google‘s recent announcement that it is buying Fitbit is leading some users to ditch the device. “I’m not only afraid of what they can do...

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