Tag: Alphabet

eSafety, YouTube spar over under-16s social media ban

Posted on   |  by Byron Kaye
Australia’s internet watchdog and YouTube exchanged barbs on Tuesday after the regulator urged the government to reverse a planned exemption for the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform from its world-first teen...

Google says it will appeal online search antitrust decision

Posted on   |  by Rishabh Jaiswal
Alphabet’s Google on Saturday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online search competition than the 10-year regime...

US seeks breakup of Google’s adtech products after ruling

Posted on   |  by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan
The US Department of Justice has proposed that Alphabet’s Google divest its AdX advertising marketplace and ad server DFP, a court filing showed on Monday (Tuesday AEST), after a...

US court rules Google holds illegal monopolies in adtech

Posted on   |  by Jody Godoy and Zaheer Kachwala
Alphabet’s Google illegally dominates two markets for online advertising technology, a judge in the US has ruled, dealing another blow to the tech giant and paving the way for...

Rebuilding national competitive advantage

Posted on   |  by David McKeague
Australia has had a competitively thinning economy over the last 30 years. Australian corporates have reduced inhouse research and development – Telstra Research, Comalco Research, Wormald Research are just...

Do free apps boost productivity?

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Google Australia has released a report quantifying the benefits to the economy of its many free apps. It reckons that “by connecting consumers and businesses and providing productivity tools,...