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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This newest round of regulatory focus involves Amazon and Google and comes as rules crafted by the European Union continue to have an increasing impact on digital economies and endeavors throughout the world. Google Fine. Speaking of Google …. based tech firms operating there. Amazon Probe. Let’s start with Amazon.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

As reported in this space , the DSA and DMA cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms. The proposal also mandates more disclosure on "online advertising and on the algorithms used to recommend content to users.". The seeming intent across the pond to reign in Big Tech’s scope also is echoed in the U.K.

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JULY 17, 2020

Facebook Inc’s top executives could be required to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as the regulator investigates whether the California-based social media conglomerate has violated U.S. CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg are preparing for potential depositions, a source told The Journal.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Social media platforms are infested with phonies, and not just your best friend’s irritating co-worker (although he totally is). This is about the fact that fake identities comprise 25 percent of new social media accounts created every day, and that 53 percent of all social media logins are fraudulent , according to a recent study.

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MARCH 25, 2020

A notice from the government advised that it should allow deliveries of necessities ordered online — food and medicine — in addition to financial institutions. Google, for instance, has updated its search engine for more specific details and resources regarding the virus.

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JULY 24, 2018

It’s easy to imagine the appeal: Transferring loyalty program data from one grocer to another, moving image data from a social media site to an online photo-printing service, retaining access to music playlists after leaving a website with weak privacy protections or other flaws. Data Control. DTP Development.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

15) extensive potential new regulations for digital services that would cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms, offering first drafts for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) to the public. The European Commission released on Tuesday (Dec.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. At issue is the eCommerce retailer’s parallel responsibility to third-party merchants as an online shopping ecosystem and to itself as a competitor on the platform with rival products. India’s Antitrust Watchdog Opens Google Antitrust Case.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is the latest tech executive to criticize web platforms, such as Facebook and Google , over their data collection practices. “Dominant online platforms have more power to shape public opinion than newspapers or the television ever had, yet they face very little regulation or liability,” Rometty said.

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MARCH 25, 2019

We started to really think about how [we] not only simplify integration and onboarding, but [how to] better manage operations on an ongoing basis,” he said. “We And speaking of well-known companies, this week saw another big eCommerce/payments announcement, with the news that Google Pay is coming to eBay. eBay Drafts Google Pay.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Consumers are waking up to the fact that all those free online and mobile services — email and social media among them — take in trade personal data that is chopped, diced, analyzed, bundled and sold to numerous third parties. Everything comes with a price — and that applies to the digital world as well. Chris Webb sure does.

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JULY 5, 2017

With this addition, each of the Frightful Five will have its own voice-controlled speaker: Amazon with its Echo family of devices; Google with the Home speaker; Apple with its new HomePod; Microsoft with the Cortana-powered Invoke speaker; and now, Alibaba, with its as-yet unnamed voice assistant and device. It is unlikely to reach the U.S.

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AUGUST 7, 2018

India-based online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy has reportedly spent about $7.3 million to buy Scootsy , another Indian firm that offers online food delivery services. That said, online food delivery is having its moment. China, too, provides evidence that online food delivery remains a hot proposition.

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JULY 29, 2019

The Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) weighed in on a dispute after a German online fashion retailer was accused of violating EU law by embedding a “Like” plugin. A consumer association in Germany said the plugin allowed the social media company to collect data on the site’s users, the news outlet said.

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MAY 23, 2018

Additionally, Yelp renews its antitrust complaint against Google, augmented reality might appeal to a specific type of consumer and Neiman Marcus makes an inventory move. The social media site’s Marketplace platform is rolling out a new feature designed to make it easier for users to find contractors, carpenters, plumbers and house cleaners.

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Amazon takes another swing at Etsy, Apple catches up in the proprietary Pay game and Facebook matriculates a new generation of social media users with its new Messenger product for kids — this and more of the latest news from the Frightful Five, just in case you missed it. Microsoft.

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JANUARY 28, 2021

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MARCH 20, 2020

Phishing attempts surged 640 percent last year alone, with hackers placing malicious URLs on domains such as Apple, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and PayPal, according to a recent report. Malware targeting computers running the Windows 7 operating system were especially hard-hit, rising 125 percent, according to the report.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Treasury’s top international tax official, called the taxes “ill-conceived,” and said the better option was to go after tax reform internationally at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ). Australia is planning a similar tax plan as well. Harter said.

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DECEMBER 9, 2019

EU officials accused Facebook of misleading them when the social media giant acquired WhatsApp in 2014 and changed its data-handling policy. having active investigations into Google, Facebook and Amazon. The CMA is also probing Google’s $2.6 Big Tech is now on the antitrust radar worldwide, with the U.S.

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MAY 16, 2018

At least one thing is clear about Facebook ’s new interest in blockchain: It will help the social media giant keep up with the Joneses. Facebook is actively trying to shut down the open web, and that’s an opportunity for clever founders to double down on solutions that Facebook, and Google, do not control,” he wrote in a blog post.

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JULY 27, 2018

intelligence warning of a possible cyberattack, grocery chain SUPERVALU being acquired by UNFI, an imminent comeback for RadioShack and Google banning apps that mine crypto from user devices. Google Bans Apps that Mine User Devices for Crypto. Google has banned apps that mine cryptocurrency in the back of a user’s device.

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MAY 24, 2018

Native commerce is where Aberman believes all platforms are headed — and that’s not just true for software developers like Apple, Google and Microsoft, but also for social media platforms like Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram. “In It’ll be commerce in context of where you spend your time, whether physically or online.”.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

18) that the Justice Department may widen investigations into whether tech giants such as Facebook and Google have violated antitrust laws. Last week, AGs from a reported dozen states met in Colorado to discuss their investigation into Google. On a number of fronts. News comes, as reported by The New York Times Monday (Nov.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Similarly, industry and society are moving on to new experiences in futuristic online “worlds” with functioning economies where real-world and virtual events commingle in an evolution of social media-style community offering safety from COVID and, increasingly, commerce. Murmurs From The Metaverse.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The latest earnings reports from Big Tech giants and social media platforms show that advertising spend is through the roof at present, after basically falling off the roof earlier this year. Google parent Alphabet Inc. billion toward online shopping advertising” through the end of 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The Edelman Trust Barometer shows that public confidence in search engines and social media platforms fell 11 percentage points from 2017 and 2018. Google has lost employees and also faces regulation. Amazon and Google are taking PR hits from the President. Google & Amazon Look To Secure Privacy in The Smart Home.

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JULY 10, 2019

With the digital identity market expected to reach $15 billion by 2024, major ID providers such as Google and Apple are racing to improve the identity verification experience. South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has approved blockchain operator ICONLOOP’s my-ID system to protect data collected for digital identities.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

It was a 2017 report commissioned by Google that caught Womply President Cory Capoccia’s attention. Many businesses are confining themselves to the most basic levels of technology, like email, yet fail to reach an online audience with websites, eCommerce capabilities, social media presence, digital marketing and beyond.

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MAY 2, 2017

Facebook (FB) shares have hit record highs amid investor optimism on the social media giant’s upcoming Q1 earnings report. This marks the first time Facebook has integrated a physical hardware product into its online platform. The corporate victims, now known to be Facebook and Google, weren’t named at the time.

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, Affirm has launched a new app that will let customers use the service to pay almost anywhere online or in the real world. Domino’s Supreme Court Decision Spotlights Online Web Accessibility . And Silicon Valley tech startup Neighborly is reportedly having money woes and can’t make payroll. .

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APRIL 25, 2017

When it comes to chatbots, the available outlets for them reside in the cloud, resulting in text-based bots and voice-activated bots like Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Google’s Home. Within the past year alone, Facebook has been a major player in slowly working its way to improve the way businesses think about chatbots.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

That means digitizing all aspects of their businesses from marketing to all facets of daily operations, from consumer-facing outreach to payments in the back office in order to stay connected to consumers and communities. As the numbers show, the urgency is there to beef up an online presence.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Once the account fills up with V-bucks, it is then sold through a legitimate vendor like eBay, or on the dark web, for lower rates than the $10 for 1,000 gamers will get in the game or through an authorized online store. And an estimated 86 percent of the scams were shared via social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Beauty brands partner with Google Assistant and Home. Source: Think with Google.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

What would one say about a computer geek who said he could protect their online identity , and while doing do would make a bold move against the likes of Facebook and Google ? Technology that enables consumers to control their data as they shop, pay and perform other tasks online. As consumers become more cautious — cynical?

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JUNE 21, 2019

PayPal, Google Give OCC’s Bank Charter the Cold Shoulder. By changing to the XRP digital currency, however, it forecasts lower operating costs along with the value of working capital it needs. As largely online operations, they are tempting targets for fraudsters and hackers — therefore, robust anti-fraud systems are vital.

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