Facebook buys Kustomer to expand into customer service tools
Facebook made one of its most significant moves to provide a better service experience to the businesses run on its platform. The social media behemoth acquired Kustomer, a startup that was created to disrupt the customer services industry with innovations.
Most of the innovations use tactics li...
Britain forces tougher competition rules on Big Tech
The move targets American tech giants Google and Facebook.
It seems that US Big Tech just cannot get any sympathy in Europe. Britain is now going to impose a new competition regime on Google and Facebook.
In what has become a common theme in European regulations, the move by the U.K. seeks t...
EU digital chief talks to tech giants about upcoming DSA & DMA rules
An EU official announced that the European Union's digital chief has invited companies like Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook for video meetings next week. They will talk about the drafting of rules to curb the companies' powers.
Tech companies and online platforms have lobbied very hard to ...
Webpages can load faster with new Facebook-developed Chrome API
Facebook has developed a new API for Google Chrome to help develop web pages that load quickly and are responsive at the same time. Currently, developers face a compromise between these factors.
The new API should solve a problem when loading pages with a lot of JavaScript elements. Developers a...
The antitrust lawsuit against Facebook could start this month
Politico recently reported that the long-awaited antitrust lawsuit from the United States Federal Trade Commission against Facebook could be here before the end of this November. The report, which came out on Friday, cites three people familiar with the matter and says that the FTC is considering h...
EC competition commissioner doesn’t see need to break up tech giants
Such a move could only ever happen in an "extreme case," she says.
Europe’s antitrust chief believes that breaking up tech giants such as Google and Facebook will not be necessary.
European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said she would propose new powers for enforcers to tackle...
Tech giants manage corona pandemic better than smaller rivals
Several tech companies published their quarterly results this week. The figures show that Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet have recorded strong growth in advertising sales despite the corona crisis. Microsoft also had a good quarter.
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Twitter was less successful, noting fewe...
Zuckerberg breaks ranks to support section 230 reform
Facebook's support for the changes could threaten the open Internet.
Almost lost amid the frantic news cycle leading up to next week's Presidential election, a potentially momentous piece of news was made in the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Wednesday, where the princes of Big Tech were s...
EU working on criteria to distinguish tech giants
Margrethe, European Commissioner for Competition, is working on a set of criteria to determine when a company can be defined as dominant. Such companies will have to comply with stricter legislation.
The legislation is mainly intended to keep tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google i...
EU Parliament called for tighter regulations on microtargeting
In a bid to manage the use of behavioral ads, also known as microtargeting, the EU parliament has called for tighter regulations and suggested that less intrusive methods be used. Such practices would include contextual forms of advertising.
The parliament is asking the European Commission to co...
France and Netherlands asked the EU Authority to regulate tech giants
France and the Netherlands yesterday called for a European Union authority to step in and introduce stricter regulations for large tech companies like Facebook and Google. The two companies, especially, are so dominant that they have effectively become the internet's default gatekeeper.
France a...
EU has a “hit list” of tech firms that will face tougher rules
The list is highly US-centric and is certain to include the likes of Google, Apple and Amazon.
The European Union is once more taking aim at Big Tech in their efforts to rein in the power of giant technology companies. On Monday, sources told the Financial Times that the latest battle will be ag...