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Google agrees to change practices to resolve FTC concerns
2013-01-04 08:41:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Google has agreed to change some of its business practices to resolve Federal Trade Commission concerns that those practices could stifle competition in the markets for popular devices such as smartphones, tablets and gaming consoles, as well as the market for online search advertising. Under a settlement reached with the FTC, Google will meet its prior commitments to allow competitors access to patents on critical standardised technologies needed to make smartphones, laptop and tablet computers and gaming consoles. In a separate letter to the Commission, Google has agreed to give online advertisers more flexibility to simultaneously manage ad campaigns on Google's AdWords platform and on rival ad platforms and to refrain from misappropriating online content from so-called "vertical" websites that focus on specific categories such as shopping or travel for use in its own vertical offerings.
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Gary Reback: FTC blew it with Google decision
2013-01-04 01:01:40| CNET News.com
Noted antitrust attorney slams FTC for "naive" approach in settling with Google, warns of anticompetitive impact on smaller companies. [Read more]
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Google not guilty of search bias, FTC rules
2013-01-04 01:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Settlement sees Internet giant agree to fair patent licensing rules, loosen grip on search ad API.
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FTC Gives Google Slap on Wrist Over Patents, Search 'Scraping'
2013-01-03 22:37:47| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Going forward, Google's Motorola subsidiary must license its standard-essential patents on a fair and reasonable basis, while Google has also agreed to stop certain practices that unfairly burden its rivals.
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Google emerges from 19-month FTC antitrust investigation nearly unscathed
2013-01-03 22:15:23| Extremetech
At some point, you might've noticed that Google occupies quite a large section of the internet. From its search engine, to its text, voice, and video chats, to its turn-by-turn navigation app, to its email offering, if it's a digital thing people use, Google generally has a worthwhile and free version of it. Because of that, some might say that Google doesn't make it easy on the small guys, and doesn't help promote a fair economic ecosystem. About 19 months ago, the Federal Trade Commission looked into that, launching an antitrust investigation. Now, the FTC closed it, and Google came out relatively unharmed.
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