Friday, May 24th, 2013
U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in the way that it handles some ad sales. It is unlikely that the Federal Trade Commission has sent out civil investigative demands in relation to the probe, which would
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
YAHOO! has concluded that TUMBLR, the social blogging service, is worth more than $1 billion. That’s what their betting on the service. Whether it’s worth that amount will depend upon whether or not the combined company can...
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Facebook’s “Like” feature is vital to 500 million people who share ideas on the social network and must have free-speech protection under the U.S. Constitution, a lawyer for the company told a federal appeals court. “Any suggestion...
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
A bipartisan coalition in the Senate easily passed legislation on Monday to force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes for state and local governments, sending the issue to the House, where antitax forces have vowed to kill...