Inside Google

Should Google Be Broken Up Into Several Companies?

Mike Eglan

A Santa Monica, Calif.-based consumer watchdog group called, er, “Consumer Watchdog” intends to ask the U.S. Justice Department tomorrow during a press conference to investigate and take antitrust action against Google. The action they’re calling for includes breaking up the company into “baby Googs.”

Australian news video calls Google “a company on steroids”

John M. Simpson

A video produced by Hungry Beast, a weekly news show on Australian television puts Internet giant …

“Google HomeView” arrives in Germany

John M. Simpson

Many Germans have objected strenuously to Google’s Street View service saying that it is an improper invasion of their privacy.

Now there’s a delightful …

An answer to Google’s annoying Super Bowl ad

John M. Simpson

Remember the ever-so-cute ad that Google ran during the Super Bowl?  Now there’s a parody that shows some not-so-cute things you can do using Google’s…

Google Gmail Privacy

John M. Simpson

How Google’s ‘Chrome’ Doesn’t Protect Your Privacy

John M. Simpson

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Responds to Consumer Watchdog

John M. Simpson

Issa Presses Web Chief On Personal E-Mail Use To Contact Former Co-Workers

Tony Romm

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is pressing White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin to explain his relationship with his former employer, Google. The congressman, who serves as ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, said McLaughlin’s account on Google’s new Buzz social network suggests he remains in touch with “more than two dozen individuals […]

Press Release

Questions mount about Google’s AdMob deal

CONTACT: John M. Simpson

More concerns about Google’s $750 million proposed deal to buy mobile advertising company AdMob were raised Tuesday.

Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) wrote Jonathan Leibowitz, chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, warning that the proposed deal “raises important competition issues which should be reviewed carefully…”

Official’s Buzz Profile Sparks FOIA Request For His Emails

Wendy Davis

Google’s Buzz has drawn two privacy lawsuits, a request for a Federal Trade Commission investigation and some pointed criticism by lawmakers. Now, information revealed by Buzz about Andrew McLaughlin, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for the Obama administration and former Google lobbyist, has spurred Consumer Watchdog — which opposed McLaughlin’s appointment — to file a Freedom […]