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Consumer Watchdog Says FTC’s Google-AdMob Decision Will Hurt Consumers

CONTACT: John M. Simpson , 310-392-0522, x317; or 310-292-1902

The Federal Trade Commission’s decision allowing the $750 million deal for Google to buy mobile advertising company AdMob is anticompetitive and bad for consumers, Consumer Watchdog said today.

Consumer Watchdog’s Jamie Court and John M. Simpson introduce Inside Google

John M. Simpson

Blog Post

Google change shuts Scroogle, but alternative search engine returns

Posted by John M. Simpson

Consumers worried about the data Google amasses about them as they use the Internet giant’s search engine have used a service called Scroogle.org. This week the nonprofit service was abruptly disrupted, prompting questions about whether Google deliberately targeted the operation.

Blog Post

We’re number one… or not. The vagaries of Google’s search engine.

Posted by John M. Simpson

As we ready Inside Google, now in “Beta” mode, for its formal launch I’ve been checking various search engines to see where the site ranks. Today Google put me at number one.

Blog Post

Can Google explain this search result?

Posted by John M. Simpson

As we have been putting Consumer Watchdog’s new Inside Google Website through its paces while it’s still in “Beta” mode, I discovered an example of exactly the sort thing Google needs to explain.

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Ohio AG backs antitrust suit against Google

Posted by John M. Simpson

In yet another indication of the seriousness of the mounting antitrust concerns about Goolge, the Ohio Attorney General, Richard A. Cordray, has weighed in on the side of myTriggers, an internet search firm suing Google for unfair anticompetitive practices

Blog Post

Is history repeating itself with Google antitrust saga?

Posted by Glenn Simpson

Is this how it begins?
A handful of small companies crushed by a technology giant file David v. Goliath unfair competition lawsuits. A leading Silicon Valley antitrust expert lends his legal brains to the seemingly hopeless cause. Soon, a company that thinks it is all powerful and can do no wrong is forced to face up to the reality that it does not play well with others.

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An answer to Google’s annoying Super Bowl ad

Posted by 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

News Clipping

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

By Tony Romm THEHILL.COM

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 [...]

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Questions mount about Google’s AdMob deal

Posted by 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…”

News Clipping

Ex-Googler Falls Prey to Wonderful Privacy Flaw of Google Buzz

By Clint Boulton EWEEK.COM - GOOGLE WATCH

This is a fun story. Andrew McLaughlin, formerly Google’s top lobbyist and currently the deputy CTO in the White House, where he advises President Barack Obama on Internet policy, apparently was aghast to find his contacts exposed by Google Buzz. Buzz is the social Web services that leverage Gmail users’ contacts. By default, Buzz was [...]