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How the Wolfram Alpha Search Engine Could Save Google
You can see a copy of a Google PowerPoint to that effect over at Silicon Alley Insider, which got it from Consumer Watchdog. That group had an advertising industry an insider tip them off and give them a rebuttal.
Continue reading...Facing Criticism, Google Tries Buffing Its Image
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Google, having dealt with two major antitrust issues 2008 and facing the potential of more to come, has begun a program to try to spruce up its image and show that competition is alive and well. Consumer Watchdog on Friday plans to tout a Google presentation titled Google, Competition, and Openness (PDF) that the advocacy group uncovered. The company presentation (also embedded below) gives Google's views that it faces plenty of competition in a dynamic market.
Continue reading...Google In Dispute Over Book Project
Friday, May 1, 2009
The Department of Justice has opened an inquiry into the settlement, according to three people who have spoken with investigators. Such inquiries don't necessarily turn into formal investigations, though some advocates are pressing the government to get involved. "We'd like to have them intervene and delay the settlement until the antitrust issues get fixed," said John M. Simpson of Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit group that contacted the Justice Department about the settlement a month ago.
Continue reading...DOJ Inquiry Over Book Deal Puts Google on Notice
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Earlier this month, Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder arguing that the deal between Google and the Author’s Guild raises antitrust concerns and hasn’t been adequately scrutinized with the public’s interest in mind. Consumer Watchdog objected to two components of the deal, arguing they create barriers to entry for potential Google competitors, thereby giving Google an unfair advantage in the nascent marketplace for digital books.
Continue reading...U.S. Opens Inquiry Into Google Books Deal
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The Justice Department has begun an inquiry into the antitrust implications of Google's settlement with authors and publishers over its Google Book Search service, two people briefed on the matter said Tuesday. Lawyers for the Justice Department have been in conversations in recent weeks with various groups opposed to the settlement, including the Internet Archive and Consumer Watchdog.
Continue reading...Federal Report Shines Light On Google’s EMR Lobbying Effforts
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
According to first quarter federal reports, Google participated in lobbying efforts aimed at allowing the sale of electronic medical records in the economic stimulus legislation. This contradicts the Internet giant's earlier response to Consumer Watchdog, a California-based, non-profit consumer education and advocacy organization, that their claims against Google were "100 percent false."
Continue reading...Google’s solution for journalism: Invade your privacy
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt recently sat down with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and discussed how newspapers can emerge from their downward spiral. His solution, not surprisingly, is less privacy.
Continue reading...Google Book Scans Lead to Department of Justice Call
Monday, April 6, 2009
Google's recent and far-flung attempt to digitize the world's "orphan" books, or out-of-print tomes that remain under copyright but whose rights-holders cannot be found, may soon hit a roadblock in the form of the U.S. Department of Justice, at least if a consumer group gets its wish. John Simpson, a consumer advocate for Consumer Watchdog, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking the government to intervene in Google's recent settlement with The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP).
Continue reading...Googlebuster fights back against behavioral advertising
Friday, March 13, 2009
One of the editors of Adbusters magazine has a populist strategy to create an online revolt against Google's latest forray into targeted online advertising, a tactic that Congress Quarterly reports, from behind its subscription wall, caught the eye of federal lawmakers Wednesday.
Continue reading...Google wants to get rid of watchdogs, no apologies
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
When I walked into the Consumer Watchdog office today on a press conference seeking to protect benefits for autistic children, it occurred to me just what is so insidious about Google's efforts to de-fund our consumer group.
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Friday, May 8, 2009
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