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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Responds to Consumer Watchdog

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Questions mount about Google’s AdMob deal

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…”

Consumer Watchdog Files White House FOIA Request For Ex-Googler’s Email

White House Internet Policy Chief Andrew McLaughlin’s “Buzz” Profile Showed Continued Ties To Internet Giant WASHINGTON, D.C. — Consumer Watchdog filed a Freedom of Information Act request today with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy seeking copies of email between Internet Policy chief Andrew McLaughlin and his former employer, Google Inc. The […]

Google’s Buzz outs White House aide, former Googler

You might call it poetic justice.  Remember the more than justifiable flap that ensued when Google launched
its Buzz social networking service as part of Gmail?  People quickly
saw that the people they most frequently emailed were displayed publicly
on their profile.

Google is committed to openness — for everybody else

Google
continues to demonstrate that when comes to a commitment to openness and transparency the Internet
giant is really talking about holding others to that standard,
certainly not itself.

As Google’s lobbyists’ efforts soar, they claim to speak for you

It’s not surprising that Google wants clout in Washington and is willing to spend big bucks to ensure that its corporate voice is heard.  What surprised me, though, is the…

Google, like Slick Willie Sutton, goes where the money is

Google is crowing about a decision from the European Court of Justice Tuesday that says it has
the legal right to continue exploiting other people’s good names in its
quest to pile up more cash.

Google does the right thing in China, but not necessarily for the right reason

Google
stopped self-censoring its Chinese search engine, Google.cn, on Monday and
redirected that site’s visitors to Google.com.hk, its site based in Hong Kong.
As part of the move Google starting making search results on the Hong
Kong site available in simplified Chinese characters, which are used in the
People’s Republic of China.

What is Google hiding?

Thousands of pages of documents were unsealed in U.S. Court in New York Thursday in the $1 billion copyright infringement suit filed against YouTube and …

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Signs Google is worried about AdMob deal

Internet giant Google appears to be concerned that its proposed $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising company AdMob is…