Tag: antitrust
Engadget Podcast: Big tech goes to Washington
This week on the show, Devindra and Cherlynn chat about Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon’s congressional long-awaited antitrust hearing. Are they too big to compete fairly? Or is the tech industry being overly criticized? (It’s most likely the form… Source
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Congress is starting to understand how Silicon Valley works
In the runup to yesterday’s landmark antitrust hearing featuring the leaders of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, Dipayan Ghosh wanted to see what “unifying theory” Congress would develop about how these companies work.He has his own theory. Ghosh… Source
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Apple’s App Store antitrust questions will be uncomfortable for Valve
During today’s Congressional hearing into potential antitrust violations by the United States’ four largest tech companies, representatives described systemic problems with Apple’s App Store and, by extension, Google’s Play Store. Speaking directly t… Source
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Congress grills Facebook over its acquisitions and feature cloning
During a massive antitrust hearing, Congress tried to force Mark Zuckerberg to answer some of the toughest questions yet around Facebook's acquisitions. The company’s 2012 deal to buy Instagram for $1 billion came under particular scrutiny when lawma… Source
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Big tech CEOs release opening statements before antitrust hearing
The big tech antitrust hearing with the House Judiciary Committee is set to occur tomorrow, July 29th at 12PM ET. But all four CEOs — Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Sundar Pichai of Google, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook — have released thei… Source
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Big tech antitrust hearing with Apple and Google rescheduled to July 29th
The House Judiciary Committee’s big tech antitrust hearing has a new date after a delay to honor the late Rep. John Lewis. In the wake of an Axios report, the committee has confirmed that the hearing has been rescheduled to July 29th at 12PM Eastern…. Source
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