Scott Cleland of the Precursorblog.com argues that Apple and Google have different incentives to respect the privacy of their customers. He correctly points out that Google makes its money from advertising, while Apple thrives on selling trend-setting gadgets like iPhones and iPads (Note to self: Did someone forget …
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By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Apple, Bing, Google, Internet privacy, Microsoft, Precursorblog, Scott Cleland, two-sided market, Yahoo! | Category: Telecommunications Regulation |
 Leave a commentIt’s never been much of a secret that commercial websites collect as much information about visitors as they dare, using it as a marketing tool themselves or selling it to others. But the depth and breadth of the effort, revealed last month by The Wall Street Journal, was … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: Google, Microsoft, privacy, website tracking, Yahoo! | Category: Internet |
Leave a commentIt’s no surprise that Google is now under the competition authority’s microscope in Brussels. This, after all, is the company with a 90 percent share of the explosively growing Internet ad market in Europe. Indeed, back home, where it has “only” an 80 percent market share, the Justice … By Robert Hahn, Peter Passell | Tags: European Commission, Google, Microsoft, U.S. Department of Justice, Yahoo! | Category: Antitrust, Competition Policy |
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