Google My Business, also known as Google Business Profile, is an online profile tool that allows businesses to put their information on Google for Maps and local search results. While this may seem unimportant at first glance, it’s known that nearly all users search online for local businesses at some point in time.
On Wednesday, an Austrian advocacy group, noyb.eu, filed a complaint with France's data protection watchdog in which it claimed Google has breached an EU court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to Gmail users’ inboxes. The group argued that the Alphabet unit, whose revenues stem primarily from online advertising, should ask users of Gmail […]
On Wednesday, Australia’s highest court overturned a ruling that found tech giant Google to have engaged in defamation by providing a link to a disputed article. The High Court of Australia’s seven-judge panel voted 5-2 to dismiss a previous finding that Google played a part in publishing the article by acting as a “library”. The […]
Google is set to face a trial in London over an estimated £920 million ($1.1 billion) damages claim after a court gave the go-ahead to a lawsuit that claims the tech giant overcharged 19.5 million customers for app store purchases. The class action was certified by the Competition Appeal Tribunal on Monday. It claims Google […]
Online dating service company Match Group, which owns Tinder, sued Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday, claiming the move was a “last resort” to prevent Tinder, as well as its other apps, from being removed from the Play Store amid a disagreement over Match Group being expected to pay up to 30% of their sales to […]
Google-owned Fitbit has been hit with a class-action lawsuit that claims its smartwatches are prone to overheating and burning their wearers. This suit includes several devices that were not part of a recent product recall by the company. The class-action lawsuit filed last Friday in a California federal court alleges that overheating is an issue […]
On Thursday, a Texas jury ruled in favour of EcoFactor, represented by LA law firm Russ August & Kabat, stating that Alphabet’s Google must pay $20 million for violating the energy-management company’s patent rights with its Nest smart thermostat. The Texas jury found that technology in Google Nest devices infringes EcoFactor’s patented method for automatically […]
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