Google kept up its tryst with the year-end tradition of releasing the Google search trends, and it’s no wonder that meme stocks and meme cryptos that rose to prominence in 2021 found a place among the top 10. Lottery Game, Stonks, and Cryptos Make the Cut The top news search in the United States for…
Doge, GameStop, and Mega Millions Among the Most Googled News Stories of 2021
Barclays Sees Apple Vulnerable to TAC Pressure From Google
Barclays analyst Tim Long says he noticed what he believes may be the first step in changing Apple Inc.’s “lucrative, high margin ‘advertising’ revenues,” specifically the traffic acquisition costs. A new pop-up for the Alphabet Inc. Google Search app on the iPhone “could signal a slight change to the current relationship,” Long tells investors in…
Visa Looks to Resolve Differences With Amazon
Visa Inc. believes it can resolve its problems with Amazon.com Inc., Bloomberg reports. Amazon recently declared its intention to ban the usage of the Visa credit cards issued in the United Kingdom due to the rising cost of accepting credit card payments, joining the likes of Walmart Inc. and The Kroger Co. Visa has long…
Italy Fines Amazon Record $1.3 Billion for Abuse of Market Dominance
December 9, 2021
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MILAN—Italy’s antitrust watchdog said on Thursday it had fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros ($1.28 billion) for alleged abuse of market dominance, in one of the biggest penalties imposed on a U.S. tech giant in Europe. Amazon said it “strongly disagreed” with the Italian regulator’s decision and would appeal. Global regulatory scrutiny of tech giants has…
Google’s Year in Search 2021 Was Led by Sports and ‘Squid Games,’ But Other Trending Topics Might Surprise You
By Amanda Breen Google just released its Year in Search for 2021, and it includes some predictable topics in the top slots. Sports took up the top five overall with searches like “Australia vs India” (No. 1) and “NBA” (No. 4). And it comes as no surprise that in the TV shows category, global hit Squid…
YouTube Stays on Roku Devices as Companies Strike Multi-Year Deal
YouTube and Roku Inc announced on Wednesday a multi-year pact to end a battle that dragged for months over accusations of anti-competitive conduct and threatened to strip the internet’s biggest video streaming service from tens of millions of TV devices. “Roku and Google have agreed to a multi-year extension for both YouTube and YouTube TV,”…
Wall Street Mixed as Omicron Worries Cloud Vaccine Update
December 8, 2021
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U.S. stock indexes struggled for direction on Wednesday after a strong start to the week, as investors digested a fresh update on Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, while the fast-spreading Omicron variant kept bigger bets in check. Pfizer and BioNTech said their three-shot course of COVID-19 vaccine was able to neutralize the new Omicron variant…
Facebook’s Parent Company Meta Bans Burma Military-Linked Businesses From Platform
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced it has expanded its earlier ban on posts linked to the military of Burma, also known as Myanmar, to include all pages, groups, and accounts representing military-controlled businesses. Rafael Frankel, Asia–Pacific director of policy for Meta, said in a blog post on Dec. 8 that the company…
World Shares Mostly Higher as Virus Fears Ease
December 8, 2021
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BANGKOK—Stocks advanced Wednesday in Asia after another broad rally on Wall Street as investors wagered that the new variant of the COVID-19 virus won’t pose a big threat to the economy. Shares rose in Paris, London, Tokyo, and Shanghai but fell in Frankfurt as Germany’s parliament elected Olaf Scholz as the country’s ninth post-World War…
Big Tech, Chipmakers Power Nasdaq as Omicron Worries Subside
December 7, 2021
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The Nasdaq rallied more than 2 percent on Tuesday as technology firms bounced back on easing concerns around the Omicron variant, while Intel jumped after plans to take its self-driving car unit public. Investors cheered the chip giant’s decision to list Mobileye in the United States in mid-2022, sending its shares 5.0 percent higher. The…
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