Google’s End-to-End Advertising Business Draws FTC Scrutiny

Google is nowhere near as dominant in advertising as it is in search, but the FTC may be interested in taking a closer look at the business.
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DOJ Filing Calls Apple “Ringmaster” of E-Book Pricing Rise

The gist: “Apple knew that the plan it was proposing involved a ‘dramatic business change’ for publisher defendants.”
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“Path Does Not Spam Users”: Dave Morin Talks About the Hyper-Growth Pains of a “Personal Network”

The Path CEO addresses spamming accusations and concerns about his startup’s recent viral growth in an interview with AllThingsD.
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Here’s What Google Will Look Like in Europe Now

The proposed agreement with the EU covers search labeling and scraping, as expected.
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EU Says It Will Market-Test Google’s Antitrust Proposal

Google has submitted a set of formal commitments in response to antitrust concerns about its search business, said European Commission competition head Joaquin Almunia. The next step is for the EU to “market-test” the proposal with the goal of setting legally binding commitments, reports Bloomberg. Both of those steps would be beyond what the U.S. FTC did, but it’s the substance that matters.

Facebook’s Platform Policy Explanation Only Raises More Questions

Facebook posts an addendum to its policy for developers building on the platform. But how much is it really saying?
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TaskRabbit Hires Google’s Brown-Philpot in a Renewed Management Expansion (Video)

Can a seasoned Silicon Valley exec deliver for the marketplace for personal projects and services?
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EU Readies Samsung Competition Complaint

European Union regulators plan to issue a formal complaint against Samsung Electronics Co. within weeks in its antitrust probe over patents, EU’s competition chief Joaquín Almunia said Thursday.

European Antitrust Case Against Google Moves Toward Settlement

Google seems to have stared down antitrust concerns both at home and abroad.
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Start-Ups, Get Your Own Secret Sauce With Free Kaggle Contests

Kaggle, the site for data science competitions, said today that it wanted to help other start-ups extract lessons from their data about how to make their products smarter. Kaggle is waiving its fees for five start-ups, though it expects the chosen five to offer at least $5,000 or 0.5 percent in equity to their own winners.