John Paczkowski in Mobile on December 14, 2011 at 4:16 pm PT
The mobile analytics company says if there’s an official FTC investigation, it doesn’t know about it.
Kara Swisher in News on September 29, 2011 at 4:31 am PT
The acquisitive search giant plays the odds again in Washington, D.C., with handset purchase.
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Peter Kafka in Media on August 16, 2011 at 4:15 am PT
This one got lost in yesterday’s news deluge: A developer that made apps for Apple’s iOS devices has paid the U.S. government a $50,000 fine for breaking rules designed to protect children’s privacy on the Web. The Federal Trade Commission charged W3 Innovations, the parent company behind Broken Thumbs Apps, with violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act on Friday, and announced a settlement Monday.
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Ars Technica have good coverage.
John Paczkowski in News on August 15, 2011 at 2:08 pm PT
If Google walks away from its proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, or is forced to do so, the company is on the hook for a hefty reverse breakup fee.
Arik Hesseldahl in Mobile on August 15, 2011 at 6:29 am PT
Google’s proposed deal to acquire Motorola Mobility will only intensify several antitrust investigations already underway, and will probably spur some brand-new ones.
Thomas Catan and Amir Efrati, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 10, 2011 at 2:31 pm PT
Federal Trade Commission officials are focusing their antitrust investigation on several key areas of Google Inc.’s business, including its Android mobile phone software and Web search related services, people familiar with the probe say.
Amir Efrati, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Social on June 30, 2011 at 4:24 pm PT
The Federal Trade Commission is reviewing Internet messaging-service Twitter Inc. and its interactions with at least one other company that build programs using Twitter data, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Ina Fried in News on June 24, 2011 at 9:50 am PT
Confirming it has received a subpoena from the Federal Trade Commission, Google maintains all of its actions have been to benefit the user, not harm the competition.
Thomas Catan, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 23, 2011 at 8:44 am PT
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is poised to serve Google Inc. with civil subpoenas, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling the start of a wide-ranging, formal antitrust investigation into whether the search giant has abused its dominance on the Web.
Emily Steel, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 27, 2011 at 1:53 pm PT
The Federal Trade Commission has begun soliciting public comment on how it should revise more than decade-old guidelines that translate federal advertising laws to the Internet, as the agency moves to more aggressively police digital ads.
