2024-05-03
Explains the lurch back to monopolistic behavior!
Business Insider
Sources: Bill Gates remains intimately involved in Microsoft's operations, advising on strategy, nurturing Microsoft's relationship with Sam Altman, and more
Insiders say he's still pulling the strings at Microsoft — In 2017, just before Microsoft forged a partnership …
2022-01-25
This list of states (DC should be a state, so going to leave it as “state")should scare the hell out of Google and tech. Very few things are not partisan...... https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
District of Columbia, Texas, Washington, and Indiana AGs sue Google for allegedly deceiving users to gain access to their location data from at least 2014
it's actually one of several state lawsuits that all contend Google's privacy settings are purposefully confusing, all under different consumer protection laws https://www.theverge...
2022-01-24
This list of states (DC should be a state, so going to leave it as “state")should scare the hell out of Google and tech. Very few things are not partisan...... https://twitter.com/...
Washington Post
District of Columbia, Texas, Washington, and Indiana AGs sue Google, alleging it deceived users to gain access to their location data from at least 2014
The complaints allege the company has deployed ‘dark patterns,’ design tricks that can subtly influence users' decisions in ways that are advantageous for a business
2020-01-15
Another example why we need a government that understands the danger of monopoly. Google bought a travel company and now all top search results are Google Flights. With a switch they can kill off great services, that is the definition of what government should stop. https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Hotel and flight search service Hipmunk says it's shutting down on January 23, over three years after SAP Concur acquired it
no mean feat — but nobody beat Hipmunk for presenting flight information in a really useful graphical way that emphasized flight times and durations. Online travel booking remains ...