May 29, 2012 | Regulation
Google could face further legal action for using its Street Cars to harvest data from resident’s unsecured WiFi networks. The details were revealed in a recent US Federal Communications Commission report that found the company’s Street View cars not only...
May 28, 2012 | Regulation
A controversial new series of online privacy rules have come into effect within the European Union’s 27 member countries, requiring companies to receive consent to track individuals’ actions online. In a surprise move, the Information Commissioner’s...
Apr 25, 2012 | Regulation
Mobile maker Motorola has won a patent case against the Xbox console, in ruling that could cost Microsoft $4bn to meet the licensing demands. A judge at the US International Trade Commission ruled that the firm infringed four patents owned by Motorola Mobility. The...
Apr 17, 2012 | Regulation
The top 5 Internet firms in the UK, Apple, Amazon, Google, eBay and Facebook, have been accused of avoiding some £650m in UK corporation tax during 2010, according to a news report. The Daily Mail reports that the big five internet firms paid 0.8% corporation tax on...
Apr 13, 2012 | Regulation
UK businesses are rejecting the latest internet marketing regulations according to new research by KPMG. One month before the regulations become law a massive 95% of firms claim they have not yet complied with new EU cookies law – internet marketing regulation...
Mar 19, 2012 | Regulation
The UK arm of Online deals website Groupon has been given three months to improve its business practices after an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading found it has breached advertising codes more than 50 times in a year. The investigation uncovered widespread...
Mar 16, 2012 | Regulation
Antitrust regulators investigating Google have asked Apple how it incorporates Google search on its iPad and iPhone, according to a news report. Bloomberg cites two people ‘familiar with the matter’, saying the Federal Trade Commission sent the request for information...
Mar 15, 2012 | Regulation
Ofcom has provisionally given the greenlight to T-Mobile and Orange’s joint company Everything Everywhere, to use its existing 1800MHz radio spectrum in order to rollout 4G mobile broadband based on either LTE or WiMAX. 4G (fourth generation portable internet) will...
Mar 14, 2012 | Regulation
Yahoo! has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the social network giant infringed 10 of its patents, in a move that could disrupt the social network’s plans to go public this year. The legal action involves alleged patent infringements covering...
Feb 28, 2012 | Regulation
Yahoo has threatened Facebook with a legal war over “10 to 20” patents, according to a news report, in a move that could disrupt the social network’s plans to go public this year. “Yahoo has a responsibility to its shareholders, employees and other...
