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Javier Soltero, general manager of Google Workspace, speaks during an online-only Google developer conference in May. Photo by Bloomberg

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Google Responds to Remote Work Boom, Microsoft With Workspace App Improvements

By Sarah Krouse · June 7, 2021 6:01 AM PDT · 1 comment

Like other companies, Google had never seen anything like the demand for its video-calling and other productivity tools until the pandemic, which suddenly turned a big chunk of the population into remote workers. The surge also helped Google staffers figure out some issues with those same products. To address those limitations, Google is... Like other companies, Google had never seen anything like the demand for its video-calling and...

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Former Google CEO Fears ‘Chilling Effect’ of Antitrust Probes

By Jessica E. Lessin · Feb. 4, 2021 4:59 PM PST · 9 comments

Eric Schmidt ran Google during its ascendance into one of the world’s most powerful companies, and before regulators on multiple continents ramped up investigations into its potential abuses of power. Today, Schmidt said he fears that antitrust probes into Google and other tech giants will have a “chilling effect” on innovation... Eric Schmidt ran Google during its ascendance into one of the world’s most powerful...

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Google’s Antitrust Moment: The Information’s Tech Briefing

By Martin Peers · Oct. 20, 2020 5:31 PM PDT

The day finally arrived: The current swell of antitrust investigations of big tech resulted in an actual case with the filing of the U.S. Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Google. Years from now though, when Google’s influence declines—which it almost certainly will eventually—this lawsuit isn’t likely to be... The day finally arrived: The current swell of antitrust investigations of big tech resulted in an...

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News Publishers Gain Political Support in Fight With Google, Facebook

By Christopher Stern · Oct. 19, 2020 5:22 PM PDT

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News Publishers Gain Political Support in Fight With Google, Facebook

By Christopher Stern · Oct. 19, 2020 5:22 PM PDT

For more than a decade, the world’s largest news publishers, such as News Corp and Axel Springer, have attempted, mostly without success, to get Facebook and Google to pay the media companies for headlines and other news content that appears on the tech companies’ platforms. Now, the momentum is suddenly shifting in favor of the... For more than a decade, the world’s largest news publishers, such as News Corp and Axel...

Eric Yuan, founder and CEO of Zoom, stands outside the Nasdaq in New York on April 18, 2019. Photo by Bloomberg

Zoom in Talks With Google to Use Cybersecurity Service

By Kevin McLaughlin · June 4, 2020 10:01 AM PDT · 1 comment

At a moment when Zoom’s security practices are receiving renewed attention, the fast-growing video-calling company is turning to a big tech business—Google—to help make those calls safer.Zoom is in advanced talks with Google’s cloud division about using a Google security service that alerts users to the dangers of... At a moment when Zoom’s security practices are receiving renewed attention, the...

Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Technologies' consumer business, in September. Photo by Bloomberg

Huawei’s Google Problem Runs Deep

By Juro Osawa and Nick Bastone · Nov. 14, 2019 7:02 AM PST · 2 comments

The world’s second largest smartphone maker is going to have a harder time divorcing Google than it thought. Huawei, the Chinese tech giant, has been scrambling for months to figure out how to sell its phones in international markets since U.S. sanctions blocked it from using Google’s mobile services. Huawei executives... The world’s second largest smartphone maker is going to have a harder time divorcing Google...

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