The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), a powerful lobby group that already had observer status in Google’s antitrust case, has applied to become a full-blown complainant, putting paid to any idea of… Read more »
Yandex will provide the default search and app facilities for users of Nokia’s X-series Android smartphones in Russia and Belarus, the companies announced on Thursday. Read more »
The French, Y Combinator-backed startup has developed its own ranking algorithms for handling product data in particular, and now it’s offering those insights to its customers. Read more »
Want to keep your searches private while still using familiar services like Google and Bing? Disconnect has just made that a bit easier for you. Read more »
The company has made public the full text of proposals it hopes will settle its European antitrust case — which, contrary to what many people seem to think, has not already… Read more »
The Russian Google rival was already able to sip from Twitter’s firehose, and now it’s got an indexing deal with Facebook, too. This should help bolster Yandex’s position in Russia, Turkey… Read more »
The Gmail-Google+ privacy row is interesting on its own terms, but it’s really just part of a bigger picture that should concern all of us, particularly regulators. Read more »
Microsoft and other complainants in the Google EU antitrust case have commissioned an eye-tracking study to demonstrate the alleged ineffectiveness of Google’s proposed concessions. All this proves is that it’s time… Read more »
Europe’s competition chief thinks Google’s latest settlement proposals are better than their predecessors, so — unless rivals such as Microsoft find hidden loopholes — a deal should follow next spring. Read more »
Ilya Segalovich, who oversaw impressive work in the field of search technology, is on life support after falling into a coma on Wednesday night. Read more »