Google Launches News Showcase In Oz, Will It Dodge Bargaining Code Fees?
Google has launched its News Showcase platform in Australia, billing it as a way to pay news providers for journalism. News Showcase... Read More
Oz Watchdog Not Swayed By Google’s Latest News Service
SYDNEY: The competition watchdog the ACCC said Google’s newly-launched News Showcase ignores the main tenants of the Australian Government’s proposed media bargaining... Read More
BREAKING: PM Talks To Global Google Boss
Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke with Sundar Pichai (pictured), CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, this morning. The PM had a conversation... Read More
Bing The Alternative As Life Without Google Looms
Microsoft has thrown its weight behind the Australian government’s proposed News Media Bargaining Code, in the hopes its Bing search engine will... Read More
Google’s Australia Exit Could Really Hurt CE & Appliance Retailers
Google’s potential exit from Australia could be very harmful to retailers that depend on traffic coming from the search engine giant. The... Read More
Google Teams Up With Ford, What Happens If It Leaves Oz?
Auto giant Ford has signed a six-year deal with Google to provide in-car entertainment software, as well as cloud services for its... Read More
Zuckerberg Fails To Convince Aussie MPs To Drop Media Code
CANBERRA: A meeting between Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last week left both parties empty handed over changes... Read More
ACCC Calls For Action To Slash Google Domination
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) – a major Australian Government agency – has again singled out Google for heavy criticism... Read More
BREAKING: Google Threatens To Shut Down In Australia
Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia entirely if the News Media Bargaining Code goes ahead as is. The... Read More
US Urges Australia To Reconsider Forcing Facebook & Google To Pay For News
The Trump administration has added its two cents to the ongoing battle between Australia, Facebook and Google, urging the Federal government to... Read More