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Google Buys Frommer’s Travel Guides in Yet Another Contested Move as a Content Publisher
"There is a fundamental conflict between being a search provider and a content provider,” Consumer Watchdog Privacy Project Director John Simpson told The Inquirer. “As Google has increased its content and services, it has unfairly favoured them in its search results and damaged competitors. It makes absolutely no sense to approve this deal.”
Continue reading...The FTC’s Threat to Web Consumers
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Yet groups such as Consumer Watchdog have called on government regulators to block the sale. The Fairsearch.org consortium of competitors to Google—which includes Microsoft—issued a statement that "encourages government officials to look closely" at how Google uses the acquisition.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Asks the FTC to Block Google’s Acquisition of Frommer
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Internet services giant Google has announced plans to acquire travel brand Frommer for an undisclosed amount in a deal that has already come under fire from Consumer Watchdog.
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Calls for Google’s Acquisition of Frommer to be Blocked
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Google's latest attempt to add more content to its local business listings by buying travel brand Frommer has been challenged by the Consumer Watchdog.
Continue reading...How Google Barged Into The Travel Business
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
"There is a fundamental conflict between being a search provider and a content provider," said John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog's Privacy Project Director.
Continue reading...Google Attacked By Antitrust Watchdog Over Frommer’s Buy
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Google has snapped up travel guidebook brand Frommer's, a deal which has been attacked by a consumer group over potential antitrust implications.
Continue reading...Mo Content, Mo Problems: Google’s Frommer’s Acquisition Could Lead To Additional Antitrust Scrutiny
Monday, August 13, 2012
With its recent purchase of Zagat and today’s announcement that it is acquiring travel guide company Frommer’s, there can be little doubt that Google is getting deeper into the content business. This move makes a lot of sense for Google, which is trying to add more content to its local reviews business and Knowledge Graph, but it could also put the company under additional scrutiny from antitrust investigators in the U.S. and elsewhere. Already, the consumer advocacy organization Consumer Watchdog is calling upon government regulators to block the acquisition.
Continue reading...Google Buys Frommer’s Travel Brand
Monday, August 13, 2012
Critics of the ITA deal said Monday that the Frommer’s purchase raises similar issues. “This is further down the road of having content that will keep you on the site longer,” said John Simpson, executive director of Consumer Watchdog, who said regulators should block the deal. “There are serious potential antitrust questions around how the search function is used with a site that now is offering its own unique content.”
Continue reading...Google Guns for Facebook With Third-Party Comment Platform
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
"However Google configures this, it's clear that it's all about competing with Facebook and keeping users logged into Google's services," John Simpson, consumer advocate at Consumer Watchdog, told TechNewsWorld. "Google is terrified of Facebook's gains and is doing everything possible to fight them."
Continue reading...EU Approves Google-Motorola Deal
Monday, February 13, 2012
“If Google is allowed to dominate the mobile market it will result in higher prices for consumers and stifle innovation,” warned Consumer Watchdog’s John Simpson.
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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