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Google delays its 30-percent Play Store cut in India after pushback
Google will likely win EU approval for its $2.1 billion Fitbit deal
Apple won’t collect fees on paid Facebook events until 2021
Grubhub waives fees for independent restaurants impacted by COVID-19
As people around the country begin "social distancing" to limit the spread of COVID-19, restaurants are already seeing a downturn in business. In partnership with mayors from Boston, Chicago, New York City and San Francisco, Grubhub is stepping up to...
Congress plans to investigate how social media giants are fighting hate
House lawmakers plan to unveil legislation to study the ways social media can be weaponized, The Washington Post reports. They want to better understand social media-fueled violence and to determine if tech giants are doing enough to effectively prot...
Facebook rebranding Instagram, WhatsApp amid trade commission probe
Facebook is changing the name of its two most popular apps – Instagram and WhatsApp – to better disclose its ownership of the platforms. Soon, Instagram will be known as “Instagram from Facebook,”...
GOP pushes new FCC chief to kill set-top box rental proposal
If you were excited at the prospect of no longer having to pay your local cable company a monthly stipend to use their set top boxes, boy does the House GOP have a surprise for you! Now that the FCC is being helmed by famed net neutrality opponent, A...
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Donates nearly $100 Million to Charity
Facebook Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg has transferred nearly $100 million in Facebook stock into a charitable fund, a US Securities and Exchange Commission document has revealed....
Obama forms commission to bolster US cyber security
The sad state of US cyber security was laid bare when attackers stole the sensitive data of 21 million government employees from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) last year. President Obama pledged $19 billion to fix the problem in February, a...