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Facebook's purchase of Instagram cleared by UK watchdog

By Aaron Souppouris on August 14, 2012 08:37 am + 11 comments

The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has halted its probe into Facebook's $1 billion purchase of Continue reading…
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FTC and Facebook reach final privacy settlement, agree to 20 years of audits

By Adi Robertson on August 10, 2012 12:44 pm + 14 comments

The FTC has approved a settlement with Facebook after charging it with misleading users about how Continue reading…
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Google to pay $22.5 million to settle privacy charges

By Chris Welch on August 9, 2012 11:39 am + 30 comments

Google has agreed to pay a $22.5 million penalty to settle FTC privacy charges that the search giant Continue reading…
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FTC is 'ratcheting up' efforts to stop illegal robocalls with October summit

By Andrew Webster on July 10, 2012 04:12 pm + 5 comments

Earlier this year the FCC announced new measures to help eradicate unwanted telemarketing calls, and Continue reading…
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FTC reportedly investigating Google over Motorola's use of FRAND patents

By Dieter Bohn on June 30, 2012 03:48 am + 180 comments

Motorola's history of using FRAND patents in lawsuits has drawn criticism and attention from the Continue reading…
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UK's Office of Fair Trading to investigate Facebook's Instagram buyout

By Kimber Streams on June 22, 2012 06:34 pm + 28 comments

The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into Facebook's billion dollar Continue reading…
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Google co-founders to be questioned in FTC antitrust probe, says Bloomberg

By Andrew Webster on June 8, 2012 10:36 pm + 25 comments

According to Bloomberg, Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin will be questioned by the FTC Continue reading…
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FTC is 'enormously concerned' about use of standards-essential patents by mobile firms

By Andrew Webster on June 5, 2012 10:38 am + 37 comments

With the widespread patent disputes in the smartphone industry, the Federal Trade Commission is Continue reading…
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FTC investigating Facebook / Instagram deal, says Financial Times

By Adi Robertson on May 10, 2012 04:30 pm + 14 comments

The Facebook buyout of Instagram may not happen as soon as planned. According to the Financial Continue reading…
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Scamworld: 'Get rich quick' schemes mutate into an online monster

By Joseph L. Flatley on May 10, 2012 10:32 am + 1028 comments

On a warm summer day in 2002, in Charlevoix, Michigan, Richard Joseph’s bad luck began. The Continue reading…