25 Springtime for Google
April 29, 2016
The birds a chirping. The flowers are blooming. It is springtime for the Alphabet Google thing. How do I know? Three examples:
- Google and Facebook are sucking up ad money. Evidence? “Advertisers adjusted spending accordingly. In the first quarter of 2016, 85 cents of every new dollar spent in online advertising will go to Google or Facebook, said Brian Nowak, a Morgan Stanley analyst.” See “Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic.”
- Taxing authorities want to follow the money. Evidence? “In India, Google was probed for anti-competitive conduct after being caught altering search keywords and pointing them to its own services over those of competitors. If found guilty, the company could be penalized a maximum of $5 billion.” See “Google Could Face New Multi-Billion Dollar Fine from EU for Android App Bundling.”
- Google is building fiber networks for certain countries and will be beaming down the Internet using balloons. Evidence? “Project Link is a Google initiative that has built fiber and wifi networks in cities in Uganda and Ghana. It plans to expand the program to even more cities in Africa and around the world.” See “Here’s Everything Google’s Doing to Reach Its Next Billion Users.”
- News Corp. is not feeling it when it comes to the GOOG. See “News Corp Broadens Google Antitrust Complaint.”
Does Google have a flag?
Stephen E Arnold, April 29, 2016
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