by James Armel Smith | Jul 9, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, European Commission, Facebook, Google, Maarten Goos, Personal Data, reCAPTCHA | Journalism |
Without even knowing it, we are often doing unpaid work for tech companies like Google and Facebook. According to economist Maarten Goos, the time has come for people to be compensated for that work. “You should profit from your data,” he says. You may not even know... 
by James Armel Smith | May 31, 2019 | Android, China, Google, Huawei, Trade, United States | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
Android It is a major blow for Huawei. U.S.-based Google has been forced to take drastic measures against the Chinese tech firm. After the Trump administration introduced stricter regulations for conducting business with Chinese tech companies last week, Google is now... 
by James Armel Smith | Aug 24, 2018 | Antitrust, European Commission, Google, Margrethe Vestager | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
Margrethe Vestager is without a doubt the most popular European commissioner at the moment. The Dane heads the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission. She adjudicates on issues of market power, cartels and unfair competition. With a snap of her... 
by James Armel Smith | Aug 9, 2018 | Antitrust, European Commission, European Union, Google, United States | International Relations, Journalism, Political Science |
The €4.3 billion (approximately $5.1 billion) fine that the European Commission imposed on Google last week seems like an enormous sum of money. The penalty relates to Google’s alleged abuse of power in the mobile phone market. Some 85 percent of mobile devices... 
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