Sometimes, Google and the government get along; one week from today, for example, Google will host a gathering in Washington, D.C. to discuss national security and Web 2.0. Relationships don't always proceed smoothly, however, and two consumer watchdog groups have asked the president to decide against hiring a certain Googler.
A lot of things have prevented mobile advertising from becoming widespread; think phone tech, consumers' reactions, and advertisers' reluctance, to name a few. Now, it looks like the list has grown longer, as the Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group have sent the FTC a formal complaint.
The demand for the FTC chair to recuse herself from the Google and DoubleClick antitrust review yielded a surprising little twist.
The Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), which has filed a complaint against Facebook with the Federal Trade Commission because of privacy concerns, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg's apology to Facebook users won't make problems go away.
At the moment, Google’s stock is slightly above $600, and the company has a market cap of $187.42 billion. Given this evidence, it would be hard to say that Google doesn’t like money. But one onlooker has called the search giant greedy and wonders if it will “ruin the Internet.”
The Center for Digital Democracy is decrying how excitement caused by Net Neutrality language being worked into the Federal Communications Commission's approval of the AT&T/Bell South merger overshadowed another decision by the FCC showing favoritism to the telecommunications industry over local governments and communities.
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