Smart products don't tell consumers about software update durations
Not so smart
A new paper from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) staff has revealed that nearly 89 per cent of smart products surveyed failed to disclose on their websites how long the products would receive software updates.
FTC launches broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft
Now all big Tech is being done
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is about to start a comprehensive antitrust investigation into Microsoft, focusing on its software licensing and cloud computing businesses.
FTC investigates Microsoft's cloudy antics
Anti-trust
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating anti-competitive practices at Vole’s cloud computing business.
Smart TV’s are a digital trojan horse
Centre for Digital Democracy complains
The companies driving the streaming industry, including manufacturers of smart TVs and streaming sticks, as well as streaming service providers, have established a “surveillance system” that has “long undermined privacy and consumer protection,”
FTC takes on Amazon
A major anti-trust battle
The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to file a major antitrust lawsuit accusing Amazon of "using its power to reward online merchants that use its logistics services and punish those who don't."
PlayStation software margins leaked
Revealed when scanned
Sony's highly confidential information about its PlayStation business was revealed by mistake during the court battle between the FTC and Microrosft.
The government case against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal floundering
Experts have difficulty demonstrating that it is bad for gamers
The US government’s case against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal got off to a poor start when its witness Harvard economist Robin Lee struggled at times to demonstrate how the planned deal would hurt gamers.
Microsoft complains that it is losing the console wars
Now the FTC wants to give the field to Nintendo and Sony
Microsoft has told a court that it has been losing the console wars to Sony and Nintendo and needs to buy Activision Blizzard to keep its head above water.
Google moans to FTC about Microsoft cloud
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Google has formally filed a complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission, publicly alleging that Microsoft used its dominant position in enterprise software to push customers toward Vole's cloud services.
FTC trying to block Activision Microsoft deal
Filing for an injunction
The Federal Trade Commission is set to file for an injunction seeking to block Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.