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    EU grants conditional approval for Google’s acquisition of Fitbit

    2020-12-18T13:39:00Z

    The anti-trust division of the European Commission has approved the $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit by Alphabet, the parent company of Google, based on various commitments, including a pledge not to use the fitness wearables company’s health and wellness data for targeted search or display advertising for ten years. The ...

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    Fesi welcomes the EU’s new Digital Services Act, but wants more

    2020-12-16T18:20:00Z

    The European Commission has adopted its long-awaited Digital Services Act (DSA), indicating that it is intended to “create a safer digital space in which the fundamental rights of all users of digital services are protected.” The European Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (Fesi) said it welcomes the move, but ...

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    Google could make new concessions to get Fitbit's takeover approved

    2020-10-20T14:56:22.063Z

    According to Reuters, the deadline for the approval by European anti-trust authorities of Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit has been extended from Dec. 23 to Jan. 8 after Google expressed some readiness to change the concessions it would be willing to make. This came after receiving feedback from a ...

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    YouTube is testing shopping features

    2020-10-20T09:43:00Z

    According to a Bloomberg report, Google is testing the idea of turning YouTube into an e-commerce platform that would allow the purchase of items featured in videos. YouTube has been testing e-commerce features for a while. Late last year, it began testing Shopify software that enables creators to list as ...

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    Google ready for new concessions to take over Fitbit

    2020-09-30T17:43:00Z

    Google has agreed to allow other makers of wearables to easily connect to its Android platform and its application programming interface (API) as a new condition for the European Commission’s anti-trust body’s endorsement of its planned $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, according to Reuters. According to Bloomberg, it has also ...

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    Fitbit’s Q2 sales fall as Covid-19 hits demand; EU probes Google merger

    2020-08-06T11:29:00Z

    Fitbit reported a fall in second-quarter sales as demand for its devices slumped and warned the coronavirus pandemic would have a negative effect on full-year earnings. Second-quarter revenue fell 16.7 percent to $261.3 million, driven by a 30 percent decline in device sales. The wearable technology maker, which is preparing ...

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    Google asked to make concessions to acquire Fitbit

    2020-07-13T17:15:00Z

    Google has been told by the anti-trust authorities of the European Commission that they might endorse its proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, according to an exclusive Reuters report, as long as it pledges not to use the latter’s health and wellness data for its online advertising and search engine ...