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The European Commission has levied a fine of 2.4 billion euros, or $2.7 billion, against Google. The penalty comes in an antitrust case concerning Google’s Web search services. The EU ruled that Google was showing preferential treatment to its own shopping services on its online search site. “In Europe, companies must compete on the merits […]

A growing chorus of voices, including many at Mozilla and Google, are touting progressive Web apps as an alternative to native mobile apps. Addy Osmani, an engineering manager on Google’s Chrome team, said, “We’re starting to see a lot of large companies come back to the web because of its low friction.” He pointed to […]

A small Texas-based Internet Services Provider (ISP) called Telecom Cable has filed a lawsuit alleging that Comcast cut its wires in order to drive the smaller company out of business. The ISP had “229 satisfied customers” when Comcast expanded service into the community Telecom served. Comcast offered to buy Telecom, but the smaller company said […]

Open source browser vendor Mozilla has released a new version of Firefox for Android. Called Firefox Focus, it blocks all ads and tracking by default. “Firefox Focus is the automatic private browser that provides tracking protection,” said Barbara Bermes, product manager for Firefox Mobile at Mozilla. “There is no need to set it up, in […]

A new report from GSMA Intelligence says that there are now 5.035 billion mobile device users worldwide. To put that in perspective, there are only 7.5 billion people in the world, so two-thirds of the humans on the planet now have a smartphone, tablet or cell phone. That represents tremendous growth in the last two […]

Google has announced that it is using a compression algorithm called Brotli to reduce the size of its display ads. Compared to gzip compression, Brotli can compress files 15 percent smaller on average and up to 40 percent smaller in some cases. “This reduces the amount of data sent to end users by tens of […]

If you run a website that includes job listings, you can now get those listings included in Google for Jobs. On its Webmaster Central Blog, Google posted instructions for how to get job postings included in the new Google Search feature. The process is very simple and primarily involves using Job Posting structured data and […]

PC Magazine has completed an analysis of the various mobile networks, and it concluded that Verizon is still the fastest—but not by much. According to the article, “In our tests across the US, Verizon offered the most reliable and consistent high-speed network overall, but split individual wins for 36 cities and rural regions three ways […]

Application security firm tCell has released a new report that highlights the security problems of Web applications. In its analysis of 33 applications currently in production, the company found that 90 percent had unused code that didn’t serve any purpose but could potentially be exploited, and 88 percent used vulnerable third-party libraries. On average, the […]

The latest build for the Chrome browser in the Chrome “Dev” Channel on Android makes an interesting change to the layout. Instead of having the controls, including the address bar and menu, at the top, the new design moves them to the bottom of the screen. The layout aims to be more ergonomic on smartphones […]

RedMonk has updated its quarterly list that ranks the most popular programming languages, and JavaScript came out on top. Several other languages commonly used for Web development also ranked highly. For example, Python was 3rd, PHP 4th, CSS 7th and Ruby 8th. The report that accompanied the list called special attention to Ruby, which has […]

Mozilla has released a new update for its Firefox browser, and the company says Firefox 54 is much faster than Chrome but doesn’t hog memory like the Google browser. In order to better handle content in multiple open tabs, Firefox 54 creates four different processes. By contrast, Chrome creates different processes for each tab open, […]