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Google will publish data on the location of its users around the world today to allow governments to evaluate the effectiveness of the social distance measures introduced to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the company said.

Amazon, the most valuable brand in 2018-2019, continued to keep its position by breaking a $200 billion value mark, according to an independent business valuation consultancy firm's report on Jan. 22.

France's competition authority fined Google EUR 150 million ($ 167 million) for abuse of its dominant position in the search advertising market, BTA reported

In a first-of-its-kind sanctioning of the US giant, the authority also ordered Google to "clarify the rules for operating its Google Ads advertising platform and account suspension procedures" for certain advertisers.

Cut fiber optic cables have caused the global collapse of Google and Youtube.

Google has explained that such a simultaneous interruption can be extremely rare. Because of it, however, the largest search engine and most popular video sharing site were inaccessible to Europe and North America.

Turkey's competition authority on Dec. 17 reiterated that Google should "completely" comply with the Turkish law as it has done in other countries.

In September 2018, Turkey's competition board fined Google 93 million Turkish liras ($15 million) for violating competition law related to the offering of Android, its mobile operation system, as well as mobile apps and services.

Google is working with Turkish officials to resolve an issue involving preloaded Android apps for smart devices "as quickly as possible," the tech giant said on Dec. 16, adding that the effect of the issue is limited to newly introduced phone models, not existing ones.

Google, whose parent company is Alphabet, has partnered with a health care company on a secret project to collect the personal health data of millions of Americans from 21 states, Reuters reported, citing a publication in the Wall Street Journal.

Facebook has dropped out of the list of the top ten most valuable brands in the world. This is indicated by the ranking of Interbrand. The list is topped by Apple, Google and Amazon, and they have been on these positions with little shifts for years.

Alphabet's Google has unveiled new Pixel smartphones with higher quality cameras, a radar sensor to track hand gestures and faster virtual assistant, but the devices had no surprise features to set them apart from rivals and nix concerns about price.

The US Department of Justice plans to launch its own antitrust investigation against the Facebook company, Bloomberg news agency reported, citing own sources.