Alex Webb

Alex Webb

Google’s Mortal Enemy Does It a $95 Billion Favor

As far as Alphabet Inc.’s Google is concerned, the EU taketh away but it giveth too. The first part of that was made clear this week when Brussels antitrust cops whacked the search giant with a 4.3 billion-euro ($5 billion) fine over its bundling of apps on the Android mobile operating system —…

The World Cup Offers Some Respite From Netflix

Bookmakers name Brazil, Germany, France and Spain the favorites for soccer’s World Cup, which kicked off in Russia on Thursday. The only guaranteed winners are the TV stations showing the games. TV advertising in general isn't quite the bonanza it once was, as millennials shun traditional…