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Google eBooks now down-under

Google has launched its eBook programme in Australia. In announcement posted to an official company blog, Mark Tanner, eBooks Partnerships Manager, Google Australia, said that the newly upgraded Google eBook store would now offer titles from local publishers such as Allen & Unwin, Scribe and Text Publishing. Tanner also said that Google is working with

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ACCC to appeal Google’s Federal Court win in Adwords case

ACCC chief Rod Sims

The ACCC has announced it will appeal a recent Federal Court of Australia’s decision that exonerated Google from any responsibility for misleading advertisements published next to its search results pages. ACCC chairman, Rod Sims, said that Google should be held accountable for Adword ads that don’t link to the business being

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Microsoft calls on Australian government to reign in Google

An interesting sideline to the Productivity Commission’s Retail inquiry, has been a Microsoft Australia front organisation – ICOMP, calling for an Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) inquiry into Google. Microsoft told the Productivity Commission it should survey online retailers to find out how much they rely on search engines to drive customers to their

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Google pays no tax, gets even fatter and richer in Australia

Thursday 19th August 2010

Online advertising, Australia, 2005-2010

Google pays virtually no taxes in Australia, because its Adwords advertising business is registered in Ireland. So, as the latest estimates from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) reveal, the company is growing even richer and fatter off the backs of Australian businesses.

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Malaysian ecommerce gets boost with Paypal now accepted at local eBay marketplace

A Malaysian satay hawker

In Australia, online transactions from Malaysia are still black-listed by many payment gateway providers because of historically high levels of fraud.

But there is little doubt that within Malaysia, ecommerce and online shopping are both growing rapidly, albeit from a small base.

Major international ecommerce players are starting to

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