Sentence examples for internet dominance from inspiring English sources

BRUSSELS — European regulators on Tuesday approved Google's acquisition of DoubleClick, a significant player in the $37 billion online advertising business, brushing aside complaints that the combination would allow Google to extend its Internet dominance.

E.U. antitrust regulators gave the thumbs up to Google's $3.1 billion deal for DoubleClick, a significant player in the $37 billion online advertising business, brushing aside complaints that the combination would allow Google to extend its Internet dominance.

Five years later and social media seems to be firmly ahead of pornography in the race for internet dominance – social networking sites make up four out of 10 of the world's most visited sites.

While Microsoft spars with Google over Internet dominance, it may want to pay more attention to its relationship with computer giant, Dell and the Texas-based company's consumer demands.

With commercial players coming under pressure from the internet and the dominance of the BBC, some also claim they have failed to invest in creative new formats.

America has until recently resisted weapons treaties for cyberspace for fear that they could lead to rigid global regulation of the internet, undermining the dominance of American internet companies, stifling innovation and restricting the openness that underpins the net.

The first serious challenger to Internet Explorer's dominance was Mozilla's Firefox, released in 2004 and designed to address issues with speed and security that had plagued Internet Explorer.

Jesse Verstraete, a spokesman for Microsoft in Brussels, said it was "natural for competition officials to look at online advertising given how important it is to the development of the Internet and the dominance of one player".

The big Internet companies owe their dominance to something singular that shut out potential competitors.

The result, according to Mr. Milner, is the dominance of Internet platforms relative to traditional media.

The current dispute stems from the settlement of a case concerning Microsoft's dominance in Internet browsers — a dominance that the company has relinquished to market forces in recent years.