Google Meet is rocketing in growth, but the company's

Google Meet is rocketing in growth, but the company's latest tactic to beat video-chat rival Zoom could mean even more scrutiny from antitrust regulators (GOOG, GOOGL)

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Published 18 May 2020

· Google Meet, the company's video conference service, is seeing tremendous growth, but the company is also using some questionable tactics to promote its software over rivals like Zoom.
· Google has starred including a large Google Meet button in Google Calendar events to push users to its app, even when those events already...

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Google Meet is rocketing in growth, but the company's latest tactic to beat video-chat rival Zoom could mean even more scrutiny from antitrust regulators (GOOG, GOOGL)

Google Meet is rocketing in growth, but the company's latest tactic to beat video-chat rival Zoom could mean even more scrutiny from antitrust regulators (GOOG, GOOGL)

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