On top of this long list of conflict of interest problems, DoubleClick also brings Google its history of user-end privacy controversies.

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Google has a long history of supporting the development of free software through its Summer of Code program.

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Google, for example, has a history of everything we search for.

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Last year, while studying for a history exam, he grew frustrated with the flood of text from Google search results.

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Of the three, Google has consistently projected upward earnings, and investors have a long history with Google, as they do with Apple.

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Although some have doubted Google's commitment to the project, particularly as key deadlines slipped, Espelien describes Google as one of the toughest customers in the firm's 10-year history.

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And whereas Google has focused on selling online advertising to companies, both Apple and Amazon have a history of pitching to consumers.

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Crane has a long history covering innovation, interviewing SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, famed futurist and Google's director of engineering Ray Kurzweil, and NASA's William Gerstenmaier.

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Privacy International denied that accusation in an open letter to Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, saying that Google's response stemmed from "sour grapes" and citing the privacy group's history of criticizing Microsoft policies.

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