Tracking the Zika Virus Online: How Google Mapped the Start of an Outbreak
As the Zika virus outbreak has spread in Central and South America, online searchers for the formerly little-known virus have exploded across the globe since the start of the year. While the virus initially gained headlines late last fall when Brazil connected a Zika outbreak to an increased rate of infants born with the birth...
Google CEO hits out at Brexit and insists: We WON’T pay any more tax
THE boss of internet giant Google has defended his firm’s record of tax avoidance — in an interview in which he also implied the company will not respond positively to Brexit. CEO Sundar Pichai says the search engine group has has paid enough tax across Europe, despite widespread criticism. He said: “As a...
Google’s new CAMERA just made your home a lot safer
BURGLARS beware — the new Nest Outdoor Cam brings smarter home protection and security alerts sent straight to your phone. Google has made securing your home more tech-friendly than ever with the launch of its smartest security camera yet. The Nest Cam Outdoor lets users keep an eye on their property wherever they are in...
Osborne’s ‘cosy’ GOOGLE deal slammed as France vows to ‘go all the way’ in back TAX case
FRANCE'S Finance Minister has savaged George Osborne's "cosy" Google tax deal and vowed to "go all the way" to make sure the internet giant pays what it owes. After dozens of French police raided Google's HQ in Paris, politician Michel Sapin said: "We don't do deals like Britain, we...
Google defeats Oracle in Java code copyright case
Google has won a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language. Oracle had argued that Google had infringed its copyright and had sought nearly $9bn (£6bn) in damages. The outcome was eagerly awaited by software developers who...
Google’s modular phone could start selling next year
NEW YORK—If all goes smoothly, you'll be able to buy a Google modular smartphone next year. A teaser video from the recently finished Google I/O developers conference shows people swapping the removable modules on their smartphone as they head to the beach, play music and sing songs. Google said an Ara kit for...
Google will stop you hitting backspace in Chrome by mistake
Have you ever filled out a form in Chrome, only to hit the backspace key accidentally? Suddenly you're catapulted to the previous page in your browsing history, losing everything you had just submitted. It's not a deal-breaker, but frustrating all the same. To help, Google is experimenting with a version of Chrome that...
Crackdown could allow Facebook and Google to open universities
UNIVERSITIES will have to publish the amount of class and lecture time students receive in a Government crackdown on sub-standard courses. They will also be forced to list the jobs graduates get and how much they earn under proposals in a White Paper announced today. Plans to open up higher education to competition by allowing...
Google Faces Record 3 Billion Euro EU Antitrust Fine: Telegraph
Google <GOOGL.O> faces a record antitrust fine of around 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) from the European Commission in the coming weeks, British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph said. The European Union has accused Google of promoting its shopping service in Internet searches at the expense of rival services in a case that...
ISIS building Google-style driverless cars to launch bomb attacks in BRITAIN and West
EXCLUSIVE: Islamic State (ISIS) technicians are working flat out to develop a Google-style driverless car that could navigate itself into a crowded area before detonating an explosive device, a Nato security expert has warned. ISIS' research and development department in the terror group's de facto Syrian capital,...
Google parent Alphabet gets a boost from advertising sales
Alphabet — Google's parent company — has reported a 17% rise in quarterly revenue after strong advertising sales on mobile devices. Revenue rose to $20.26bn (£14bn) between January and March, from $17.26bn a year earlier. But Alphabet's share price fell about 6% in after-hours trading, as the revenue...
EU Charges Google With Abusing Android Market Dominance
The European Union charged Google on Wednesday with abusing the dominant position of its Android mobile operating system, opening a second front against the U.S. technology giant that could lead to large fines. European Union antitrust regulators said that by requiring mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and...
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