Google buys London site for $1 billionGoogle plans to refit the building so it is adapted for in-person teamwork and has meeting rooms for hybrid working, as well as creating mo...
14 Jan, 2022, 02.12 PM IST
A fall in online piracy: Search traffic to torrent websites down by a third in 2020An analysis of yearly trends show that an update to Google’s search engine helped repel online piracy.
05 Jan, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
Mumbai youth lands Rs 1.2 crore job at Google's London officeAbdullah Khan, a student of Shree LR Tiwari Engineering College, Mira Road, was called for an interview by Google on the basis of a profile...
29 Mar, 2019, 10.54 AM IST
Google tightens rules on YouTube to clean it up for advertisersIn April, after an ad boycott began, YouTube raised the cap for splitting revenue with video creators, requiring these sites to have at lea...
18 Jan, 2018, 09.33 AM IST
Google to rank websites based on facts not linksThe trustworthiness of a web page might help it rise up Google's rankings if the search giant starts to measure quality by facts.
02 Mar, 2015, 02.39 PM IST
Google picks up Indian tech startups to build mobile interfaceGoogle has picked three Indian technology startups as vendors for an initiative it has just launched to help local businesses build a mobil...
05 Sep, 2012, 05.15 AM IST
- EU launches Google antitrust probe; YouTube also under scanner
EU competition watchdogs announced investigation, after smaller cos accused Google of 'unfavourable treatment' of their services in unpaid ...
01 Dec, 2010, 03.30 AM IST
- Google damaging users' brain by offering quick assistance
The comments, by an author, came not long after Google launched Google Instant, which delivers search results before you finish typing.
13 Sep, 2010, 04.34 PM IST
- Google 'to launch Facebook competitor 'Google Me'
Rumour has it that Google might launch its own social networking site 'Google Me'.
14 Jul, 2010, 08.10 PM IST
- Google in EU antitrust crosshairs
Google Inc may face closer scrutiny as EU regulators take a careful look at allegations of antitrust breaches in relation to internet searc...
08 Jul, 2010, 02.43 AM IST
- Google in sexism row after 'censoring cougar dating site ads'
Google has landed itself in trouble by censoring advertisements for a so-called 'cougar' dating websites for women despite taking no action...
20 May, 2010, 11.43 AM IST
- Google, Facebook launch Persian services
Internet giant Google has unveiled a Farsi translation service to help Iranians "communicate directly" to the world, while Facebook has lau...
19 Jun, 2009, 06.24 PM IST
- McCartney's house removed form Google street view
Beatles legend Paul McCartney's home has been removed from Google Street View after he made a complaint. Singer was reportedly furious when...
22 May, 2009, 02.31 PM IST
Google hints at partnership with Twitter: ReportTwitter offers micro-blogging, which allows users to send short text messages, among others, on various multimedia platforms.
20 May, 2009, 07.37 PM IST
- Google's 'Star Droid' to help mobile phone users study night skies
Google is preparing to launch a mobile phone application called Star Droid that can help amateur astronomers identify stars and planets.
11 May, 2009, 11.50 AM IST
Facebook tops Google UK's most searched term list of 2008Facebook has emerged as the clear winner when it comes to Google UK's most searched term of 2008. The social networking site beat BBC to th...
10 Dec, 2008, 12.41 PM IST
- Sharing medical information on Google Health a risk to privacy
Sharing medical information on Web sites like Google Health may be problematic for people when it comes to their privacy, warn experts.
05 Jun, 2008, 04.09 PM IST