Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has stopped providing a service to wireless companies that showed them weak spots in their coverage, according to a report by Reuters. The company is concerned that the sharing of data, which it gleaned from its Android phones, could attract attention...
I wouldn’t be buying Google stock, and I don’t know anyone who would — Silicon ValleyEntrepreneur, Inventor and Futurist Jeffery Kaplan on Google’s 2004 IPO One of the more amazing powers of overwhelming and undeniable success is its power to change the collective recollection of the...
Google is holding an auction for search engines to bid to be one of the default choices on Androids in Europe, but some search engines say the auction is unethical and anticompetitive and that they won’t participate, according to reports. Ecosia, a search engine that...
Google’s Trips app for travel planning was discontinued in favor of its reworked Search and Maps, noted reporters on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Trips never fully caught on, and most of the special features are now available in a web browser or the Maps app, which...
In its newest effort to fend off fresh antitrust penalties in the European Union, Google will let rivals buy the chance to gain default search engine status on new European Android devices. New Android tablets, as well as smartphones, will come with four options for...
Google has announced a new addition to Google Maps in Nigeria that will speak in a local voice and also introduced new features specifically for the region, according to a report by Reuters. The move is an attempt to attract more Africans to the service....
The news that Google hired contractors to listen to voice recordings from users has prompted a possible investigation by Irish data privacy regulators, according to a report by Bloomberg. Belgian broadcaster VRT broke the news and Google responded in a blog post about it on...
Google is reviewing its privacy policies after a report showed that contractors were given sensitive audio information, including private conversations and personal information that could identify users, according to a report by TechCrunch. The company said in a blog post that it had a deal...
Google’s Area 120 incubator, which handles the company’s more experimental offerings, has launched a new hyperlocal social networking app called Shoelace, according to reports. The app is being pilot tested in New York City and other selected areas, and it’s meant to grow a person’s...
