Google’s unwillingness to obey Chinese law is to blame for the shutdown of its hugely popular email service, state-run media have said after the last easy way to access Gmail was apparently blocked. “China welcomes the company to do business on the prerequisite that it obeys Chinese law; however Google values more its reluctance to...Read More
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 Google and Microsoft have joined a growing chorus of businesses that oppose Marriott’s attempt to block guests’ Wi-Fi hotspots in their hotel rooms. Marriott (MAR) and the hotel lobby American Hospitality Lodging Association asked the FCC this summer to allow hotels to deploy equipment that prevents people from turning their phones into Wi-Fi hotspots....Read More
Jeremiah Perez(Photo: El Paso County Sheriff’s Office) DENVER – A Colorado Springs man faces federal charges for posting threats against police officers after Google alerted the FBI about a comment he had allegedly made on YouTube. Jeremiah Perez, 33, was arrested Monday without incident. According to a news release from the US Department of Justice,...Read More
“We are concerned about the disintermediation of search by apps and this could impact core search growth. While this is extremely difficult to quantify, qualitatively, we believe that consumers’ increased dependence on mobile and apps is negatively impacting GOOG’s core search.†So begins Macquarie’s “bottom line for 2015″ for Google. Macquarie is the latest in a string...Read More
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Google’s Cardboard VR headset is great and getting better. Now, you can tour Street View using its budget virtual reality hardware, too. Google’s Cardboard VR Headset Is About to Be Better than Ever Google’s Cardboard VR Headset Is About to Be Better than Ever Google’s Cardboard VR Headset Is About to Be B Remember that...Read More
Actor Robin Williams, who died this year, was the top trending Google search term of 2014 Getty Images What a difference a year makes. In 2014, “how to Airdrop” was the top trending phrase (beginning with the words “how to) searched on Google in the US. That refers to the method of wirelessly sharing files...Read More
At least in Europe, the newspaper wars are not quite over. Five years ago this month, Eric Schmidt, the chairman and then-CEO of Google, published a column in the Wall Street Journal about the crisis in print. Newspapers are “struggling to adapt to a new, disruptive world,†he said. “The Internet has broken down the entire...Read More
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