Google removed a controversial game from its Play store on Monday that called for users to drop missiles from Israeli aircraft onto cartoonish Hamas militants following outcry that the app was insensitive. The game, “Bomb Gaza,” which was uploaded to the store last week and had been installed more than 1,000 times, tasks would-be users...Read More
Alas, poor Google barge. We hardly knew you. Google confirmed Friday that it’s scrapping at least one of the mysterious floating tech showrooms that drew headlines, speculation and some ridicule last fall. The giant Internet company wouldn’t comment on the fate of a second barge, now sitting idle at the Port of Stockton. But plans...Read More
Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images Google has revealed which countries have made the most requests for links to be removed from search results under Europe’s new “right to be forgotten”. The European Union in May enshrined in law the individual’s “right to be forgotten” with a ruling that anyone could request to have themselves removed from search...Read More
Google’s (GOOG) Android operating system has a security flaw that could allow hackers to impersonate trusted applications and potentially hijack your phone or tablet, according to research released today. The basic issue is the way in which Android checks—or rather, does not check—that certain applications are what they say they are, according to Bluebox Security, the...Read More
Earlier this month I wrote a piece about Google and the so-called “right to be forgotten†in Europe. Essentially the European Union (EU)  had allowed a judgment that said if someone asked for a piece of history about themselves to be taken out of search engines – effectively erasing it from history – then Google...Read More
Google has embarked on what may be its most ambitious and difficult science project ever: a quest inside the human body. WSJ’s Alistair Barr joins Lunch Break with Tanya Rivero with the details. Photo: iStock/sankalpmaya Google Inc. GOOGL -0.82% Google Inc. Cl A U.S.: Nasdaq $598.08 -4.93 -0.82% July 25, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed...Read More
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Google must present a game plan in September An Italian data-regulation official told Google it has 18 months to change how it stores users’ information. Italy is one of several European countries that have been jointly investigating Google’s consolidation of 60 different privacy policies into one last year, Reuters reports. The Italian watchdog said in...Read More
By the end of September, Google will no longer label apps as “free†if they allow for in-app purchases. The change will certainly take place in Europe but is likely to affect Google users around the world. The change is in response to agreement with the European Commission, which is especially protective of families with...Read More
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