This undated photo made available by Google shows a campus-network room at a data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Connie Zhou—AP Google and other technology companies are strengthening their defenses against NSA intelligence gathering Google is stepping up its technological arms race against National Security Agency surveillance as Silicon Valley firms aim to make it...Read More
.cnn_html_media_utility::before{color:red;content:’>>’;font-size:9px;line-height:12px;padding-right:1px} .cnnstrylccimg640{margin:0 27px 14px 0} .captionText{filter:alpha(opacity=100);opacity:1} .cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:visited,.cnn_html_slideshow_media_caption a:link,.captionText a,.captionText a:visited,.captiontext a:link{color:outline:medium none} .cnnVerticalGalleryPhoto{margin:0 auto;padding-right:68px;width:270px} ]]> Google made a commitment in 2014 to increase the diversity in its logo designs. Through June 2 of this year, 25 of the 51 doodles featured were women, and 17 of were people of color, according to research...Read More
Google is starting to accept requests from Europeans who want to erase unflattering information from the results produced by the world’s dominant search engine. The demands can be submitted on a Web page that Google opened late Thursday in response to a landmark ruling issued two weeks ago by Europe’s highest court. The decision gives...Read More
Justin Lane—EPA The real potential for Project Tango lies in devices that are much smaller, or much larger. “Project Tango†is reportedly headed to tablets, as Google tries to sell developers on the idea of 3D tracking. First revealed in February, Project Tango uses cameras, sensors and a special, low-power chip to detect its surroundings...Read More
The test case for the E.C.J.’s landmark ruling came from Spain, where the right is known as the derecho al olvido. (Hundreds of other cases like it are percolating in the country’s courts.) Several years ago, a lawyer named Mario Costeja typed his name into Google and turned up an article about himself that was...Read More
Google has acquired Divide, a company that offers a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) solution for corporate environments. Following the acquisition, Divide’s team will likely focus on making Android devices more enterprise-friendly. Divide sets up an encrypted workspace so users do not have to worry about privacy or about the company wiping the device. The terms of the...Read More
Google’s self-driving cars can tour you around the streets of Mountain View, California. I know this. I rode in one this week. I saw the car’s human operator take his hands from the wheel and the computer assume control. “Autodriving,” said a woman’s voice, and just like that, the car was operating autonomously, changing lanes,...Read More
The velvet rope is no more. If you want Google Google Glass, the sometimes-hard-to-define, next-big-thing from Google, you can now plunk down $1,500 and order a pair. But even if you’ve really been dying to have Google Glass, you should pass. Why? Because what Google is offering amounts to a really expensive beta program for...Read More
The company logo is displayed at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.(Photo11: Paul Sakuma, AP) Q: The Google Voice calling apps you suggested last year will stop working on May 15. Now what? A: The advice I shared in a column last February will no longer apply because Google is cutting off a way other...Read More
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