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
Recent partnerships by Google Inc (GOOG) with hotel chains have raised concern among others in the travel industry that the search giant is trying to grab more advertising dollars. “To the extent that the travel industry is spending advertising dollars with Priceline (PCLN) or Expedia (EXPE) or TripAdvisor (TRIP), Google is well aware of that...Read More
Emails between National Security Agency (NSA) director General Keith Alexander and Google’s Google’s Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt have been published by Al Jazeera, showing that the agency was working with the company two years ago. The emails, says Al Jazeera, “suggest a far cozier working relationship between some tech firms and the US government...Read More
According to new reports, Google is developing a new version of its Android operating system for smart phone manufacturers that will put an emphasis on Google apps, called Android Silver. By Karis Hustad, Staff Writer / May 5, 2014 A Google sign at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. New reports say Google is developing...Read More
I hate it. It shouldn’t be this way. I’m a tech reporter. I like new technology. And I admire the vision of technology that Google promises Glass could offer: a device that lets you keep track of e-mails, texts and other messages and seamlessly allows you to discern which beeps and buzzes from your smartphone...Read More
Photographs by Harald Franzen/ZUMA (Jobs); Pete Marovich/ZUMA (Schmidt)Behind this week’s cover Steve Jobs wouldn’t appear to have been an emoticon guy, but history will show that on at least one occasion, when words failed to convey his delight, he resorted to one. It was March 2007, and Jobs had received an e-mail from Eric Schmidt,...Read More
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