Google Hangout on Google+Google will begin replacing Gmail’s existing video chat system with a new, better one based on the Hangouts feature from its Google+ social networking service, the company said Monday. The swap will improve the quality and performance of Gmail video chats, and, if users have Google+ accounts, they will be able to...Read More
The Google Street View service that has brought us Earth as we might not be able to afford to see it — as well criticism that some scenes along its 5 million miles of the globe’s roadways invade privacy — this month has turned its 360-degree cameras on road trips through five national parks in...Read More
BY JOHN LETZING Google Inc. has acknowledged it retained Internet user data collected surreptitiously through wireless networks as part of its street mapping service after it had been ordered to destroy it, according to information posted Friday by a U.K. regulator. The Information Commissioner’s Office, which oversees data privacy in the U.K., says it now...Read More
26 July 2012 Last updated at 11:54 New bills to curb net piracy drew huge opposition and have now been dropped Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay are joining forces to create a powerful pro-internet lobbying group in the US. The Internet Association, as the group will be known, will launch in September and operate out...Read More
BRUSSELS — The European Commission said on Tuesday that it had reached an “understanding†with Google that could lead to a settlement of an antitrust investigation into allegations that Google abused its dominance of the Internet search and advertising markets. Europe’s competition commissioner, JoaquÃn Almunia, had asked Google in May to make concessions in four...Read More
Google appears to have sold out of the higher-capacity version of its Nexus 7 tablet in the UK and US, at least on its own site. The company has recently returned to direct hardware sales, listing its latest Nexus devices on its Google Play store. As of the weekend, the 16GB version of the Nexus...Read More
Google’s Nexus 7 has been flying off the shelves, but not everyone is completely satisfied with the user experience. The culprit? Problems have cropped up with the tablet’s display, according to some reports. These issues aren’t terribly surprising considering the Nexus 7 is a budget device that sells for only $199 and $249 for the...Read More
They were looking for violent criminals. Meanwhile, everyone we met with — civil society leaders, nonprofit activists, private-sector officials and young people — was looking around for answers. Their city has been overwhelmed by crime, their lives overcome with fear. They felt defeated, disillusioned and a little helpless. They asked us: What can we do?...Read More
BY AMIR EFRATI AND JOHN LETZING Yahoo Inc. reached inside the ranks of rival Google Inc. in its latest changing of the guard, appointing longtime Web-search executive Marissa Mayer as its new chief and returning the struggling Internet company to a leader with deep technology experience. The appointment showed how Yahoo, a onetime pioneer of...Read More
Google’s red-hot Nexus 7 tablet is hard to get your hands on this weekend as the device has been flying off store shelves since retailers began selling it Friday. Sam’s Club and GameStop are your best bets at finding one right away at a brick-and-mortar store, although on their websites they list the device as...Read More
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