Google has received over 145,000 ‘right to be forgotten’ requests from Europe since the official request process was rolled out on May 29. The search engine giant in its latest internet transparency…
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Google Nexus 6 to launch this month: Report
Recent reports suggest Google could roll out its next Nexus iteration dubbed ‘Nexus 6’ sometime later this month. According to the Wall Street Journal report, citing three anonymous sources familiar with the…
In-car infotainment systems are as distracting as talking on a phone while driving
Hands-free, voice based infotainment systems installed in car dashboards to let drivers choose music to listen to, make calls and similar activities while driving intended to provide minimal distraction are found to…
Google calls out US Supreme Court to act on Oracle copyright dispute
Google has called out for U.S. Supreme court to hear its copyright dispute case over java APIs brought in by Oracle Corp. In a request filed with the Supreme court on Monday…
Alleged picture of HTC’s Nexus 9 leaked online
A filing with the US FCC as well as a purported image leaked online [below] by @upleaks has revealed a little more about HTC’s alleged Nexus 9 tablet. Although the filing documents…
Google to hire security guards on payroll
Google: Building an in-house security team is something we are excited to do. A year ago we insourced the Google security operations center and we are looking forward to making these valued positions both full- and part-time Google employees.
Google removes German news snippets from search results
Google: We work hard to help news publishers gain readers and generate new revenue online. In addition, they are free to choose whether their content—short snippets of text and thumbnail images—appears in Google’s products.
Schmidt: Cook is misinformed, Google far more secure than Apple
In what is thought to be a rebuttal, Eric Shmidt, Executive Chairman at Google said that Google’s systems are far more secure than those of Apple and that Tim Cook is a…
Google threatened with $100 million lawsuit over stolen celebrity nude pics
Google could soon be slapped with a lawsuit coming from over a dozen of female celebrities, who were victims of the recent nude photo hacking scandal, for allegedly failing to discard off…
Google prepping new mobile messaging app to take on WhatsApp, report claims
A new report suggests Google is all set to take on popular messaging apps WhatsApp, WeChat, Line and Hike with its own mobile chat app. According to the Economic Times report published…
Google raises bug bounty program reward to $15,000
Google: As a special treat, we’re going to back-pay valid submissions from July 1, 2014 at the increased reward levels we’re announcing today.
Google announces unlimited storage for students with ‘Drive for Education’
Google: We want educators and students who use Google Apps for Education to be able to focus on the learning experience—not the technology that supports it. With Drive for Education, users can put an end to worries about storage limits and more easily maintain a safe, effective and compliant learning environment.
German Watchdog warns Google over user profiling
Hamburg’s commissioner for data protection: Google is ordered to take the necessary technical and organisational measures to guarantee that their users can decide on their own if and to what extend their data is used for profiling.
Adobe Photoshop to come to Google Chromebooks
The streaming version of Photoshop (in beta mode) will be made available exclusively to Adobe Education customers in North America with a Creative Cloud subscription.
Android L to be dubbed Android Lollipop?
Seems like Google is trying to hint at the official name of Android L, with a cake decked with so many lollipops on top that one could almost call it a layer altogether for its sixteenth birthday.