European citizens grabbed the opportunity to request erasure their embarrassing activities of their past from Google search results!
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Google’s ‘right to be forgotten’ form goes live in Europe
People can now get their embarrassing activities in the past stripped from Google search results.
Google integrates restaurant menus in its search
Google will now show users of its search engine full restaurant menus in the US – a move some believe is directly aimed at services like Urbanspoon and Yelp. “Next time you’re…
Joaquin Almunia: No Gentlemen’s agreement with Google
The European Union has not entered so called ‘gentlemen’s agreement’ with Google, the European Commission’s competition chief said on Friday. Joaquin Almunia, while addressing an antitrust conference, defended the recent investigation settlement…
Rivals: Google’s settlement proposal to EU should be subjected to market testing
Google’s proposal in the ongoing anti-trust investigation was accepted by the EU; however, lobbying groups FairSearch and iComp are of the opinion that the proposal should be subjected to market testing to…
Google’s proposal for comparable display search results accepted by European Commission
The three year old antitrust case between Google and European regulators is nearing a settlement whereby the former has finally agreed to demarcate advertisements and provide rivals greater screen space for their…
Google tweaks search engine to help users ‘find the right result’
Google, with its new update, will help its search engine users find more information about the source of a link in the search results before actually clicking on the link. The search…
Facebook agrees to share public data of users with Yandex
Social networking giant, Facebook and Russian search engine giant Yandex have signed an agreement under which Yandex will be given access Facebook user’s data. As a part of the deal, Facebook will…
Google, Microsoft take a stand against online child pornography
Google and Microsoft have decided to take strong measures against online child pornography considering the alarming rate at which photos and videos containing child pornography are proliferating on the Internet with plans…
Google ‘Hummingbird’ algorithm update adds advanced search capabilities
Google has applied a new update dubbed ‘Hummingbird’ to its core algorithm enabling its search engine to answer increasingly complex search queries posted by users. The update was rolled out sometime last…