The European Commission is currently holding a public consultation on granting “neighbouring rights” to publishers. Under this, the lawmaker is proposing that Google should pay publishers a licensing fee. The European Commission is proposing that…
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France Fines Google Over ‘Right to Be Forgotten’
The French data protection authority said it has fined Google EUR 100,000 (roughly Rs. 74 lakhs) for not scrubbing web search results widely enough in response to a European privacy ruling. The only way for…
Google Plus Local Pages Get Redesign
One of the first points of contact for customers and businesses in today’s digital world is the search engine. And when someone looks at a particular company, the reviews it has received from customers greatly…
Internet drives mobile in India, says Google
With over 200 million mobile Internet users in the country, smartphones capture 60 per cent of all shopping queries and over 50 per cent of all travel queries, finds a study by search giant Google.…
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Comcast Partner to Secure Email
Amidst the ongoing Apple-FBI controversy, some of the biggest tech companies have joined forces to deliver a new email mechanism called SMTP STS that is aimed at making user information more secure. Google, Microsoft, Yahoo,…
Sri Lanka Gets Google Street View Imagery
Internet giant Google on Tuesday announced that its popular Street View feature for Sri Lanka is active and available on Google Maps. The launch brings the total number of countries where Street View is available…
Google Photos Can Now Make Vacation Albums for You
You may know plenty of people who like sharing the photos they took during their recent vacation and trips on social media. But even the biggest social aficionados find it a jarring task to curate…
Google Helps Offer Vastly Faster Internet in Cuba
Google is opening a cutting-edge online technology center at the studio of one of Cuba’s most famous artists, offering free Internet at speeds nearly 70 times faster than those now available to the Cuban public.…
Google Joins Facebook’s Open Compute Project to Revolutionise Data Centres
Search engine giant Google and the social networking website have teamed up to give Facebook’s “Open Compute Project” a new push that works to change the way data centres are designed and operated across the…
ICC World Cup 2016: Google Search Gets Player Quotes, Live Commentary
The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 (aka ICC World Cup T20 2016) tournament hit its full swing on Tuesday, with the India vs New Zealand match. Alongside, Google unveiled two features to help fans engage with…