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Oracle confirms paying a blogger but Google names no-one

Oracle has disclosed two names after it and Google were ordered to reveal finciancial ties to people who might have influenced coverage of a trial . The instruction had been given by a US judge following a copyright and patent lawsuit fou [...]

Posted On : Aug, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Google updates voice search app on Apple gadgets

The app is being improved by linking it to Google's knowledge graph - a database of culture and concepts. This will help the app understand the context of queries rather than just relying on keywords, said Google. The update means [...]

Posted On : Aug, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Google Nexus Q delayed, indefinitely

New York: Google says it is delaying the Nexus Q, a home entertainment device that was supposed to come out in July. To make up for the delay, Google is sending the gadget free to everyone who pre-ordered it. Google is not saying when th [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

China Clears Google Purchase of Motorola

Authorities in China have approved Google’s bid to buy the phone maker Motorola Mobility, clearing the way for the $12.5 billion deal to close this week. But Chinese regulators attached a big condition: that Google’s Android o [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Google Street View may face further scrutiny

A U.S. congressman and an Internet privacy group are calling for further scrutiny of Google's Street View street-mapping service, which collected and stored data from unencrypted wireless networks. Google's Street View cars, which [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Google Set To Go To The High Court To Defend False & Mislead...

The Company claims a recent Federal Court ruling--which found their search engine and practises allowed advertisers to host misleading ads via Google's AdWords program--has global implications. According to The Australian newspaper, G [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2012 | Comments : 0

Google to launch third-party commenting platform to rival Fa...

Google is about to launch a new commenting system that will tie into the search giant’s Google+ platform, web services and web search, a source close to the product’s development confirmed with The Next Web Tech-WD blogger [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Google to make tablets, Amazon planning iPad-sized Fire?

Get ready for even more tablet options this summer. Google is working with Asian PC makers to produce a Google-branded Android tablet that will be priced at $199 to complete with Amazon's Kindle Fire, according to reports in Taiwan [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Beware bloggers, Google Panda has been unleashed – Computers...

Google Panda is the latest algorithm released by Google. The main purpose of this algorithm is to discourage the malicious webmasters who are running blogs and websites with poor quality content and the networks that are only created for [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2012 | Comments : 0

Google rolls out new privacy policy, stirs controversy

WASHINGTON: Google rolled out a new privacy policy on Thursday allowing the firm to track users across various services to develop targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from US and European consumer advocacy groups. Google cont [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Google privacy settings: How to change them to protect yours...

With Google's new privacy policy in effect, users’ data from 60 separate Google services is now collected in one profile. Does this leave you feeling a bit overexposed? You might want to delete your web browsing history and prev [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Motorola/Google Deal Gets OK-With a Warning

As expected both the EU and the United States Department of Justice have given Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility the go-ahead. At the same time the US approved the purchase of Nortel wireless patents by an Apple-M [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Pak signs pact with Google to promote tourist sites

Lahore: Pakistani authorities and Google have signed an agreement to use Google Maps to promote historical and tourist sites across the country's most populous province of Punjab. The Punjab provincial government and Google Inc yester [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Google in privacy policy changes across its services

More than 60 different policies will be combined into one that will go into effect 1 March, the company said. Google said the new policy will give people more relevant search results and help advertisers find customers. Google has previou [...]