Wikipedia plans search engine to rival Google, Bing
17 Feb 2016
The Wikimedia Foundation says it will be “the internet’s first transparent search engine” - but Wikipedia volunteers are hurt by the secrecy surrounding the project, and feel they have been kept out of the loop
Google won’t participate in US spectrum auction
15 Feb 2016
Google adds enhanced safety feature to Gmail
10 Feb 2016
US regulator allows computer to drive
10 Feb 2016
In a step that brings driver-less cars closer to commercial production, the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration told Google that it will interpret 'driver' as referring to the self-driving system, and not to any of the vehicle occupants
Google shuts Google Play for ad-blockers
05 Feb 2016
Google testing self-driven cars in Wahington
04 Feb 2016
Google pioneer Amit Singhal retires; Giannandrea to take over
04 Feb 2016
Amit Singhal, who joined Google in 2000, two years after the company was founded, will be replaced by John Giannandrea, the vice president of engineering who heads the search giant's efforts in machine learning
Berkeley students sue Google for privacy breach
02 Feb 2016
Four students and alumni from the University of California-Berkely have sued Google alleging that the company - which runs the university’s email accounts - illegally intercepted and scanned emails for advertising purposes without students’ knowledge or consent
Gmail is Google’s 7th service to hit 1-bn user mark
02 Feb 2016
Gmail follows six other Google products — Android, Chrome, Maps, Search, YouTube and the Google Play Store — each of which currently has a billion plus users, says CEO Sundar Pichai
Alphabet pips Apple as world’s most valuable firm
02 Feb 2016
Google’s holding company Alphabet has shown the result of financial tightening under new CFO Ruth Porat by beating Apple in market value during after-hours trading on Monday though its grip on the top spot is tenuous and could change again today
Secret Google project to deliver 5G internet via drones
30 Jan 2016
Google’ Project Skybender is located in a small town in New Mexico, where it is developing drone-based technology that could deliver internet at 40 times the speed of current 4G LTE network systems
Google to pay £130 mn in UK back taxes
25 Jan 2016
Google paid Apple $1 bn to be default search bar in 2014
22 Jan 2016
Court documents from Oracle's copyright lawsuit against Google reveal that the internet search giant paid around $1 billion to Apple in 2014 for making its search bar the default option on iOS
Google-Lenovo to launch Tango smartphone at $500
08 Jan 2016
Google’s much-awaited Project Tango will finally hit stores as a $500 Lenovo smartphone, the two companies announced at the ‘CES in 2016’ in Las Vegas on Thursday
Google working on password-free login
23 Dec 2015
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