Google's Larry Page pushes for thinking big
20 Mar 2014
Google to encrypt web search for users in China
14 Mar 2014
Google plans to encrypt its web search service for users on the Chinese mainland to fortify their privacy
Google under CCI scanner; faces up to $5-bn in fine
10 Mar 2014
Under CCI’s fair trade regulations, any violation of prescribed fair trade norms would attract penalties of up to 10 per cent of its three-year annual average turnover
Google acquires ad-fraud detection specialist Spider.io
22 Feb 2014
The acquisition will help Google to instill confidence among its advertisers that the money they are spending on online ads are for their ads being clicked on by real people and not by botnets
Google to expand 1-gigabit per second broadband speed to 34 US cities
21 Feb 2014
Google Inc yesterday announced that it plans to expand its Google Fibre high-speed broadband coverage to 34 cities across eight states in the US – a move that will eat into the subscribers of competitors like AT&T, Time Warner Cable and Comcast
CERT warns of vulnerabilities in Chrome, Firefox
17 Feb 2014
The damage from vulnerabilities could lead to memory corruption, unwanted downloading of files, loss of sensitive information and denial of various services on the internet
Google looks to offer 10 Gb/s internet speed
15 Feb 2014
Google is working on higher internet speeds of around 10 Gb/second, against the maximum 1 GB/second speed offered by Google Fibre in Kansas City
Google tax amount outside the US doubles to $771 mn
14 Feb 2014
After a controversy over its offshore tax avoidance, Google has doubled the amount of tax it paid outside the US last year
Virgin Atlantic launches Google Glass pilot scheme for staff
12 Feb 2014
Virgin Atlantic passengers will be the first air travellers to experience the benefits of pioneering Google Glass technology as they arrive at London Heathrow airport, in an innovative pilot scheme which started on Tuesday.
Google French search page to carry fine notice
10 Feb 2014
Google has been ordered to display a public notice on its French site saying it had been fined by the local data-protection watchdog over how user information was tracked and stored
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