Google ends ‘first-click free’ policy to help publishers seeking paywall
03 Oct 2017
The moves come amid mounting criticism that online platforms are siphoning off the majority of revenues as more readers turn to digital platforms for news
Many YouTube videos glorify alcohol
21 Sep 2017
Google inks $1.1 bn deal with Taiwan’s HTC to buy Pixel staff
21 Sep 2017
Google is buying the HTC team that built the Pixel smartphone for Google in a cash deal, plus getting a non-exclusive license for HTC's intellectual property to help support Pixel phones
Google’s payment app Google Tez goes live
18 Sep 2017
Google to allow users to permanently mute sites, block autoplay of videos in upcoming Chrome version
16 Sep 2017
Net neutrality: it’s AT&T, Comcast vs. Google, Facebook, Amazon
01 Sep 2017
Apple has specifically urged the FCC chairman not to roll back an existing ban against so-called “fast lanes”, which might allow broadband providers someday to charge for faster delivery of tech companies’ movies, music or other content
YouTube redesigns mobile app and logo
30 Aug 2017
Google error disrupts internet access in Japan
30 Aug 2017
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