After a lawyer representing celebrities who came under the spotlight after having nude pictures stolen and posted on the Internet, Google responded on early Thursday morning. In a statement released on October 2, the tech corporation said that its employees had done everything to remove the leaked nude photographs. "We've removed tens of thousands of pictures, within hours of the requests … [Read more...]
Google Launched Android ONE, Affordable Smartphone Line
Sundar Pitchai made one important announcement at Google I/O in June regarding a new Android line. Google plans to take over the emerging markets with Android ONE, a specific design for low-cost smartphones. ONE will be similar to Nexus – it will run the latest Android version and Google will provide any updates directly. Google plays its cards very well here. Pitchai clearly stated Google’s … [Read more...]
Google Acquires the Polling Start-up “Polar”
Google.inc has made multiple acquisitions this year. Their latest purchase was a mobile and desktop polling company called Polar. They made the acquisition in a bid to enhance the publishers' and brands' user engagement. Now that the details of the deal have been finalized, employees of the start-up will move to Google where they will continue their work. The final goal is to increase user … [Read more...]
Government Forces Yahoo with Massive Fines to Release User Data
A document written in 2008 threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it doesn’t comply with their demands that they release user communications. The request was deemed unconstitutional when the court documents were unsealed on Thursday. These documents portray just how federal officials feel they are entitled to force American tech companies to take part in the PRSIM Program, a National Security … [Read more...]
Silicon Valley Tech Companies Appeal $325 Million Antitrust Settlement Rejection
Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe had an ongoing lawsuit in which they were accused of conspiring against their own workers. Now, the companies have appealed the judge’s rejection of the proposed $325 million settlement. The lawsuit that was filed in 2011 involved the claims of workers from the four tech companies as they stated that the employers had conspired to make sure that neither company … [Read more...]
Google Apps at the Top of U.S. Smartphone Apps List
It has been revealed that Google Apps are at the top of U.S. Smartphone apps list. The report states that American users are limiting themselves in using certain apps. In the past two months, 65.5% of users have not downloaded any new applications and chose to download mini-apps, which accounted for 7% of the total number of downloaded applications. The report comes from comScore and it is … [Read more...]
Yahoo! and Google are Joining Efforts Towards Email & Personal Data Safety
Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., the most powerful tech giants of the digital world, will make a joint effort to offer a secure, encrypted email system by next year. On Thursday, Yahoo declared that it will work together with Google Inc. in order to provide an email system that would make it impossible for hackers or government officials to access. They also say that this measure will make it … [Read more...]
Google Confirmation of Mystery Barge Sale
On Friday, Google confirmed the sale of at least one of its floating showrooms. The tech showroom that had been the subject of ridicule and speculation at some point is to be scraped in the near future; however, the giant Internet Company wouldn’t comment on the fate of the second barge located at the port of Stockton. Richard Aschieris, executive director at the Stockton port, said the barge was … [Read more...]
Google’s New Baseline Want to Map the Human Body
Google’s new Baseline is something many are calling the most ambitious project ever to come out of Google. It is an attempt to map the human body and it has behind a team of scientists from Stanford University, Duke University and Google X, which is the company’s research division. Google’s new Baseline is a moonshot project; these projects are long-term projects that can take more than 10 years … [Read more...]
People Should Work Less, According to Larry Page (Google’s Co-Founder)
Tech fans and enthusiasts everywhere are delighting themselves with a Youtube interview which has quickly gone viral within the niche. Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin sat down together in a rare joint interview which was moderated by Vinod Khosta. During the talk, things like jobs, security and what the future of technology holds for daily human life were discussed. The video was posted … [Read more...]