Google alert failed to warn people of Turkey earthquake

The tech giant claims millions of people were sent a warning before the deadly earthquake earlier this year. More »

Google says Australian antitrust law would hit small content creators

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Monday said a proposed antitrust law in Australia forcing tech firms to pay for news that appears on their social media websites would adversely impact individual content creators and channel operators. Goo... More »

Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google is buying a 6.6% stake in home security firm ADT Inc (ADT.N) for $450 million in a deal that will allow it to provide service to customers of its Nest home security devices. ADT said on Monday the companies will work... More »

Google to keep employees home until summer 2021 amid pandemic: WSJ

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai made the decision himself last week after debate ... More »

Australian regulator says Google misled users over data privacy issues

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s competition regulator on Monday accused Alphabet’s Google of misleading consumers to get permission for use of their personal data for targeted advertising, seeking a fine “in the millions” and aiming to establish a precedent. Th... More »

Alphabet’s Google commits $10 billion to accelerate digitization in India

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said it would spend around $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years through equity investments and tie-ups, marking its biggest commitment to a key growth market. The investments will be done ... More »

Google stymies media companies from chipping away at its data dominance

OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google upended plans by European media companies to block it from harvesting data about their readers and slash some of its dominance in online advertising, seven people involved in the talks said this month... More »

Europe’s north-south lockdown divide revealed by Google data

BERLIN (Reuters) – Italy and Spain, the two European countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have enforced the most drastic lockdowns to curb the pandemic but one country, Sweden, stands out for allowing life to go on much as before, Google data show. An... More »

Factbox: Google location data shows slump in trips to malls, offices

(Reuters) – Google on Thursday published reports for 131 countries showing whether visits to shops, parks and workplaces dropped in March, when many governments issued stay-at-home orders to rein in the spread of COVID-19. Here is a list of countries in alphab... More »

Google data shines light on whether coronavirus lockdowns worldwide are working

OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google has published charts showing how the coronavirus has brought hard-hit Italy to a standstill, led to runs on grocery stores around the world and prompted a stark drop in going-out between Mardi Gra... More »

Google coronavirus website touted by Trump opens for two California counties

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google sister company Verily launched a website late on Sunday that invites adults in northern California to answer questions about their recent health and travel that could result in their getting a free coronavirus test. U.S. Presid... More »

Google says it is developing a nationwide coronavirus website

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) said on Saturday that it was working with the U.S. government to develop a nationwide website that would help Americans with questions about coronavirus symptoms, risk factors and testing. “We are fully aligne... More »

U.S. state AGs, Justice Department officials to meet and coordinate on Google probe: sources

(Reuters) – U.S. state attorneys general will meet Justice Department attorneys next week to share information on their investigations into Alphabet Inc’s Google, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. The probes revolve around monopolist... More »

Russia tells Google not to advertise ‘illegal’ events after…

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s state communications watchdog has asked Google (GOOGL.O) to stop advertising “illegal mass events” on its YouTube video platform, it said on Sunday. Tens of thousands of Russians staged what observers called the country’s biggest po... More »

Google says issues affecting YouTube, Gmail, Google Cloud in U.S….

(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Sunday it had resolved the network congestion in the eastern United States that affected services in Google Cloud, G Suite and YouTube. Google said it would conduct an investigation of the outage and make appropriate i... More »

Google CEO hearing in U.S. House likely to be postponed: Goodlatte

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will likely put off until next week a hearing with Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on the Alphabet Inc unit’s social media practices because of the state funeral of former President George H.W. Bus... More »

Video makers want YouTube to change subscription tool

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Reuters) – Video makers with millions of subscribers on YouTube expressed frustration at a trade show last week that the service notifies only a portion of their followers about new posts, causing declines in viewership and their revenue. The ... More »

Artist Frida Kahlo’s popularity soars, but family struggles to…

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A coil of dark braids. Colorful Mexican dress. And a signature unibrow. Sixty-three years after her death, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has achieved a level of fame she never reached in her lifetime, her image emblazoned on mugs, T-shirts... More »

Revamped YouTube Music aims to better appeal to local audio tastes

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – YouTube is hiring music experts across the world to make its revamped music streaming subscription more locally “authentic,” officials at YouTube, a unit of Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google, told Reuters on Friday. Music programmers in... More »

Australia probes claim Google harvests data, consumers pay

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Google is under investigation in Australia following claims that it collects data from millions of Android smartphones users, who unwittingly pay their telecom service providers for gigabytes consumed during the harvesting, regulators said o... More »

Google appeals India’s antitrust watchdog order for search bias

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Online search giant Google has filed an appeal at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal against an order from India’s competition watchdog that found it guilty of “search bias” and abuse of its dominant position, two sources aware o... More »

Google says invests in Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek

A Go-Jek driver rides a motorcycle on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 15, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Google has invested in Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek, as part of its strategy to support and participate in the growth of In... More »

Exclusive: Google offers to display rival sites via auction – sources

Alphabet unit Google has offered to display rival shopping comparison sites via an auction in order to comply with an EU antitrust order to stop favoring its own shopping service, four people familiar with the matter said on Monday. More »

Google launches digital payments service in India

Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday launched a localized payments app for India as it tries to gain a foothold in the country's rapidly-growing digital payments space. More »

Google, Apple face off over augmented reality technology

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google on Wednesday unveiled tools to make augmented reality apps for mobile devices using the Android operating system, setting up its latest showdown with Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone over next-generation smartphone features. More »

Alphabet`s Google acts to comply with EU antitrust order

Google (GOOGL.O) has submitted details of how it plans to stop favoring its shopping service to comply with a European Union antitrust order, EU regulators said on Tuesday. More »

Google employee`s anti-diversity memo prompts company rebuke

Google executives over the weekend rushed to denounce an engineer's memo that ascribed gender inequality in the technology industry to biological differences, a view that sparked outrage at the internet giant and inflamed tensions over sexual harassment and d... More »

Google says its service disruption issue resolved

FILE PHOTO – A Google Drive and Youtube logo is seen during Google I/O Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco, California June 28, 2012. REUTERS/Stephen Lam Some of Alphabet Inc’s Google services including, Admin Console, Calendar and Hangouts, suffered... More »

Google backs UK-based payments company Currencycloud

The Google logo adorns the entrance of Google Germany headquarters in Hamburg, Germany July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen Alphabet Inc’s venture arm has invested in Currencycloud, a UK startup that provides technology to enable businesses to provide cros... More »

Five teams vying for Google prize to land spacecraft on the moon

The moon is seen during its final eclipse over Los Angeles, California, early April 15, 2014. REUTERS/Gene Blevins Five teams have qualified to compete in a $30 million Google-backed competition to land and operate robotic spacecraft on the surface of the moon... More »

Mexico`s lower house becomes `Chamber of Rats` on Google Maps

Pranksters changed the name of Mexico’s lower house of Congress to the “Chamber of Rats” on Google Maps on Tuesday in the latest dig at the political class during a testing start to the year for the country’s government. More »

Novartis backs off from 2016 date for testing Google autofocus lens

The Google logo adorns the entrance of Google Germany headquarters in Hamburg, Germany July 11, 2016. Picture taken July 11, 2016. REUTERS/Morris Mac Matzen Novartis has abandoned a 2016 goal to start testing its autofocus contact lens on people, though it sai... More »

Google Ventures CEO Bill Maris quits: Recode

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Google faces record three billion euro EU antitrust fine: Telegraph

LONDON Google (GOOGL.O) faces a record antitrust fine of around 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) from the European Commission in the coming weeks, British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph said. The European Union has accused Google of promoting its shopping servic... More »

EU’s Vestager says looking closely at Google’s Android

AMSTERDAM Europe’s antitrust chief said on Monday that she was looking closely at Google’s (GOOGL.O) deals with phone makers and operators, concerned that conditions related to its popular Android mobile operating system may be restricting competition. The com... More »

Not funny: Google removes April Fools’ Day prank email feature

Google hastily removed an April Fools’ Day feature on Friday that allowed Gmail users to send emails and not see the replies, after the joke fell very flat with some people. The prank, called “Mic Drop,” gave users the option of sending emails through a specia... More »

Russian court turns down Google appeal in anti-monopoly case

MOSCOW The Moscow Arbitration court on Monday rejected an appeal from Google and upheld a ruling that the U.S. firm broke anti-monopoly laws by abusing its dominant position with its Android mobile platform, Russia’s competition watchdog said. FAS, the watchdo... More »

News Corp CEO to meet EU antitrust chief, Google in focus

News Corp’s (NWSA.O) chief executive will meet the EU antitrust chief this week, the company said on Monday, with the focus expected to be on the EU’s investigation into whether Internet search engine Google (GOOGL.O) abused its dominance. CEO Robert Thomson w... More »

Labour asks British government to explain basis of Google tax deal

LONDON Britain’s opposition Labour party demanded on Sunday that the finance ministry explain how it arrived at a back tax payment by Internet giant Google that has put the government on the back foot. The settlement of 130 million pounds ($185 million) for th... More »

Russia’s Yandex says complained to EU over Google’s Android

MOSCOW Russia’s biggest search site Yandex said on Friday it had asked the European Commission to investigate Google’s practices in relation to its Android mobile operating system in the European Union. The new complaint could strengthen the case against Googl... More »

Barry Diller’s IAC extends partnership with Google

Media mogul Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp said it has extend its partnership with Alphabet Inc’s Google through March 2020. Under the agreement, which has been in place for 14 years, Google will continue to provide IAC and its partners with sponsored list... More »

Google seeks common cause with media firms over ad blocking

FRANKFURT Google says European media firms, often the search giant’s harshest industry critics, share a common threat because a surge in ad-blocking technology is a threat to all businesses dependent on advertising. Carlo d’Asaro Biondo, Google’s president for... More »

Bye bye Google, hello Alphabet

Google Inc has morphed into Alphabet Inc. After U.S. markets closed on Friday, Alphabet replaced Google as the publicly traded company that will house Google’s search and Web advertising businesses, maps, YouTube and its “moonshot” ventures such as driverless ... More »

Google hires Truecar’s Krafcik to head its driverless car unit

Google Inc said it named auto industry veteran John Krafcik as chief executive of its self-driving car project from late September. With the hiring of Krafcik, currently the president of automotive pricing terminal Truecar Inc and a former CEO of Hyundai Motor... More »

New Google CEO Pichai made ascent with low-key style and technical chops

SAN FRANCISCO A low-key style and an unusually firm handle on diplomacy propelled new Google chief executive Sundar Pichai to the top of the search engine giant, former colleagues said, cementing his successes such as creating the Chrome browser. As part of a ... More »

BlackBerry snags two new domain names as Android chatter heats up

TORONTO BlackBerry Ltd (BB.TO), which has been coy about its ambitions to make a mainstream Android smartphone, fueled more speculation about its plans this week when it scooped up two Android-related domain names. Several blog posts in the last two days have ... More »

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