Archive for the 'Google' Category

Over the past few months, Indian government officials have been in discussion with Research in Motion in order to establish the safety of its Blackberry device security.

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Internet search giants Google have announced that they will be providing free telephone calls through Gmail, their free online e-mail service.

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Google have announced that they are offering a limited release addition to their programme, on their AdWords Blog. The new function enables customers to set goals in the opportunities tab within the AdWords console, in order that advertisers can maintain greater control over their AdWords service.

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Following a controversial strategy publicised by Google and Verizon to alter internet access for UK customers, an industry body has been meeting to discuss the future of open internet.

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Google boss Eric Schmidt has cautioned that in the future, young people may have to change their names in order to escape their earlier online actions.

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A group of unhappy internet users have gathered in California to hold a protest outside search engine giant Google’s offices.

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An application which has the ability to steal funds from smartphones running the Google Android operating system has been discovered in operation.

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Samy Kamkar, a security expert who has been working on hunting out shortcomings in routers, has demonstrated how online attackers can find out someone’s personal address through the net.

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The UK Information Commissioner Office (ICO) has been investigating Google for claims of illegal ‘snooping’ over wifi networks in the UK. The ‘Street View’ row first came to light in 2006, when Google was asked to share the material they had collected with authorities in Germany.

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The increasing ability for social media to influence public opinion is becoming more obvious as spammers create ripples when it comes to commenting upon business reputations and services. A new report suggests that spam reviews which are posted up on customer review sites, posing as legitimate comments, are having a hugely detrimental effect upon small business owners within the UK.

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In an endearing and rather amusing addition to Google Maps, the search engine geographical service has apparently added ‘Tessa Jowell’ to their list of London attractions.

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Search engine giants Google have been rumbled in what appears to be an on-site test for related Adwords, which they placed on the bottom right hand side frame of their search engine site. The search engine returns included related keywords which had some bearing on the original search query.

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As if search engine giants Google don’t have enough fingers in various pies, they have now announced that they intend to begin providing services for people travelling by air. Since purchasing ITA Software, a firm which provides flight information for travellers, Google looks set to begin competing in the holiday and business travel industry.

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The battle between China and Internet giants Google has been ongoing for a while now, as Google automatically redirected Chinese surfers to Hong Kong’s Google page, in a bid to navigate through China’s strict censorship laws.

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