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New Google Initiative Limits Tracking Of Web Users
August 22, 2019

Google said it wants to limit how marketers and advertisers track people online, according to a report. The company is proposing a change to how cookies work in its web browser Chrome, so that it would make it easier for users to block the tracking. ...

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Co-founder Of Google’s AI Lab On Leave Amid Controversy
August 21, 2019

The co-founder of Google‘s artificial intelligence (AI) lab has been placed on leave due to issues with some of his projects. Mustafa Suleyman, who runs DeepMind’s “applied” division and has been the public face of the lab, is “taking time out right now after 10...

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Google Stops Sharing Phone Data With Carriers Over Regulatory Fears
August 19, 2019

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has stopped providing a service to wireless companies that showed them weak spots in their coverage, according to a report by Reuters.  The company is concerned that the sharing of data, which it gleaned from its Android phones, could attract attention...

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Happy 15th IPO Anniversary Google!
August 19, 2019

I wouldn’t be buying Google stock, and I don’t know anyone who would — Silicon ValleyEntrepreneur, Inventor and Futurist Jeffery Kaplan on Google’s 2004 IPO   One of the more amazing powers of overwhelming and undeniable success is its power to change the collective recollection of the...

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Competing Search Engines Won’t Support Google’s Auction
August 12, 2019

Google is holding an auction for search engines to bid to be one of the default choices on Androids in Europe, but some search engines say the auction is unethical and anticompetitive and that they won’t participate, according to reports. Ecosia, a search engine that...

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Trips Planning App Shuttered By Google
August 06, 2019

Google’s Trips app for travel planning was discontinued in favor of its reworked Search and Maps, noted reporters on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Trips never fully caught on, and most of the special features are now available in a web browser or the Maps app, which...

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Search Engines To Vie For Place On Google’s ‘Choice Screen’
August 02, 2019

In its newest effort to fend off fresh antitrust penalties in the European Union, Google will let rivals buy the chance to gain default search engine status on new European Android devices. New Android tablets, as well as smartphones, will come with four options for...

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Google Maps Adds Nigerian Dialect, Expands Transport Features
July 24, 2019

Google has announced a new addition to Google Maps in Nigeria that will speak in a local voice and also introduced new features specifically for the region, according to a report by Reuters. The move is an attempt to attract more Africans to the service....

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Irish Regulators Could Investigate Google’s Voice Data Leak
July 12, 2019

The news that Google hired contractors to listen to voice recordings from users has prompted a possible investigation by Irish data privacy regulators, according to a report by Bloomberg. Belgian broadcaster VRT broke the news and Google responded in a blog post about it on...