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Google fined in Germany over illegal data collection

Faine GreenwoodApril 22, 2013 11:07

Germany has fined international search giant Google 145,000 euros for illegally collecting data from unsecured wireless networks during research for the Google Street View service.

Google Drive disruption plagues Internet users

Faine GreenwoodMarch 18, 2013 12:44

Google Drive users may have found themselves faced with an inexplicable disruption in their usually trusty cloud-based service on March 18th, leaving many internet addicts and IT worker bees questioning what exactly was going on. No answers yet, says Google, but users are quickly seeing their Drive service restored, according to the Apps Status dashboard — meaning those sad, broken-apart robots are unlikely to be a permanent browser fixture for the Drive-reliant among us.

Google unveils high-end Chromebook Pixel

Faine GreenwoodFebruary 22, 2013 07:18

Google has unveiled a new netbook with a touchscreen, Intel Core i5 1.8 gzh processor, exceptionally high pixel density, and many other high end features — and it all retails for a cool $1,300, more than a Macbook Air.

Here's the coolest new startup from the kids at Stanford

Megan Rose Dickey, Business InsiderFebruary 8, 2013 11:38

Stanford's student startup accelerator StartX just hosted its eighth demo day. It's worth paying attention to StartX because of the success of Google, Instagram and Snapchat — all companies that were all founded by Stanford graduates.

Can Google Maps make Africa safer?

Heather MurdockFebruary 7, 2013 07:00

ABUJA — Armed with laptops and smartphones, more than a hundred young Nigerians fanned out across Nigeria’s capital last week, helping to Google map their oft-forgotten, mostly avoided West African city. But in Abuja, which may be known these days more for its terror sites than its tourist sites, the mappers don't have tourism in mind. Hamzat Lawal, one of the “citizen cartographers,” believes the project will help make the city safer.

As the iPad Mini looms, Google may launch a new tablet that costs just $99

Steve Kovach, Business InsiderSeptember 27, 2012 13:10

What is Google doing to beat Apple's iPad Mini to the punch?

Google stock hits record high of $750.04 a share

Jennifer MattsonSeptember 24, 2012 20:13

Google shares hit record high as company dominates search and makes gains with Android phones.

Google still has personal data that was supposed to be deleted

Amy SilversteinJuly 27, 2012 13:48

The data should have been deleted 18 months ago.

Google Transparency Report reveals 'alarming' rise in government censorship requests

Jessica PhelanJune 18, 2012 09:05

"It's alarming not only because free expression is at risk, but because some of these requests come from countries you might not suspect," says Google's senior policy analyst, Dorothy Chou.

Iran threatens to sue Google over missing 'Persian Gulf'

Alexander BesantMay 17, 2012 17:00

Iran threatened to sue internet giant Google after the company dropped the name 'Persian Gulf' from its online map service.