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Google Cuts Cost By 10% In Cloud Wars

The search engine has announced cuts to the Compute Engine component of its cloud platform, in a move that is likely to prompt AWS and Azure to make cuts of their own.

Google Data Removal Requests Beginning To Decline

Google has updated its Transparency Report for the Jun. 2013 to Dec. 2013 period, and has also simplified the user interface for the website, offering more information on data removal requests from governments.

Google Delists News Content, BBC Threatened

Last year we witnessed a huge debate which you might have heard it referred to as the “right to be forgotten” debate.

Google Developing Online Tool For Search Result Removal Requests

In response to the whole “right to be forgotten” episode which erupted this week following an EU court ruling, Google is apparently readying an online tool to deal with link takedown requests.

Google Glass Has Risen From The Grave

While Google Glass was not the revolutionary consumer product that many tech enthusiasts once believed it had the potential to be, its technology and innovations may still end up shaping the future of enterprise.

Google Invests $145 In Latest Solar Power Project

The search engine has announced the deal, in partnership with SunEdison, which will bring its spending on renewable energy up to more than $1.5 billion across three continents.

Google Is Tracking Private Emails In Illegal Content Search

It has been revealed that the search engine giant searches users' Gmail accounts for illegal images, after a convicted sex offender was arrested in the US for child abuse images.

Google Launches Service To Help Those Concerned About Ebola Symptoms

Hypochondriacs around the world are being treated to a new online service that promises to put the nerves of anyone anxiously googling Ebola (or any other disease symptoms) at ease.

Google Leaks Right To Be Forgotten Information By Mistake

Google has accidentally revealed data relating to so-called right to be forgotten requests.

Google Link Removal Request Form Now Live

Following the EU ruling on the “right to be forgotten”, Google has set up an online form to allow European citizens to request removal of “irrelevant” links from its search engine.

Google Maps Massively Upgrades Public Transport Coverage In The UK

Maps users will now benefit from public transit information across England, Scotland and Wales, with fresh data being incorporated for some 17,000 routes.

Google News Shuts Down In Spain Over New Copyright Law

Google News is set to shut down in Spain as a result of new regulations that require the search engine giant to pay Spanish news outlets for linking to their content.

Google Patches Heartbleed Across Services, But Millions Of Android Devices Remain At Risk

Heartbleed isn’t just a problem for desktop users – smartphones running one version of Android are also exposed to this vulnerability.

Google Pipped By Barclays On The Mobile Payment Front?

Users with Barclaycard credit cards who have the Barclaycard app (not the Barclays Mobile Banking app) installed on their phones will be able to make payments of up to £30 without entering a PIN number or opening the app, says the bank.

Google Publishes I/O 2014 App Code

The search engine giant hopes that the release will provide a template for Android developers, with the app boasting a number of features that can be repurposed for other software.

Google Receives 12,000 Link Removal Requests On First Day

On Friday, when Google’s “Search removal request under European Data Protection law” form went live, the search engine received an avalanche of removal requests.

Google Receives Record Number Of Link Removal Requests In 2014

In 2014, Google was asked to remove links to copyrighted material from its search index 345 million times.

Google Reveals Open Source PDF Rendering Engine

Search giant Google has revealed its PDF software library, PDFium, is now an Open Source project.

Google Set To Take Over NYC With Free Wi-FI

Google revealed Sidewalk Labs, an independent, fully owned company earlier this year, but gave no information on the project.

Google Slashes Cloud Prices By Up To 79%

Various new features have also been added to Google Cloud including direct peering, container scheduling and a container engine built on Google Kubernetes technology.