Thursday 18 August, 2022
The EU accused Google of giving its own online service, Google Shopping, too much priority over competitors.
The search engine that focuses on privacy has slowly built up a reputation by word of mouth.
“It’s like we finish each other’s… sandwiches?”
It’s testing its own search engine, which will allow users to search and find links to articles without leaving the site.
And almost 150,000 requests were made across Europe since Google started processing requests in May.
The European Commission’s antitrust commissioner said that ‘fresh evidence’ from competitors has raised new concerns over Google’s search proposal.
More than 12,000 requests were made on the first day alone as Google copes with the ruling made by the European Court of Justice.
If follows a European Court of Justice ruling that individuals have the right to have links to information about them deleted from searches
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And it turns out we aren’t that complimentary.
An EU court has ruled that a person can request certain information to be removed from search engines if “the data appears to be inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant.”
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Google said the decision sent a “disturbing message”.
The world’s biggest search engine is using new technology to stop 100,000 different searches from resulting in images of children being abused.
You’ll find it hard to look away…
“I’m 13 and still beastfeed”.
The company announced the move in a bid to appease concerns it might be abusing its dominant market position.
Replacing all your passwords with one small chip in a ring? Don’t lose it.
The Orange CEO said they had been able to reach a “balance of forces” with the search giant.
Marissa Mayer was Google’s first female engineer – now she is head of Yahoo, one of its main rivals.
Nearly half a million passwords and email addresses from a Yahoo! server were posted online.
Have a look at some of the unusual suggestions Google makes in your search bar…
The web giant is looking for its first full-time doodler to illustrate its homepage.
People think Enda Kenny is WHAT? Take a look at some of Google’s suggestions for what people search for when they look up famous Irish people…
75 students from primary and secondary schools across Ireland have had their drawings chosen from almost 2,000 entries to this year’s competition.
Twitter has accused the search giant of boosting posts from its Google+ social network when returning search results – and ignoring information from other sites.
Following Bing’s lead with its Facebook tie-up, Google will now include some ‘personal results’ drawn from your Google+ friends.
The revamp is one of the biggest changes to the Google homepage since it launched over a decade ago.
The search engine has released Ireland’s top searches for this year which included Pippa Middleton, Donedeal and… how to shuffle.
Shares jumped amid reports that Microsoft is renewing its interest in the company it tried to buy three years ago.
Carol Bartz got her marching orders yesterday after an unsuccessful two-and-a-half years at the helm of the tech company.
Sony, Warner Music and Universal have reached a deal with Baidu. Currently almost all of music downloads in China are illegal.
Google launches its transparency report to highlight government removal requests: guess which country submitted most removal requests?
Rival companies claim that the tech giant uses its search engine to gain an unfair advantage.
The internet giant says it won’t be happy until browsing the web is as easy as flipping through a magazine.
From TheJournal.ie
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