Google, together with 5 other Asian companies are investing in a $300m undersea cable that will link Japan and the west coast of US in order to improve global internet connectivity. The other five firms include China Mobile International, China Telecom Global, Global Transit, KDDI and Singte, with NEC Corporation also joining ...
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Google isn’t searching your emails for other crimes, the company told Business Insider, even though a registered sex offender was recently arrested after Google tipped off authorities to alleged child pornography images in the mans email. Google also purports that it cannot mistake an innocent photo for an illegal one, ...
Google just decided that it was time to let the Smart Contact Lens project come into fruition. The search engine giant has decided to partner with Novartis, a pharmaceutical firm which plans to develop and commercialize the special contact lens to help improve eye care and manage diseases like diabetes. According ...
Alan brings a wealth of proven business and technology leadership experience. I am so pleased that Alan is now joining Google’s board! That was the message that Google CEO, Larry Page, steadfastly premiered as he announced the addition of Alan Mulally, former Ford CEO, to their board. Allan Mullaly was the subject of ...
Google’s first announcement today was quick to get us down to the main deal. Material Design is the new interface Google intends to adopt for Android, Chrome OS and Web. According to Google, Material design is going to make better use of the available space, and will provide a better ...
The war for your connected life begins now. Every big technology company is fighting to get its Operating system into most of your electronics. Google Inc, whose Android software reigns as the world’s dominant smartphone operating system is stepping up endeavors to make inroads into cars, televisions and other devices at its annual ...
Google said last Tuesday that it’s set to acquire Skybox Imaging. The company deals with smaller and low-costing satellites to gather high-quality images, which will obviously be used for Google Maps and Earth. There is also talk of internet access expansion, to a global scale. Well, Skybox deals with the ...
This week proved to be key in the fight to protect user data against prying eyes (the NSA), as Google launches a Chrome add-on called End-to-End. The intention is to keep your data encrypted from the time it leaves your browser all the way to the delivery point. Obviously aimed ...
The big boy Google has already received over 12,000 requests from people seeking to be “forgotten”. That is on the first day it offered the service according to one of the company’s managers. The requests, submitted on Friday, came after Google set up an online form to allow Europeans to request ...
Google’s very own social site may not be the best, at times it feels like a whitewashed version of Facebook. Nevertheless, the web giant has been keen to compensate for the lack of oomph with a photo service that tells it all. I mean Google is ensuring that that all ...