Search engines were responsible for 46% of traffic to illegal streaming sites last year
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Category archives: Google
Android’s ‘N-Word’ Poll Sparks Online Jeers
The new ‘Android N operating platform was unveiled at its Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday.
Google Unveils Its Amazon Echo Competitor
The search giant also teased several other new releases.
Google Under Fire Yet AGAIN, This Time Over Monopolising Search Results
Google may undergo biggest anti-trust punishment to-date…. Officials in Brussels are finalising the 7-year investigation into Google’s online practices, and it has been reported that the search giant will undergo a massive fine over monopoly abuse. The European Commission is reportedly hitting Google with a €3bn fine, which is the highest anti-trust punishment to date. As the […]
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Google Seeks to Make Slideshows Less Crushingly Dull
The Internet giant is nudging slideshow viewers to ask questions in near real-time by clicking on a link on laptop, tablet or smartphone screens.
YouTube Is Underpaying and Getting Away With It
We need to ”wake up and smell the coffee”… Canadian singer-songwriter, Nelly Furtado joins Nikki Sixx, Debby Harry and other musicians who are standing up against YouTube and campaigning for fair pay-outs. In a recent blog post for The Guardian, Furtado discusses the ongoing issues that artists are having with YouTube and tells the streaming […]
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Google’s CEO Predicts Shift From a Mobile World to an AI World
‘Looking to the future, the next big step will be for the very concept of the ‘device’ to fade away,’ Sundar Pichai wrote.
Google Is One Big Fat Pirate-Linking Search Engine
Is Google bullying the entire media industry? On Wednesday, Getty Images filed a complaint with the European Union’s antitrust commission over Google’s alleged piracy of its content. Getty Images claims that Google ‘siphons traffic’ away from the company’s premium website. In the complaint, Getty claims that pre-2013, the search engine only included low-resolution thumbnails, but shortly […]
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Europe Charges Google With Abusing Android Market Dominance
Regulators allege that by requiring mobile phone manufacturers to pre-install Google Search and the Google Chrome browser, the U.S. company was denying consumers a wider choice.
YouTube is investing $60m in a new music biz venture – sources
New project follows Google’s investment in 300 Entertainment in 2013
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