Rumours are flying that Google is looking to strike up a partnership with Spotify in an attempt to get its Google Music service off the ground. A spokesperson for Spotify has denied the claims, however denials of such things have been issued before and it...
Continue ReadingGoogle have been found guilty of infringing a patent held by Bedrock Computer Technologies (BCT) over a piece of code held in its Linux codebase. BCT were awarded more than £3 million in damages from the search engine giant by a Texas based jury and the...
Continue ReadingPaul Allen, who along with Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft, has called rival companies Apple and Google "evil". He describes Apple boss Steve Jobs as "monomaniacal" in a recent interview just weeks after his thoughts about Gates were published in his memoirs. Allen also criticises Google founders Sergey...
Continue ReadingA controversial new app, named Dog Wars, has come under attack by animal welfare groups who are outraged that Google would allow an app promoting dog fighting to appear on their app store. It has led to calls for Google to begin monitoring their Android Market...
Continue ReadingRecent research conducted by both Google and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has claimed that consumers are increasingly turning to their smartphones to check on product prices and reviews to ensure that they are getting the best deal. According to www.marketingmagazine.co.uk the statistics gathered showed total...
Continue ReadingSearch Engine giant Google have agreed to rejig their online Google map of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro after it was criticised by the city for placing prominence on the town's infamous favela "Google never intended to defame Rio," claimed Google's director of communications...
Continue ReadingGoogle have continued their moves into the clean tech market by spending more than £60 million on the world's largest wind farm. The news comes not long after the company spent another vast sum on solar powered technology based in the Mojave desert. The company appears...
Continue ReadingGoogle, Yahoo and Bing are amongst the SEO giants that have signed up to a new code of practice that will bring regulation to a number of advertising standards, allowing users to opt out of receiving behavioural based adverts as well as disabling cookie tracking. 39...
Continue ReadingGoogle have continued their apparent quest to get a finger in every industry pie going as they have invested over £100 million into a specialised facility that will become the world's first solar power tower plant. The facility is spread across 3,600 acres of land in...
Continue ReadingGoogle has announced news that should come as a shock to nobody after the company's purchase of YouTube. The SEO giant will be shutting down Google Video according to an email sent to users of the service. They have been given until May 13th to...
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