Tag Archives: Google

Google search and the curse of algorithms: The logo of the ‘Democratic Party’ is shown as a rat

Posted on 2020-03-17 by guenni

[German]The Google search suddenly returned the symbol of a rat (instead of a donkey or a mule) when searching for the Democratic Party (USA). Here is a brief look at the facts. Take it with humour in times of the … Continue reading →

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Private WhatsApp Group Invits in Google Search Index

Posted on 2020-02-21 by guenni

[German]Imagine having a very private conversation with your family via WhatsApp group, where only people are invited to join. And then the whole world can find the group invitation and and join the group, and having the phone numbers of … Continue reading →

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Google I/O 2020 May 12-14

Posted on 2020-01-25 by guenni

The Google developer conference Google I/O will be held this year from 12 to 14 May 2020. The conference venue will again be the Shoreline Amphitheater, located in Mountain View near Google’s headquarters, where Google has hosted the event in … Continue reading →

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Google I/O will be held from May 7, till 9, 2019

Posted on 2019-01-27 by guenni

Google holds a developer conference once a year, the Google I/O. Traditionally, this takes place in May. Now the date for 2019 has been announced. Advertising

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Google+ is ‘sunsetting’

Posted on 2018-10-09 by guenni

After Google had to admit a data leak  on its social network Google+ API,  Google+ is discontinued for private users in August 2019. Google+ will be continue only to run internal for Google employees. Advertising

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Google discontinues link shortener goo.gl

Posted on 2018-03-31 by guenni

The next Google product tha ‘will die nicely’. The goo.gl service will be phased out. Starting today, Google is starting to reduce the features. Advertising

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EU Antitrust Commission fines Google €2.42 billion

Posted on 2017-06-27 by guenni

The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service. Advertising

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Is Google facing a record E.U. Fine by End of August 2017?

Posted on 2017-06-18 by guenni

There is a rumor that European antitrust officials are preparing a record fine against Google. Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s competition chief, is reported ‘in the final stages of ruling on the case’. Advertising

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Google brings Backup and Sync for Google Drive

Posted on 2017-06-16 by guenni

Google just announced an update for Backup and Sync to save and sync local files from PC or Mac to Google Drive. Advertising

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Googles support periods for Nexus and Pixel devices

Posted on 2017-06-12 by guenni

Google has published/refreshed the support periods for its Nexus and Pixel devices. These periods marks the end of Android support. Advertising

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