Tag Archives: Google

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.

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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.

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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.

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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’.

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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.

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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.

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Google announces Android O

Posted on 2017-03-22 by guenni

Google has announced Android O, the next major release of the mobile devices operating system. This new OS should come with many new features.

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Windows has a zero-day vulnerability–Google closes it in Chrome browser

Posted on 2016-11-01 by guenni

[German]Google published a previously publicly-unknown vulnerability in Windows kernel and closes it in Google Chrome browser.

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Use the RGB to Hex color converter in Google Search

Posted on 2016-10-11 by guenni

Sometimes it’s necessary to convert hexadecimal into RGB color values. There are some tools for this. But with this tip, you can use a browser and Google search do do the conversion.

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Google introduces Pixel phones and more devices

Posted on 2016-10-05 by guenni

Yesterday Google has announced several new products at a press event. Two new Pixel smartphones, a VR head set, Google Home smart speakers, 4K Chromecast Ultra and Google WiFi. Here is a short overview.

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