Tag Archives: Google

EU court confirms billion-dollar fine against Google over Android restrictions

Posted on 2022-09-14 by guenni

[German]The Court of Justice of the European Union issued a decision on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, regarding the fine imposed by the EU Commission on Google or its parent Alphabet. In Case T-604/18, the court largely upheld the Commission's decision … Continue reading →

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Google Play: Play Movies & TV are beeing removed in Mai 2022

Posted on 2022-03-24 by guenni

Google is continuing its approach of kicking media content out of its Google Play Store. After music, films and TV series should now also be dropped from Google Play and made available under Google TV. This is the result of … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Google sends out invitations for Sept. 30, 2020

Posted on 2020-09-15 by guenni

Google yesterday sent out invitations to a hardware event for the end of September 2020 to the press. The event will run under the motto 'Launch Night In – Made By Google' and is scheduled to take place on September … Continue reading →

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Google fixes Gmail spoofing vulnerability

Posted on 2020-08-21 by guenni

[German]In Google's email service Gmail wad a spoofing vulnerability that could have been used to send mail through someone else's account. Google has now eliminated this vulnerability after an exploit became public. Advertising

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Google records every search and YouTube playback

Posted on 2020-07-04 by guenni

[German]Brief information from the world of Google. The search engine giant records every search query and every video played for most users. However, the data is deleted after a certain time. In addition, you can view the data of your … Continue reading →

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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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