Google preparing to appeal EU’s €4.3bn Android fine October 9, 2018 Google is expected to challenge European competition authorities tomorrow, as the deadline to appeal the EU's record-breaking €4.3bn fine against its parent firm Alphabet comes to pass. The tech giant was charged by regulators over "serious illegal behaviour" with its Android operating system in July. Brussels ruled that Google had forced smartphone makers to favour its own [...]
Leaks galore: What to expect from today’s Google Pixel 3 event October 9, 2018 In an annual event that is now almost always saturated with leaks, today Google is set to unveil a slew of new hardware gadgets including updates to its Pixel smartphone, tablet and smart speaker ranges. Here are the things you're likely to see walk across the main stage this year: Pixel 3 The Pixel 3 [...]
Irish regulator to probe Alphabet’s Google+ data leak October 9, 2018 Ireland's Data Protection Office today said it will seek answers from Google over the data leak from its failed social media platform Google+, which could have exposed the profile information of at least 500,000 users. Google said last night it was shutting down Google+ for consumers, after it discovered and patched the bug back in [...]
Rest in plus: Google+ is shutting down for consumers after data breach October 9, 2018 Google's failed attempt at a social media network to rival Facebook is now shutting down for good, after a data breach of private user information prompted the search giant to tighten up its privacy policies. While conducting a review of the platform in March, Google discovered and solved a bug exposed to third-party developers that meant [...]
High Court blocks iPhone data breach suit against Google October 8, 2018 The UK's High Court has blocked a mass legal action court case against Google, which claimed the tech giant had collected sensitive information from over 4m iPhone users. The tech giant faced claims that it circumvented the privacy settings installed on Apple's iPhone Safari browser between August 2011 and February 2012, using a method known as the [...]
DEBATE: Can traditional small-state conservatives justify imposing a new digital tax? October 3, 2018 Debate: Can traditional small-state conservatives justify imposing a new digital tax? YES, says Waqar Riaz, head of data-driven marketing at Cheil Europe. Few can argue with the idea that big business should pay its fair share towards public services like the NHS or education. Yet, as business has become increasingly global in nature, legislation has failed to [...]
Bereft of new ideas, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party is dead set on sticking its head in the sand October 3, 2018 One of the most dispiriting aspects of the Labour Party conference, which ended last week, is how deeply conservative the political left has become. Its remedies for Britain’s problems look to the past and not the future. Far from embracing new technology, the left is hostile to it. This was not always the case. Labour [...]
Google partially u-turns on cryptocurrency ad ban September 26, 2018 Tech giant Google has partially u-turned on a decision to ban cryptocurrency related advertising. In an effort to protect consumers from the high risk of fraudulent marketing related to crypto-currencies, Google earlier this year said it would ban all advertising promoting cryptocurrencies and crypto firms. But now it has rowed back on the ban, [...]
Newspaper industry calls for tech levy to make Facebook and Google fund UK journalism September 25, 2018 The trade body representing most national and local newspaper publishers today called for a levy to be put on tech giants like Facebook and Google to fund UK journalism. It also suggested Facebook should share some revenue with newspaper groups when their stories appear in user's newsfeeds. In its response to the government review of the [...]
Ofcom: Social media giants require regulation September 18, 2018 The boss of media regulator Ofcom will push for greater regulation of tech companies such as Facebook and Google in a speech later on today. Better regulation could protect people on the internet, Ofcom says, as research published today by the broadcaster warns 20 per cent of Brits have been harmed by web content. Sharon [...]