Google business chief Nikesh Arora departs as search giant beats forecasts July 17, 2014 Google’s business chief will be leaving the company, in the latest high-ranking departure at the search giant, as the firm beat second quarter revenue expectations. Nikesh Arora, who joined Google nearly 10 years ago, will join Japanese tech and telecoms group SoftBank as vice chairman. “Google had a great quarter with revenue up 22 per [...]
Restaurant bites back: Blogger fined for review appearing too high in Google search July 17, 2014 A food blogger has been fined after her searing review of a French restaurant ranked too highly in Google search results. The article, called "the place to avoid in Cap-Ferret: Il Giardino", was written by Caroline Doudet following her trip to the restaurant in south western France last year. In it, she complained of [...]
Google Play downloads soar as Apple holds on to app revenues July 16, 2014 Apple continued to dominate app store revenues during the second quarter with its iOS iPhone and iPad app store providing around 80 per cent more revenue than Google’s Play app store, according to research from app analytics firm App Annie. Google remained the most widely used platform, accounting for 60 per cent of downloads, up [...]
Google and Novartis join forces to develop contact lens for diabetics July 16, 2014 Swiss drugmaker Novartis yesterday struck an agreement with Google to develop “smart” contact lenses that would help diabetics to track their blood glucose levels or restore the eye’s ability to focus. The device would measure glucose in tear fluid and send the data wirelessly to a mobile device, Novartis said. The technology is potentially life-changing [...]
Google to open $100m startup fund in London July 10, 2014 GOOGLE’S startup investment fund has picked London to base its new $100m (£58.4m) European investment arm. Google Ventures has more than $1.5bn invested in 250 startups, which until now have mainly been based in the US. “Google, alongside many other global investors, recognises the incredible skills and opportunities to be found here,” London mayor Boris [...]
London welcomes £100m Google Ventures fund as boost for tech investment July 10, 2014 Google’s venture funding arm is setting up a £100m investment fund in London to invest in tech companies in the capital and elsewhere in Europe. London is the first location outside the US for Google Ventures which has already funded more than 250 startups, including well known success stories such as taxi business Uber, genetics [...]
You can now control Google Glass with brainwaves July 10, 2014 It is now possible to control Google Glass with nothing more than your thoughts, thanks to a new technology called MindRDR. Created by London user experience company This Place, it is an electroencephalography (EEG) headset which makes it possible to take a picture while remaining completely still. It is attached to Google Glass [...]
Is Google down? Searchers turn to Twitter to express shock after server outage July 4, 2014 Google appeared to be down this morning, with many users experiencing a 500 error. It means a generic error suggesting a problem with the website's server and is shown to users when a more specific error can't be found. Twitter users turned to the social network to air their surprise and shock. It's extremely rare for [...]
Google restores Guardian links but Robert Peston blog remains “forgotten” due to commenter request July 4, 2014 Google has restored links to Guardian articles after they were removed by the search engine under the EUs “right to be forgotten” ruling, Reuters reports. A link to a BBC blog post about former Merrill Lynch boss Stan O’Neal written by economics editor Robert Peston remains “forgotten” however due to a request from someone who [...]
Google asked to forget 250,000 web addresses under “right to be forgotten” ruling July 3, 2014 A European Commission spokesman yesterday described as “not a good judgement” Google’s decision to remove a BBC article from some of its search results. The European Court of Justice ruled in May that individuals had a “right to be forgotten” on Google if they deemed the information about them “irrelevant, outdated or no longer relevant”. Since [...]