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in May that individuals had a “right to be forgotten” on Google if they deemed the information about them “irrelevant, outdated or no longer relevant”.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 [...]
We need more rights over our data – but Google was wrong to “forget” Robert Peston blog July 3, 2014 "THERE is no such thing as bad publicity,” Google must be thinking as the internet firm is once again in the headlines. This time, it stands accused of removing an article, written by the BBC’s economics editor Robert Peston, from its search results. Google is either being uncharacteristically clumsy in its attempts to comply with [...]
Google, the “right to be forgotten”, and the Streisand Effect: Here’s what you need to know July 3, 2014 BBC economics editor Robert Peston was yesterday told by Google that a blog post he wrote seven years ago will no longer appear in search results in one of the first demonstrations of the “right to be forgotten” law in action. It’s just one high-profile example, but expect to hear many more as Google processes the [...]
Google receives 50,000 “right to be forgotten” deletion requests July 2, 2014 Search engine giant Google yesterday told City A. M. that it had received 50,000 requests to delete articles since a European court ruling in May ordered it to remove “inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant” data if an individual requested it. The European Court of Justice ruling came into force this week Google has started [...]
Blog post criticising former Merrill Lynch boss is “forgotten” by Google July 2, 2014 This morning, BBC journalist Robert Peston received a “notice of removal” from Google, informing him that an article he had published in 2007 about former Merrill Lynch boss Stan O'Neal would no longer be shown in European Google search results. Titled “Merrill's Mess”, the piece describes how O'Neal was forced to leave the investment bank [...]
Bar time phone charger The Perkinator snapped up by Google July 2, 2014 Anyone cool enough to be mooching about in the VIP area of Soho House festival later this week could well end up using an invention made by Guy Winterflood, former stockbroker and progeny of City grandee Brian Winterflood. The broker-turned-inventor has produced a device called The Perkinator, which allows you to charge your phone in a [...]
Google Glass hit with ban from UK cinemas July 1, 2014 Piracy concerns have caused cinemas to ban the use of Google Glass in film screenings just eight days after the device was made available to tech fans in the UK. The body representing UK cinema operators told the Independent that customers wearing Google Glass will be asked to remove it when entering cinemas. The chief [...]
Orkut: How Facebook killed Google’s original social network June 30, 2014 Google’s original social network Orkut was bigger than Facebook in emerging markets such as Brazil and India just a couple of years ago. Now Google’s closing it down. Brazilians love social media- it’s the second biggest market for Facebook outside the US when it comes to user numbers and one of YouTube’s top five markets [...]