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 [...]
Why Facebook and Google’s lack of diversity is bad for business June 27, 2014 Facebook has followed hot on the heels of Google by releasing data on the diversity of its employees. To the surprise of no one, it turns out Facebook is mostly white and male, much the same as Google, and a reflection of the tech industry at large. Research shines a light on why the lack [...]
Google protesters hit out against “totalitarian” company June 26, 2014 Tech giant Google has had its annual developer conference interrupted by protesters hurling abuse at the company over its recent acquisition of Boston Dynamics, a company that made robots for the US military. At the time it bought Boston Dynamics, Google promised to honour existing contracts between the robotics company, the Pentagon and the Pentagon's [...]
Google sets its sights on TVs, cars and watches June 25, 2014 GOOGLE’S Android software is coming to cars, televisions and watches this year, as the search giant looks to capitalise on the booming market of internet-connected devices. During its annual developers’ conference in San Francisco yesterday, Google announced the first cars running Android Auto, software for navigation, music and messaging, that will roll into car showrooms [...]