Google is being sued again. This time by Max Mosley over sex party pictures July 29, 2014 Max Mosley, the former boss of Formula One, has filed a lawsuit with the UK High Court in a bid to stop Google from gathering and publishing images of him at a sex party. Originally published in the now-defunct News of The World, the pictures breach rules on privacy and data protection claims Mosley. In [...]
Google search terms can be used to predict market crashes July 28, 2014 Search data could be used to identify the warning signs of an imminent stock market crash, according to researchers from Warwick Business School and Boston University. In a study called “Quantifying the semantics of search behaviour before stock market moves”, they show that a rise in certain terms put into Google correlates with a [...]
Global Innovation Index: Britain’s won a silver medal – even without a Google July 27, 2014 Apart from the risk of shocks from geopolitical crises, the outlook for the economy looks a whole lot brighter than it has for a long time. Friday’s UK GDP figures are the latest in a steady stream of good news, but this doesn’t need to be the only thing to brighten your Monday morning: the [...]
Google share price surges after positive second quarter earnings report July 18, 2014 Safe to say that shareholders are satisfied with Google's latest batch of results. Shares in the search titan climbed today, up four per cent as investors piled into the stock following the firm's second quarter earnings report. The company led the S&P Index higher as US markets regain losses following Thursday's ruthless selloff prompted by [...]
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 [...]