Posts Tagged ‘google’
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Google unveiled images of its hi-tech data plants yesterday — then saw a technical glitch wipe £12.4billion off its shares. Google released images of its sci-fi style offices in the US, Finland and Belgium and hours later, r...
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Roughly 16 years after the format was introduced, smartphones are now being used by more than one billion individuals worldwide. First popularised by Research In Motion, which created the BlackBerry line of devices, smartphones...
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Have you ever found a bug or an exploit in a program you use or a website you visit? If it’s a well-known program or a high traffic website, you could win money for it. A teenage male that goes by the online moniker of “Pinkie ...
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This morning, a meeting in Geneva brought together regulators, researchers and representatives of the world’s largest technology companies to discuss whether the current patent system is fit for purpose. The Patent Roundtable w...
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Apple is going after people with experience working on Google Maps to develop its own product, according to a source with connections on both teams. Using recruiters, Apple is pursuing a strategy of luring away Google Maps empl...
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Microsoft has scored another patent victory over Google’s Motorola unit. A German court ruled that several Motorola tablets and phones had infringed a method for apps to handle different kinds of user input. Samsung, HTC ...
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Google has commented on the Apple vs Samsung verdict that saw the Korean manufacturer found guilty of infringing on Apple’s intellectual property patents. Google’s comment aims to distance themselves from the lawsuit itself, sp...
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Google chiefs face the prospect of being hauled before MPs to explain themselves over their tax avoidance schemes, the Independent has learned. A member of the Treasury Select Committee called the company’s practices, which saw...
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Carphone Warehouse have announced that it’ll be stocking the highly-anticipated (and highly-demanded) Jelly Bean tablet from this Friday, July 27. Carphone’s only stocking the more expensive 16GB version, which ret...
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Google and Apple have taken off a mobile app called Find and Call from their official app stores after there were reports that it was insidiously taking away user’s phone book data and using the information to spam their contac...
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Google to launch tablet in UK without music, magazines or TV shows after failing to strike rights deals. Google is to launch its flagship Nexus 7 tablet computer in the UK without music, magazines or TV shows after failing to s...
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British Airways face a backlash from privacy campaigners after it revealed plans to use the internet to create “dossiers” on passengers. The airline said it wanted to be able to deliver a more personal touch by researching pass...
