Tag: Google

Google gives Facebook a run for its money

GOOGLE+, the search giant's new social networking platform, has the potential to eclipse Facebook and offer advertisers unparalleled opportunities, according to ad industry executives....

Google+ challenges Facebook in social network battle

Online search giant Google has launched a new social networking website in its latest attempt to take on Facebook, which now claims more than...

Regulators launch Google probe

US regulators have launched a probe into Google's lucrative search and advertising business in a move that could pose the most serious legal challenge...

Google reaches 1 billion users

Google and the various websites it owns were used by more than a billion people for the first time in May. The landmark figure,...

British Library makes Google search deal

One of the world's biggest collections of historic books, pamphlets and periodicals is to be made available on the internet for the first time....

Les Paul celebrated with Google doodle of playable ‘guitar’

Paul, who died in 2009, was an American guitarist and inventor who is best remembered for his work in the development of the electric...

Google reveals Gmail hacking, says likely from China

Suspected Chinese hackers tried to steal the passwords of hundreds of Google email account holders, including those of senior US govt officials, Chinese activists...

Google reveals Gmail hacking, likely from China

Hackers likely based in China tried to break into hundreds of Google mail accounts, including those of senior U.S. government officials, Chinese activists and...

Google vows to fight suit over mobile ‘Wallet’

Google on Friday rejected a charge that it swiped PayPal trade secrets to build its new mobile application that turns a smartphone into an...

Apple, Google to attend hearing on mobile privacy

US lawmakers have invited Apple, Facebook and Google to attend a hearing on mobile phones and privacy on Thursday — the second Capitol Hill...

Is Google taking the ‘you’ out of YouTube?

In September 2006, college student Philip DeFranco set up a YouTube channel to share his thoughts on news and show-business. Five years on, the Philip...

Google goes ‘Gaga’

Pop diva Lady Gaga has thrilled Google employees during a visit to the internet giant's headquarters in which she answered questions from tech-savvy fans. She broke from her Monster Ball tour on Tuesday for an interview with Google's Marissa Mayer, who asked the singer questions submitted using Twitter or through a Google Moderator service at her YouTube channel.
"The superstar wowed a crowd in a venue that was packed to the rafters with adoring Googlers (Google employees)," the

Google co-founder Larry Page to replace chief executive

LOS ANGELES - Google co-founder Larry Page is to regain full-control of the internet phenomenon he created as a student in 1996, after Eric Schmidt announced he is to step down as chief executive more than a decade after he was brought in to provide "adult supervision".
The shock management shake-up, which will see Page become chief executive on April 4, came as the company reported a better-than-expected 29pc increase in full-year pre-tax profits to $10.8bn. Schmidt, who was

P@SHA calls for HR development for IT industry

Pakistan Software House Association (P@SHA) President Jahan Ara has said that there is a dire need of human resource development for the growth of software and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry. Speaking at the Samsung Galaxy Tab launch meet-up at a local restaurant here on Friday, she said that there were ample opportunities for Pakistani IT professionals in the country and around the globe. She pointed out that a number of software companies in Pakistan were

Google trumps Wall Street targets

SAN FRANCISCO: Google Inc eased fears that big spending would erode margins as its results blew past Wall Street's targets, and the Web search leader revealed for the first time the strength of its fast developing mobile and online display ad businesses.
Analysts said strong growth across Google's core advertising business led to a 25-percent surge in net revenue in the third quarter, sending its shares 9 percent higher.
"This is the best performance they've had in three