Tag: Google

Google pulls ‘Bomb Gaza’ game from app store after backlash

  SAN FRANCISCO- A mobile game that simulates Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and invites users to "drop bombs and avoid killing civilians" has been...

Google ‘reveals user’ over Gmail child abuse images

Google has revealed the identity of a user after discovering child abuse imagery in the man's Gmail account in Houston, Texas, according to a...

Google+ will stop forcing you to use your real name

After years of receiving complaints that its policies put users at risk, Google said today that it has eliminated the requirement that people use their real...

Google Glass hack allows brainwave control

  Google Glass has been hacked so that it can be controlled by brainwaves. By combining the smart glasses with an electroencephalography (EEG) headset, the software...

Google hit by 70,000 ‘right to be forgotten’ requests

LONDON- More than 70,000 people have already asked Google to delete links about them under Europe's "right to be forgotten" ruling, with some of...

Google to shut down Orkut

SAN FRANCISCO Google on Monday said it is shutting down Orkut, its "first foray into social networking," to focus on YouTube, Blogger, and Google+ services...

Google glass taking fans closer to the action

CHICAGO   Your favorite team is playing for the title, and you are in the middle of the field. You have a ticket in the very...

Unleashing Gullu – the villain within!

Android app on Gullu Butt, man who gained notoriety over Minhajul Quran incident in Lahore, gains popularity owing to its ‘addictive nature’ while psychiatrists...

Google Android software spreading to cars, watches, TV

SAN FRANCISCO- Google set out Wednesday to expand its Android empire beyond smartphones to cars, watches and televisions.   The technology titan laid out a sweeping Android...

Google working on 3D motion-sensing tablet

SAN FRANCISCO- Google on Thursday revealed that is working on a tablet computer with 3D and motion-sensing capabilities in an effort dubbed Project Tango. "The...

Google and Facebook must meet privacy rules: EU

BRUSSELS- Companies based outside the European Union must meet Europe's data protection rules, ministers agreed on Friday, although governments remain divided over how to enforce...

Chinese media calls for ‘severe punishment’ for Google, Apple

Chinese state media lashed out at Google Inc, Apple Inc and other U.S. technology companies on Wednesday, calling on Beijing "to punish severely the...

Google receives thousands of European requests to ‘be forgotten’

Google opened up an online form late this week that allowed people to ask for certain information to be removed from the search engine's...

Right to privacy: European court says internet companies can be made...

Internet companies can be made to remove irrelevant or excessive personal information from search engine results, Europe's top court ruled on Tuesday in a...

Google maps to the rescue

Police officials from twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Tuesday agreed to use Google maps, defining the patrolling points as well as beats...

Microsoft launches ’Cortana’ smartphone assistant

SAN FRANCISCO- Microsoft on Wednesday took on Apple's Siri and Google Now with a smartphone personal assistant dubbed "Cortana," gleaned from a character in the...

Ray-Ban maker Luxottica clinches Google Glass deal

Luxottica, the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses, has struck a deal to design, develop and distribute glasses based on Google's Internet-connected Glass eyewear, potentially bringing...