As the “Internet of Things,” a societal revolution that will connect smart household appliances with cars, cell phones and a master home operating system, becomes more reality than fantasy, a fight to rule this world could emerge between two major players: Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) and Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL). In a recent interview on…
European Union privacy regulators are once again pressing Google to make its policies easier to understand. The Article 29 Working Party (WP29) is a group that essentially makes the privacy concerns of every European union member its concerns when with comes to data protection. Unfortunately, for countries concerned with Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) its a…
As Apple Inc (NASDAQ AAPL) and Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) use customer privacy and data security as a method to differentiate their products, recent moves that would essentially lock out the prying eyes of the U.S. Department of Justice and National Security Agency are coming under scrutiny. FBI are in talks with Google and Apple…
Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) revealed that from the searches made on its engine with regards to universities it has found some surprising insights. Based on the online search Google concludes that the most searched universities are different from those considered the top ones traditionally, according to a report from BBC. Google, also, informed that the…
After Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) had settled with European regulators over its search practices, European Commission members are now calling on the search giant to improve its settlement proposal or face more severe punishment. After agreeing to a settlement in February, political leaders want to re-open negotiations amid pressure from powerful European interests. Joaquín Almunia,…
A conservative political group which Google Inc (NASDAQ GOOG) was supporting lost their support for “literally lying” about global warming, following a move by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ MSFT) in August to pull the plug on funding. Exit from ALEC also reveals attempts by tech giants to oppose U.S. government spying on citizens without a warrant….
