November 4, 2015 Google wants to turn your home's walls into screens Right now, staring at the walls is synonymous with boredom, but what if technology could transform them into more than just load-bearing structures?
November 4, 2015 Google gets patent for bizarre odor-obliterating wearable Google’s latest patent has a wonderful whiff of intrigue about it, and will certainly give hope to those with chronic body odor, as well as relief to those with a keen sense of smell.
November 4, 2015 Top 7 video games of 2014 The holidays should be all about fun and games. Fortunately, you can find both as gifts - and for a modest investment.
November 4, 2015 Google’s rough time in Europe continues with closure of Google News Spain Google's rough year in Europe continues. The Web giant said Wednesday it's been forced to shutter its Google News operation in Spain following the government's decision to introduce a new law forcing it to pay a licensing fee for story links.
November 4, 2015 After Google, Bing and Yahoo now scrubbing links from search Bing and Yahoo search engines have started removing links to some websites following the EU's right-to-be-forgotten ruling back in May, a development that'll make it that little bit harder for Web users to discover particular sites. The post Right to be forgotten: After Google, Bing and Yahoo now scrubbing links from search appeared first on Digital Trends.
November 4, 2015 European Union votes in favor of splitting Google into smaller companies Lawmakers in Europe on Thursday voted to split Web giant Google into smaller companies in a bid to curb its burgeoning presence and power. However, the vote is non-binding and so Google will, for now at least, remain intact.
November 4, 2015 FBI quest for smartphone data will fuel privacy battle In the battle over how much access law enforcement should have to your smartphone, don’t expect the government to be outsmarted without a fight.
November 4, 2015 Google worker lived for 54 weeks in camper on company campus Imagine that it’s the end of a long day at work, but instead of heading home, you sleep in a camper parked in a company lot? Now imagine doing that for an entire year. That’s exactly what former Google employee Matthew Weaver did, spending 54 weeks between 2005 and 2006 in a vehicle surrounded by a white picket fence and astroturf in order to make it feel more like home, reports the BBC.
November 4, 2015 Google revises Internet search formula to prod other websites to strengthen their security Google is wielding the power of its dominant Internet search engine to push more websites into protecting the people using their services.
November 4, 2015 Google, Facebook, other tech firms push FCC for net neutrality These tech firms, and a bunch of others, are nudging the FCC with the hopes that they'll draft strong rules that favor an open Internet.