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House Of Lords Slams EU ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Ruling
European ruling on 'right to be forgotten' is unworkable, says House of Lords
Driverless Cars To Join British Roads Next Year
The AA thinks few motorists will be interested when driverless cars are allowed on public roads from next year
Google Faces Italian Deadline For User Data Policies
Google faces more drama in Italy after its regulator handed out a deadline to reform its data use policies
Google Grows Profits And Sales As Ad Values Decline
Google reveals strong financials as revenues rise 22 percent, but analysts still expected better
Google Will Hand £3.2 Million To UK Charities
Malaria, homelessness and divorce disputes come under attack from the winners of Google's Impact Challenge awards
Google Says It Has No ‘Serious’ Plans To Bring Fibre To The UK
Google fibre won't be coming to the UK any time soon
Search Warrant For GMail User’s Emails Sparks Privacy Worries
Privacy concerns raised after US judge grants a warrant against Google to seize an individual's Gmail emails
Google Announces Project Zero To Hunt Bugs Across The Net
The project will employ security experts to search for ‘zero-day’ exploits in popular software
Google Partners Novartis For ‘Smart’ Contact Lenses
Google teams up with Swiss drugmaker Novartis to develop smart contact lenses to help diabetics
Amazon Hires Google Glass Founder Babak Parviz
Amazon signals its growing hardware intentions by hiring the founder of the Google Glass project
Google’s Nest Establishes Yet Another IoT Standards Group
The Thread Group, which promotes the eponymous standard, already includes ARM, Samsung and Freescale
Russia Wants Domestic Alternatives To Replace Foreign Tech
Some government oprganisations ban Google services, while the procurement process changes to favour Russian companies
Google Disruption Resumes In China After Brief Respite
The Great Firewall of China is back up and blocking Google access after a brief pause for Chinese users
Samsung Relaunches Its Android App Store As Galaxy Apps
Samsung Galaxy Apps offers optimised and exclusive apps for Galaxy devices
IBM, Microsoft And Red Hat Back Google Kubernetes Container Project
Big players commit to Google's Kubernetes scheme for open source container management, taking virtualisation up a level
Google, SAP And Friends Unite Against Patent Trolls
Some of the world’s largest patent holders say they have invented ‘arms control for the patent world’
Google’s BBC Blog Search Block Spreads Confusion
Google has applied the "right to be forgotten" to searches for a BBC blog - amid rising criticism
Google Gives Away 100 ‘Project Ara’ Modular Smartphones
The Do-It-Yourself mobile device platform is expected to launch by March 2015
Google Search Suffers Short Outage
Someone typed "Google" into Google apparently
UK Cinema Trade Group Bans Google Glass
The Cinema Exhibitors' Association, representing more than 90 percent of British cinemas, said it will ban Glass from auditoriums
Google To Shutter Orkut Social Network
Launched in 2004, the same year as Facebook, Orkut only caught on in Brazil and India
Google’s Project Tango To Appear In Consumer Tech In 2015
LG will make the first consumer mobile device capable of modelling its environment in 3D
Google Introduces Android Auto – A Platform That Makes Cars Smart
The company gets ready to fight Apple on a brand new battlefield
Google Drive Tweaked As Docs Gains MS Office Support
Google Drive updated for businesses, and Docs gets the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents
Google Establishes Android One Programme For Affordable Smartphones
Android One aims to help manufacturers create affordable smartphones for emerging markets as Google takes on Microsoft and Mozilla
Google Announces First Android Wear Smartwatches
LG’s G Watch and Samsung’s Gear Live will ship next month, while Moto 360 is expected by the end of the summer
Android L To Boast New Interface And Samsung Knox Integration
Developer preview of Android L is released as Google seeks to expand reach of its mobile operating system
Google Glass Goes On Sale In The UK
The Google Glass devices have launched in Britain with improved battery life and locally tuned voice recognition
Google’s Nest Opens API To Control Home Devices
Google extends Nest with a developer programme for third party devices