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Microsoft Blasts Google Over iPhone Tracking, Touts IE9

With Google acknowledging that it utilised features in its services to bypass Apple’s built-in security measures in its Safari mobile browser to track users, Microsoft has taken the opportunity to…

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Google Wins 32 Typo-Squatted Domain Names

A small but noteworthy victory for Google as it has won 32 typo-squatted domain names, including Gougle.com, Go0gle.com, Googole.com, Goolgle.com and Googer.com. Probably best to avoid visiting those, btw. The…

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Report: Google Tracked Safari Web Users

The ongoing tech privacy debate, which began when Path was exposed for accessing user data without permission, took a new twist after Google, and a number if advertising firms, were…

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How To Keep Your Email Inbox Empty

Over the last month or so I’ve had a pretty effective system in place that has proven to work brilliantly at ensuring my inbox remains clear all day. The system…

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Google Drive Screenshot and Logo Make an Appearance

Early last week, we reported that Google was getting close to launching its Google Drive cloud storage product. Now, further evidence of it has appeared, including a screenshot and logo…

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Promote Your Google+ Profile on YouTube

YouTube, the number two product Google has in its arsenal is about to get more social sprinkled into it by way of Google+. The video site announced today that users…

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Android 5.0 'Jelly Bean' to Launch by June 2012

Before Ice Cream Sandwich has managed to reach more than 1% of Android devices, reports are suggesting that its successor, Android 5.0 ‘Jelly Bean’, could launch as soon as June….

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Google Awaits Chinese Approval of Motorola Deal

This week has seen Google gain approval in the US and Europe for its impending purchase of Motorola Mobility, the handset manufacturing side of Motorola’s business, however the company is…

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Google Has Gone Completely Social

Google recently announced and rolled out some changes to the Google Bar that follows you wherever you go while using its products. While it might not have seemed like a…

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Consumer Watchdog Wants Larry Page for Privacy Hearing

Two weeks after after EU bodies requested that Google “pause” the rolling out of its privacy policy updates, US not-for-profit organization Consumer Watchdog has written to the US House of…

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Gartner: Android Powered 50% of Smartphones in Q4

Despite selling more than 35 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, sales of Android handsets more than doubled those of the iPhone, as the Android platform grew to hold 50%…

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Prepaid Cards Buying Restored for Google Wallet

Google Wallet users are once again able to buy prepaid cards for the mobile payments service, after Google restored the functionality having temporarily barred the issuing of new cards following…

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Development: Google Wallet Security Flaw Affects all Devices

Look out, it isn’t safe for Google Wallet just yet. The folks at website categorisation firm zvelo, which identified issues with the payment system last week, are back again to point out that Google…

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Forget Zynga: the Key for Vostu Layoffs Could Be Orkut

One day after the rumor first emerged, the social gaming company Vostu has confirmed in a press release that layoffs are in the plans. While the startup didn’t announce how…

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Google+ Userbase is Two-Thirds Male

With all of the talk about how Pinterest usage is skewed towards women, Google+ is apparently dominated by men as more than two-thirds of its 90M members are guys. This…