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Google delays plan to phase out browser-tracking 'cookies'

By AFP

The phasing out of third-party cookies -- bits of software that keep track of sites visited by users -- will be pushed back into mid-2023 instead of late 2022...

  • FILE: The regulator added it would require Google to make Enel X's app available on Android Auto, which mirrors features of an Android device, such as a smartphone, on a car dashboard screen. Picture: 123rf.com

    Italy fines Google 100 mn euros for abuse of market position

    The authority said Google, whose Android operating system and Google Play app store dominate the Italian market, had abused its market position by blocking an Enel X app for users of electric vehicles.

    454 days ago
  • Google headquarters in California. Picture: AFP.

    Google offers facilities for US vaccination sites

    Chief executive Sundar Pichai made the announcement as part of a $150 million initiative to promote vaccine education and equitable access.

    562 days ago
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    Google loses appeal against 50 mln euro fine France

    The fine was imposed in 2019 by France's data watchdog, the CNIL when it found at the time that Google made it too difficult for users to understand and manage preferences on how their personal information is used.

    781 days ago
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    Google launches coronavirus website in the United States

    Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in a blog post last Sunday that the search giant was partnering with the US government to create a website by 16 March.

    872 days ago
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    Google restricts visits to curb coronavirus risk

    Google was already among technology companies including Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon that have given employees the option of working from home instead of going to the office.

    883 days ago
  • FILE: Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks on-stage during a product launch event at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California on 10 September 2019. Picture: AFP

    Apple unveils revamped map app to challenge Google

    Apple spent years rebuilding the application, its cars travelling millions of miles to map roads after a version launched in 2012 was so problematic it prompted a rare public apology from chief executive Tim Cook.

    922 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    US government staff told to treat Huawei as blacklisted

    In May, the company was added to the so-called Entity List, which bans American firms from selling to it without special permission, as punishment for actions against US national security interests.

    1134 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    Huawei delays global launch of foldable phone by three months

    Alphabet Inc’s Google has earlier said it would no longer provide Android software for Huawei phones after a 90-day reprieve granted by the US government expires in August.

    1152 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    Google flags US national security risks from Huawei ban - FT

    Google’s move comes as the world’s two top economies ratchet up tariffs in a battle over what US officials call China’s unfair trade practices.

    1160 days ago
  • Google headquarters in California. Picture: AFP.

    US Justice Department prepares Google antitrust probe – sources

    One source said the potential investigation, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, focused on accusations that Google gave preference to its own businesses in searches.

    1166 days ago
  • China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. Picture: Facebook.

    Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist – source

    The extent to which Huawei will be hurt by the US government’s blacklist is not yet known as its global supply chain assesses the impact.

    1178 days ago
  • A general view of Wing delivery drone. Picture: @theteamatx/Facebook.com

    Google drone deliveries cleared for take-off in Australia

    Drone company ‘Wing’ - an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet - has been trialling deliveries for the last 18 months but will now be able to go ahead full time.

    1219 days ago
  • FILE: Isis claims the shooters behind Wednesday's deadly attack in California were supporters of the terrorist group. Picture: Screengrab/CNN.

    San Bernardino shooting lawsuits against Facebook, Google & Twitter dismissed

    US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said the attack was not the direct result of the companies’ alleged providing of resources to Islamic State.

    1316 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    Trump accuses Facebook, Twitter, Google of Democrat bias

    Donald Trump is a regular critic of social media and accused Twitter as recently as October of stifling the growth of his account by making it harder for users to follow him.

    1331 days ago
  • FILE: The Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphones showcased at a domestic launch of Samsung Electronics' latest flagship smartphone in Seoul on 13 April 2017. Picture: AFP.

    After conquering the world, smartphone faces uncertain future

    But some analysts contend that something entirely different may supplant the smartphone.

    1366 days ago
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    Google touts progress in fight against piracy

    Google boasted that it has been generating more money for those who create or own digital content while strengthening its arsenal and efforts to fight piracy.

    1372 days ago
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    Google workers walk out to protest office harassment, inequality

    The dissatisfaction among Alphabet’s 94,000 employees and tens of thousands more contractors has not noticeably affected company shares.

    1378 days ago
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    Google challenges record $5bn EU antitrust fine

    The European Commission in its July decision said Google had abused its market dominance since 2011.

    1400 days ago
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