CNN chief Jeff Zucker wants regulators to probe Google, Facebook monopolies
27 Feb 2018
The CNN chief is not alone in expressing displeasure with Google and Facebook; Rupert Murdoch recently suggested the two companies pay a carriage fee similar to the model adopted by cable companies
If you want in-depth information, don’t ‘just Google it’
26 Feb 2018
When we need information on any topic, our natural tendency is to ‘just Google it’. But Google’s algorithms are designed in a way that limits one’s choices. The best information is often hidden in the deep web, says Manoj Agarwal, who has worked with Yahoo Search and XoXoday
Sacked Google worker files discrimination, harassment case
22 Feb 2018
The sacking of Tim Chevalier allegedly for speaking out against discrimination has left some employees wondering if the company’s HR system is being gamed by staffers who want to stamp out diversity initiatives
You might be paying too much for ads on Google, Bing
22 Feb 2018
Before you dish out money to bid for a top-ranked ad position on a search engine, you may want to pause and make sure it's actually going to pay off, caution Chang Hee Park, assistant professor of marketing and Manoj Agarwal, professor of Marketing, Binghamton University
Google to soon mark all HTTP sites as non-secure
10 Feb 2018
CCI slaps Rs136-cr fine on Google for search manipulation
09 Feb 2018
A CCI investigation has found that Google's dominance in the algorithmic search market leads to its status as an unavoidable partner in the search advertisement partners
Google buys Chelsea Market building for $2 bn
07 Feb 2018
CEO Sundar Pichai says he has no regrets over firing James Damore, for criticising Google's diversity policy
22 Jan 2018
Google’s Gbikes are routinely ‘stolen’; locals see it as CSR service
08 Jan 2018
Google has an unexpected problem: between 100 and 250 company bicycles are stolen from Google’s Mountain View, California campus every week, out of a fleet of around 1,100 so-called Gbikes
Google’s Project Loon balloon crashes in Kenya
02 Jan 2018
‘Adult supervision no longer needed’: Eric Schmidt to step aside at Alphabet
22 Dec 2017
Eric Schmidt, a long-serving Google executive, will step down as executive chairman of Google’s parent company Alphabet in January, the company announced on Thursday
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