gle Leaked billboard mock-ups reveal Google's budget-focused Pixel 4a will retail at $399 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 21:31:49 GMT The Pixel 4A will debut at $399 which is on par with the tech giant's previous budget offering, the Pixel 3A according to leaked renders of billboard ads for the Google-made device posted by Evan Blass. Full Article
gle Boris Johnson risks Trump's wrath with 2% 'tech tax' targeting Google, Amazon and Facebook By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:26:35 GMT The Digital Sales Tax will affect search engines, social media services and online marketplaces which 'derive value from UK users'. Full Article
gle Google is NOT building the COVID-19 testing website Trump promised By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 07:15:31 GMT A website that is very different to the one described at Trump's Friday press conference at the White House is being built by Verily, a healthcare tech company also owned by Alphabet. Full Article
gle Ministers launch a crackdown on Google, Facebook and Amazon to curb dominance online By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:20:01 GMT Ministers have launched a crackdown on Google, Facebook and Amazon to curb the US technology giants' dominance online. Plans will be drawn up over six months in a drive to boost competition. Full Article
gle Architect, 41, struck off for fake one-star Google reviews of companies run by rivals and exes By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 11:11:25 GMT Andrew Guy, 41, from Hampshire, was struck off by the Architects Registration Board after he targeted eight firms with negative reviews, including two run by women he had dated. Full Article
gle Coronavirus US: Google website to provide advice on COVID-19 By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 18:01:51 GMT The US president said at a press conference on Friday the website would let people 'self-screen' to determine whether they need to tested for COVID-19. Full Article
gle Google delays launch of its US coronavirus self-screening website until later this week By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:27:43 GMT Supposed to launch yesterday, the site - a collaboration with the US government - is intended to act as a COVID-19 resource hub with general and local information. Full Article
gle Google's website offering coronavirus test appointments filled up in one day By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:34:48 GMT Verily, Google's sister company, which was helping Americans living in the San Francisco Bay Area book appointments to get tested for coronavirus reached capacity one day after launching. Full Article
gle Former star Google engineer faces up to ten years in jail By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 12:42:32 GMT A former Google engineer charged with stealing trade secrets from its self-driving car program has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors, according to documents filed in a California court yesterday. Full Article
gle Google alerts users to call a doctor if they search for medical-related locations for coronavius By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:37:30 GMT Google has added an alert that encourages users to call a doctor when the search for medical locations or search topics about coronavirus in order to help limit the spread of the virus. Full Article
gle Google cancels I/O conference, including online event, amid coronavirus pandemic By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 02:01:31 GMT The tech giant announced that its annual I/O conference, its biggest event of the year, won't be taking place 'in any capacity this year' after cancelling an in-person conference. Full Article
gle Google to provide location data to the UK government By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:16:15 GMT Google is reportedly working with the UK government to provide anonymised location data to help identify the parts of the country where social distancing measures aren't being adhered to. Full Article
gle US government is 'in talks with Facebook and Google' to track coronavirus By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:51:36 GMT The US government wants to see if private-sector companies could compile the data in a way that would allow them to map the spread of the deadly virus. Full Article
gle Google launches 'SOS Alert' for coronavirus in search results By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:20:11 GMT Google has launched an SOS Alert for the coronavirus that makes information about the virus from the World Health Organisation easily accessible at the top of search results. Full Article
gle Google cancels its yearly tradition of posting an April Fools' Day joke By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 17:23:18 GMT Google is skipping its tradition of designing an April Fools' Day joke on its front page during the COVID-19 pandemic, out of respect for people working to help curb the spread of the disease. Full Article
gle Google searches for 'universal credit', and 'furlough' soar in Britain By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 17:46:32 GMT Britons have been using Google to look up the Government's guidance on helping firms with furloughed workers to keep them employed but without working. Full Article
gle Engineer who stole Google secrets wants Uber to pay legal fees By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 18:35:24 GMT Anthony Levandowski, 39, a pioneer in the field of driverless vehicles, claims that Uber reneged on an agreement to pay for his legal expenses after it convinced him to leave Google in 2016. Full Article
gle Google Maps app puts restaurants with delivery upfront so people know where to eat during lockdown By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 23:11:19 GMT According to 9to5Google, when users open up their Maps app they will now see shortcuts on the home screen that help them find restaurants that are relevant from a delivery standpoint. Full Article
gle Taiwan bans Zoom for any government use and recommends workers use Google or Microsoft instead By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:41:18 GMT The government of Taiwan has banned the popular video conferencing tool Zoom from being used for all official state business, and instead it recommends workers use Google or Microsoft. Full Article
gle Let them eat play! Google makes its video game streaming service Stadia free for two months By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 01:02:51 GMT Google will make its video game streaming service Stadia free for two months while many around the world are living under restrictive shutdown policies. Current subscribers are eligible. Full Article
gle Google unveils virtual braille keyboard that makes phones accessible without additional hardware By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 19:47:10 GMT Though hardware solutions allow those who are visually impaired to type on mobile devices, a virtual keyboard offers users a quick way to type without having connecting a physical keyboard. Full Article
gle Google CEO Sundar Pichai donates $1million to support families struggling in the coronavirus crisis By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 13:47:28 GMT The donations from Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google.org are going to GiveDirectly, a charity which provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area. Full Article
gle Google may be developing own processor for powering its line of Pixel phones and Chromebook laptops By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:28:30 GMT Google's development of a processor for Pixel phones and Chromebooks could materialize a chip as soon as early next year and could help the tech giant support on-board artificial intelligence. Full Article
gle Google maps show that Sydneysiders are flouting restrictions more than others By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 09:10:18 GMT Sydneysiders are not following social distancing measures as strictly as Melburnians, according to new data from Apple and Google. Full Article
gle Google blocks more than 18 MILLION coronavirus scam emails every day By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:33:40 GMT The US tech giant has more than billion users of its Gmail platform and has revealed it is currently blocking more than 100 million phishing emails a day. Full Article
gle Google and Facebook will be forced to pay media organisations for news content By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 17:28:52 GMT Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will on Monday announce a mandatory code on digital platforms to be finalised by July, bringing forward a November deadline. Full Article
gle 'Make Facebook and Google pay for UK media news content' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:24:25 GMT Ex-Culture Committee chair Damian Collins is urging the government to follow the example of Australia, where new rules are being brought in to help prop up publications amid coronavirus turmoil. Full Article
gle Increase in UK Google searches for home workouts, deliveries and recipes during coronavirus lockdown By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:39:32 GMT Investigators used the search engine marketing tools Google Trends and SEMrush to determine what UK internet users have been looking up in lockdown. Full Article
gle Oatlands tragedy victim Charbel Kassas found out his cousins had died on Google By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 02:16:07 GMT Charbel Kassas, 11, is talking and walking despite spending more than two months unconscious in Westmead Children's Hospital following the shocking crash in Sydney on February 1. Full Article
gle Google will notify people when it thinks their search results may not be a good match with a query By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:22:04 GMT Google will still allow users to scroll through the results and will sometimes provide 'alternative' searches that could not better results by re-tailoring language or using different terms. Full Article
gle Coronavirus app is 'less invasive than google maps' By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 04:24:59 GMT The app, due to be rolled out next week, will record the Bluetooth connections a phone makes with others to identify someone's contacts if they catch the virus. Full Article
gle Apple and Google promise to discontinue COVID-19 tracking following the pandemic By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 01:08:38 GMT The decision to disable tech supporting contact tracing apps designed to monitor the spread of COVID-19 be made on a geographic basis according to representatives. Full Article
gle These are the top 10 most Googled recipes during the coronavirus crisis By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 04:12:47 GMT People are most interested in learning how to bake banana bread and roll pizza dough from scratch in isolation during COVID-19, new data from search giant Google reveals. Full Article
gle Google searches for the coronavirus are FOUR TIMES higher than for the Super Bowl By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 18:36:53 GMT Google has been working tirelessly to combat the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus and found searches related to the pandemic are four times higher than the Super Bowl. Full Article
gle Google tells its employees they won't return to company office until at least June 1st By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 19:34:45 GMT Google has told its employees the company offices will remain closed until at least June 1st because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and when it does reopen it will likely be in stages. Full Article
gle Google makes its video conferencing service Meet free in a bid to unseat popular rivals like Zoom By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 21:34:05 GMT Meet was previously only available to customers who paid for Google's G Suite, but the service will be free without restrictions until Sept. 30 in a bid to challenge rivals like Zoom. Full Article
gle Google searches for 'how to do fractions' and 'what is an adverb' soar in Britain since lockdown By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 08:42:03 GMT After schools were closed in March and children were sent home, many pupils have been taught by their parents and taken to Google themselves to help with school work. Full Article
gle Developers see if coronavirus app can work with Apple-Google system By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:48:40 GMT NHS digital innovation arm NHSX has asked the London office of Swiss firm Zuhlke Engineering to develop and support the new coronavirus app which is on trial on the Isle of Wight. Full Article
gle Google mobility data shows people are flocking to parks during sunny weather By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:08:12 GMT At a coronavirus pandemic press briefing at Downing Street today, Medical Director for NHS England Professor Stephen Powis shared data showing the public's movements for the first time. Full Article
gle Photographer snaps downbeat commuters during their daily struggle to work By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 21:24:08 GMT Adam Gray spent eight months travelling the London Underground during the morning commute to capture the candid portraits, using nothing but his iPhone. Full Article
gle JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Banks not covering themselves in glory as we all struggle for survival By Published On :: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 10:53:40 +0100 Holding businesses to ransom through the imposition of onerous interest charges on emergency loans is despicable. As is leaving customers hanging on the phone for hours. Full Article
gle Woman tells how she was strangled SIX times by her boyfriend By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2019 14:24:22 GMT The woman, known as Sarah, was strangled by her then partner six times on five different occasions, including once when he attacked her in fury over a returned eBay sale. Stock image. Full Article
gle How Google, George Soros and eBay's founder fund Full Fact group By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 18:33:57 GMT Foundations set up by eBay creator Pierre Omidyar and left-wing investor George Soros (pictured) have also given six-figure sums to London-based Full Fact along with thousands of individuals. Full Article
gle Single mother reveals how she transformed her kitchen from drab to fabulous By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 07:58:54 GMT Victoria Robinson, 33, a part time Tesco worker from Hertfordshire, took to a Facebook group to share how she turned her drab kitchen into a modern space by swapping her handles and tiles. Full Article
gle Contraceptive pills are being sold on eBay as women struggle to access family planning services By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 07:17:06 GMT Sellers across Europe are advertising various brands of the birth control pill, emergency contraception, and even an IUD, also known as the coil, which is typically inserted by a specially trained doctor. Full Article
gle Google searches reveal American's concerns have shifted amid the coronavirus pandemic By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 18:45:35 GMT Google searches from April 2019 reveal Americans were interested in solving a Rubik's cube, but now people are searching for toilet paper and other necessities during the coronavirus. Full Article
gle Maddie Ziegler documents a day in her life during lockdown By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:30:42 GMT Maddie, 17, has given her fans a behind-the-scenes look at how she passes the time while in quarantine in her latest YouTube video. Full Article
gle Carole Baskin's missing ex-husband was 'strangled and thrown out of an airplane', his lawyer claims By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 20:43:01 GMT Don Lewis' former lawyer Joseph Fritz claims that his client was murdered and was likely lured to the airport over an aircraft deal, but was then strangled and thrown out of a plane. Full Article
gle Sia, 44, TWERKS in a Tiger King parody music video with Maddie Ziegler By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 13:18:18 GMT Australian singer Sia Furler showed off her wild side as she twerked along to a Tiger King-themed parody of Savage by Megan Thee Stallion. Full Article
gle Michelle Obama discusses her struggles as a young black woman in Netflix trailer By www.dailymail.co.uk Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 18:47:43 GMT Obama, 56, reflects on her upbringing and how it shaped her in the new trailer for her upcoming Netflix documentary 'Becoming.' Full Article