Super private Android Q could do a lot better
Still tracks you and sells your soul to advertisers
The upcoming version of the Android operating system is supposed to take a strong focus on privacy, but the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) believes it could still do better.
Facebook and Google monitoring porn use
Data leak detected
Researchers at Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pennsylvania who had nothing better to do looked at 22,484 porn sites and found that 93 per cent of them were leaking data to a third party.
Google suspends email alerts
Broke NZ court suppression
Google has suspended an email alerting system in New Zealand after the government told it to stop being evil and messing up a murder case.
India investigates Google
Playing monoply
Google appears to have misused its dominant position in India and reduced the ability of device manufacturers to opt for alternate versions of its Android mobile operating system.
Western spooks hacked the Russian Google
For the LOLs
Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018 deploying malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts.
Google gives up on tablets
It turns out they are pretty pointless
Search engine Google has finally admitted that tablets are pretty pointless and has given up making them.
Google takes over RCS
Can’t wait for telcos
Google has taken over the rollout of RCS, the replacement for SMS texting, after giving up on waiting for the telcos to roll it out.
Huawei seeks to populate its own app store
Inviting Play Store developers to sign up
Huawei is inviting Google Play Store developers to publish their apps on its own AppGallery app store after Google locked Huawei out of its Android updates.
Google buys Looker
Regulators? who cares about regulators and privacy watchdogs
Search engine outfit Google has agreed to buy Looker, a business intelligence platform, for $2.6 billion in cash to bolster its cloud computing division by providing customers with more powerful data analytics.
Google reveals Stadia price and more details
Launching in November for $9.99 a month
At its first Stadia Connect online stream, Google has revealed full details regarding its online gaming streaming service, including the $9.99 price, November launch date, 30+ games, and plenty of other details.