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Google has broken European antitrust laws and as a result could be fined up to 10 per cent of its annual earnings, the European Commission has said. The search giant is accused of abusing its dominant position in the markets for general internet search services [in the EEA] by systematically …
Read More »Postal dev disputes rejection of Google Play port
“Postal was rejected due to gratuitous violence, yet they sell the entire GTA series”
Read More »YouTube to launch live streaming eSports drive, report claims
The world’s biggest online video provider has set its set on the live streaming video market, with eSports to be a central thrust. The Daily Dot reports that following its failed attempt to acquire Twitch last year (and Amazon’s success) YouTube owner Google is on the hunt for content and …
Read More »Marmalade demonstrating Google Cast extension at GDC
Cross-platform tools firm invites devs to visit its booth at San Francisco expo
Read More »Countdown to GDC 2015: Four developer days worth looking into
Major event in San Francisco is just one month away
Read More »Microsoft criticises Google for outing Windows vulnerability prior to fix
Google has prioritised the calling out of a rival over the digital security of its customers, Microsoft has claimed. The search giant has chosen to publicise details of a security vulnerability to Windows 8.1 two days ahead of the release of a patch that it knew was incoming and despite …
Read More »Flappy Bird more than doubles Destiny’s peak searches in 2014
Google’s 2014 search data analysis has crowned cult smartphone hit Flappy Bird and the internet’s king of gaming in 2014. Overall Flappy Bird was the year’s most searched game followed by online Threes clone 2048, FIFA 15, Destiny and Titanfall. Flappy Bird searches peaked on February 9th while Destiny enjoyed …
Read More »EU calls for Google to sever ties between search and ad business
The close relationship between Google’s advertising and search businesses must be broken, the European Parliament has ruled. The body first revealed plans for the "unbundling of search engines from other commercial services" last week but has now approved the proposal. It wishes to ensure "competitive conditions within the digital single …
Read More »Google introduces a subscription service to rid the internet of advertising
So web ads annoy you? Do they annoy you enough to make you cough up a subscription to use the internet? Google has unveiled a new service called ‘Contributor by Google’. There’s little in the way of actual information, although the service’s website asks: Today’s Internet is mostly funded by …
Read More »Firefox drops Google as default search engine
Mozilla has struck a deal with Yahoo to make the latter Firefox’s default search engine on desktop and mobile. This means Yahoo will replace Google, which has been the Firefox default for a decade. In conjunction with the announcement, Yahoo has said that it will roll out new search functions …
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