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Google buys online retail tracker Channel Intelligence for $125 million
Google said Wednesday it is buying online retail tracker Channel Intelligence for $125 million, as the Internet giant expands its retail footprint. Google signed an agreement with ICG Group to acquire its Channel Intelligence unit in a deal expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2013, Google and…
Online search ads expose racial bias: study
Ads pegged to Google search results can be racially biased because of how certain names are associated with blacks or whites, according to a new study. Harvard University professor Latanya Sweeney found “statistically significant discrimination” when comparing ads served with results from online searches made using names associated with blacks…
Hacking incidents ignite fears over China
A series of brazen cyberattacks on America’s most high-profile media outlets has revived concerns over Chinese hackers, who analysts say are likely linked to the secretive Beijing government. The attacks, part of a string of incidents traced back to Chinese servers associated with previous intrusions, underscore an urgent need for…
Google agrees to pay French news sites for content
Google and France signed Friday a groundbreaking agreement that will see the US Internet search giant compensate French news websites for linking to their content. “France is proud to have reached this agreement with Google, the first of its kind in the world,” the French president’s office said on Twitter…
Google launches global science fair
Google on Wednesday launched a global science fair by inviting students around the world to present ideas that could change the world and perhaps become the next Ada Lovelace. Lovelace was a teenager in the early 1800s when she became fascinated with math and went on to write what is…
Google: Online maps boosts economic engines of nations
Fresh from unveiling detailed online maps of North Korea, Google on Wednesday touted studies showing that Internet Age navigation tools boost the economic engines of nations. The global “geospatial industry” brings in $270 billion in annual revenue and companies in the sector pay more than $90 billion in wages each…
Google faces legal action over alleged secret iPhone tracking
Google is facing a fresh privacy battle in the UK over its alleged secret tracking of the internet habits of millions of iPhone users. An estimated 10 million Britons could have grounds to launch a privacy claim over the way Google circumvented Apple’s security settings on the iPhone, iPad and…
Google reports ‘steady increase’ in gov’t requests for user data
Google on Wednesday reported a “steady increase” in government requests to hand over data from Internet users in the second half of 2012. The Web giant’s semiannual “transparency report” showed the most requests came from the the United States, with 8,438 requests for information about 14,868 users. India was second…
Mozilla unveils two smartphone prototypes
The Mozilla Foundation on Tuesday unveiled two preview smartphones as it invited developers to try its new open-source mobile operating system challenging Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. The announcement marked a major step forward for the new Firefox OS mobile operating system which is being built using open Web standards,…
Google denies its Street View car ran over a donkey
Google on Wednesday moved to reassure users that no animals were harmed in the making of its popular maps after a street view picture surfaced of a donkey lying on the side of a road. The message put out Wednesday by the Internet giant was prompted by reaction to the…
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