Google stories - Page 45
The BIG question: Is tech making us all dumb?
Fri, 26th Aug 2016
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social media
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opinion
Are we entering an age of idiocracy? Is technology making us stupid? These questions are being raised as online culture continues to evolve.
ESET discovers fake Prisma apps full of trojans
Mon, 8th Aug 2016
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malware
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cybersecurity
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google
ESET researchers reported fake versions of photo transformation app Prisma on Google Play, just ahead of the official app's launch last month.
Sharing is caring with Google + Facebook's open rack standard
Mon, 8th Aug 2016
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facebook
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open rack v2.0
Google and Facebook have just announced they'll share a proposed new Open Rack Standard with 48-volt power architecture.
Could Verizon be gunning for both Google and Facebook?
Tue, 2nd Aug 2016
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facebook
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verizon
AOL and Yahoo join forces in a US$4.8bn deal, their last chance to compete with Google and Facebook in the digital media market.
In depth analysis of AWS, Azure and Google IaaS: Who came out on top?
Thu, 21st Jul 2016
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devops
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hyperscale
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public cloud
Gartner's latest IaaS review reveals AWS leading, with Azure close behind, but Google trails in cloud service race.
Fake apps on Google Play tricked users into paying
Mon, 18th Jul 2016
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malware
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cybersecurity
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google
Many malicious developers try to trick users into downloading their apps by creating the illusion of a useful application.
Google NZ takes financial hit as local Loon benefits end
Mon, 11th Jul 2016
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uc
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project loon
Google New Zealand has reported a loss in its latest financial results. And just how much tax did the global giant pay locally?.
Chrome OS is five years old and ready to leave kindergarten
Tue, 5th Jul 2016
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chrome
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chrome os
Accounting for more than half of all devices sold in US classrooms, the time has come for Chrome OS to prove its worth in the workplace and the home.
Apple, Google, and Facebook stake claims for bigger piece of communications services pie
Thu, 23rd Jun 2016
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software development
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google
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apple
Apple, Google and Facebook are all vying to strengthen their communications capabilities through messaging apps and integration.
Google data centers receive makeovers
Wed, 18th May 2016
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google
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it infrastructure
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partners
Google aims to spruce up its data centers with murals by artists to draw attention to how information in the cloud works.
Google suffers minor breach when third-party vendor accidentally exposes employee information
Mon, 16th May 2016
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data protection
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breach prevention
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cybersecurity
Google is one of the latest victims of a minor security breach after confidential information about Google Employees was sent to an outside business.
AWS leaves cloud infrastructure services competitors in its wake
Wed, 4th May 2016
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hyperscale
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public cloud
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iaas
AWS continued to dominate the cloud infrastructure services market Q1 of 2016, leaving all its followers including Microsoft and Google in its wake.
The secret to digital success? Don't get caught
Tue, 19th Apr 2016
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youtube
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uber
The ability to work in the grey areas of regulations is key to the success of organizations in a digital world, according to a colleague.
BREAKING: Google using x-ray vision to see inside your home
Fri, 1st Apr 2016
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data privacy
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google
Privacy uproar as Google's latest tech allegedly peeks into homes, sparking widespread concern over x-ray-like street views.
Behind the scenes - and 360 - at Google's Dalles data center
Tue, 29th Mar 2016
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hyperscale
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dc
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google
Google has opened the - virtual - doors to its Dalles, Oregon data center, with a youTube 360 video taking viewers behind usually closed doors.
Google joins Open Compute Project with 48V rack design
Tue, 15th Mar 2016
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google
Google spurs data centre innovation, joining Facebook's Open Compute Project to share its 48V rack design aimed at energy efficiency.
Spotify ditches its data centers for Google cloud
Mon, 29th Feb 2016
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storage
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datacentre infrastructure
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digital entertainment
Spotify is shifting from using its own data centers to Google's Cloud Platform, saying cloud is now as high quality as traditional offerings.
Google: shielding the world's news from digital attacks
Fri, 26th Feb 2016
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ddos
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google
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gsa
Google expands Project Shield to protect online news outlets from cyber criminals and DDoS attacks, says company blog post.
Why the Government needs to leave Apple and Google encryption alone
Mon, 22nd Feb 2016
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encryption
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google
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apple
It doesn't make any sense to put so much pressure on Apple or Google when in the end, they don't control all the keys to the kingdom.
New app encrypts your data on Google Drive
Thu, 11th Feb 2016
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encryption
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cybersecurity
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google
While numerous methods already exist to encrypt data, Syncdocs is the first solution to provide fully automatic end-to-end encryption for Google Drive.