'Made by Google' joins fall tech event fray on October 6
Google has announced the date for its Pixel-centric "Made by Google" event, joining Microsoft and presumably also Apple with fall product releases.
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Andrew Orr
Gmail will let politicians beat spam filters
Google is launching a trial that will see Gmail users getting more emails from election candidates whether they are wanted or not.
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William Gallagher
Tim Cook made it clear that Apple won't adopt RCS any time soon
Tim Cook has responded about why Apple hasn't adopted RCS messaging, claiming it isn't of interest to Apple users — and urging people to buy iPhones.
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Big tech antitrust bill in danger after lobbyist spending spree
Apple, Google, and others have spent $95 million lobbying against a bill that would prevent them from favoring their own services, and between that and the schedule, a vote seems unlikely.
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Google tracks 39 types of personal data, Apple tracks 12
New research claims that of five major Big Tech firms, Google tracks more private data about users than any other — and Apple tracks the least.
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Australia fines Google $40 million over location tracking on Android
The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has levied a $40 million fine on Google, after the Big Tech firm was found to have misled Android users over location tracking.
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DOJ gearing up to sue Google over digital ad market dominance
The Department of Justice is reportedly preparing to sue Google over concerns that the company illegally controls the online advertising market.
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Amber Neely
Android amps up campaign to push Apple into adopting RCS
Android has launched a new website highlighting some of the challenges in interoperability between Android and iOS — and has urged Apple to adopt RCS to address it.
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Mike Peterson
If you're having problems with Google search, you're not alone
A fire at a Google data center in Iowa may have caused issues for Google and the Internet as a whole, with the tech giant encountering longer than usual search times and other issues starting late on Monday night, and carrying forward to Tuesday morning.
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Malcolm Owen
