Tag: Google
France fines Google $270 million
France has fined search engine giant Google $270 million for abusing its market power in the online advertising industry.
G7 nations reach deal on taxing Google, Amazon, Facebook, others
Tech giants and multinational companies such as Amazon, Google, Facebook will no longer be able to shift profits to low-tax…
Google cancels 2021 April Fool’s Day
Google Inc on Thursday cancelled April Fool's Day for the second time in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sinach, Google present Easter concert on YouTube
Nigerian singer/songwriter, Sinach, partners with Google over a 60-minute concert, 'A Celebration of Joy,’ to be streamed live stream on…
Ex-Google staff, Dave Girouard becomes billionaire in 24 Hours
Forbes has announced Upstart Holdings's co-founder and CEO, Dave Girouard who is also an ex-Google employee, as the latest tech…
Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
Australia’s parliament passed a law on Thursday to make Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook Inc pay media companies for content…
Google to boost online safety in Nigeria
Google has announced a number of initiatives across Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, bolstering its continued efforts to keep children,…
2 Google engineers quit over sacking of AI researcher Timnit Gebru
An engineering director and a software developer have quit Alphabet Inc’s Google over the dismissal of AI researcher Timnit Gebru,…
Google threatens to halt search engine from Australia
Google on Friday threatened to pull its search engine from Australia over a proposed media code that would require the…
Australia moves to make Facebook, Google pay news media for content
Australia, in a world first, finalised plans on Tuesday to make Facebook Inc and Google pay its media outlets for…
Turkey fines Google $25m for online advertising abuse
Turkey’s competition authority on Friday fined Google 196.7 million lira (25.54 million dollars) for abusing its dominant position in the…
Read what Google said about #EndSARS protest
Global Organization of Oriented Group Language of Earth (GOOGLE) has also shown support for the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria as…
Smart TVs market: Google faces new antitrust case in India
Alphabet Inc’s Google is facing a new antitrust case in India in which the U.S. tech giant is alleged to…
Facebook, Twitter, Google CEOs to testify before U.S. Senate committee
The chief executives of Facebook, Twitter and Google have agreed to voluntarily testify at a hearing before the Senate Commerce…
Food, Abba Kyari dominate Google search in Nigeria
Google on Monday, said the trending search term on Google Nigeria over the past 30 days had been ‘how to…