Technology
Saturday, March 10th, 2012

By Leslie Horn, PCMag.com Despite mounting concerns about privacy following the recent consolidation of about 70 or so policies, Google is far and away the dominant search engine. As a part of its Internet and American Life Project, Pew on Friday released a report about search engines, putting Google at the top of the heap, [...]
Technology
Friday, February 24th, 2012

An Obama administration Internet privacy initiative marks the best chance for setting U.S. standards to shield personal information in the absence of Congressional legislation, consumer groups and lawyers said.
Technology
Friday, February 3rd, 2012

Google Inc. (GOOG), whose chairman has served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, is a sponsor of this month’s Conservative Political Action Conference, co-hosted by the Tea Party.
Technology
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Google has quietly announced changes to its Blogger free-blogging platform that will enable the blocking of content only in countries where censorship is required.
Technology
Friday, January 27th, 2012

Google today dismissed concerns by a former senior federal IT official that the company’s controversial new privacy policy would create problems for customers of Google Apps for Government (GAFG).
Technology
Friday, December 30th, 2011

It was Google co-founder Sergey Brin who warned that the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act “would put us on a par with the most oppressive nations in the world.”
Breaking News, Technology
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

By Gautham Nagesh , The Hill Google, Facebook and other technology companies are aligning with the Tea Party to defeat copyright legislation championed by movie studios and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Tech companies are seen as the underdog in the lobbying battle over the Stop Online Piracy Act, which would allow the government or [...]
Privacy Rights
Sunday, October 30th, 2011

By Juan Carlos Perez, IDG News Google’s work to integrate its Google+ social networking site broadly with its other services could raise red flags for users who want to closely guard their privacy. Google wants Google+ to be more than a stand-alone social network. It envisions Google+ integrating with most, maybe all, of its Web [...]
Taxes
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

The US Internal Revenue Service is auditing how Google avoided federal income taxes by shifting profit into offshore subsidiaries, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Taxes
Friday, September 30th, 2011

By Richard Rubin and Jesse Drucker, Bloomberg.com As a coalition led by Apple Inc. (AAPL), Google Inc. (GOOG), and Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) presses for a tax holiday on more than $1 trillion in offshore profits, it is turning to a well-positioned lobbyist: Jeffrey Forbes, once chief of staff to Max Baucus, chairman of the [...]