Confidential US FTC report found Google anticompetitive tactics: Report

Last Updated: Friday, March 20, 2015, 09:17

Key staff members at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission were in favor of suing Google Inc for violating antitrust rules before the agency settled its investigation in 2013, according a confidential report cited by the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.

Google to rank websites based on facts not links

Last Updated: Monday, March 2, 2015, 14:01

Google plans to rank websites on its search engine based on factual accuracy, a move that will prevent sites full of misinformation from appearing first in search results.

Google likely to unveil new Chromebook Pixel soon

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 13:22

Google is reportedly preparing to unveil its new Chromebook Pixel.

Baidu revenue falls short of estimates as customers go mobile

Last Updated: Thursday, February 12, 2015, 08:39

Mobile revenue represented 42 percent of total revenue, up from 36 percent in the third quarter, Baidu said.

'Google to start selling auto insurance in the US'

Last Updated: Friday, January 9, 2015, 05:31

The search giant is planning soon to pilot its new Google Compare auto insurance comparison shopping site, wrote Forrester analyst Ellen Carney in a note.

Bad code update triggered Yahoo, Bing search crash: Source

Last Updated: Saturday, January 3, 2015, 04:14

Yahoo Inc and Microsoft Corp search engines temporarily went dark on Friday after Microsoft pushed out a bad code update and then struggled to roll it back, a person briefed on the outages told a news agency.

Google aiming to go straight into car with next Android

Last Updated: Friday, December 19, 2014, 08:16

Google Inc is laying the groundwork for a version of Android that would be built directly into cars, sources said, allowing drivers to enjoy all the benefits of the Internet without even plugging in their smartphones.

Microsoft's Bing has already predicted top winners of 2015

Last Updated: Thursday, December 18, 2014, 14:53

Microsoft's search engine Bing has predicted which people, products and trends will win in 2015.

China's Baidu invests in controversial taxi app Uber

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 19:33

Chinese search engine Baidu, the country's equivalent of Google, announced Wednesday it has bought a stake in Uber for an undisclosed sum, as the controversial US web-based taxi app seeks to expand into an already crowded market.

Forced to pay for content, Google News closes in Spain

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 16, 2014, 17:25

US giant Google on Tuesday went ahead with a vow to shut down its popular online news service Google News in Spain in protest at a new law which would make it pay for content.