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US Google Employees Reportedly Raise $200,000 Strike Fund
US Google Employees Prepare To Strike! Since it was revealed that Google was working on a search engine catered towards the Chinese market, many of its employees have been very unhappy. Throughout the world, there have been a number of ‘walk-outs’ in protest including several resignations of senior staff members.…
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Google CEO To Testify At Congress Over China Search Engine
Google CEO To Testify At Congress Over China Search Engine It’s becoming more and more clear that the decision for Google to try and launch a Chinese version of their website is not going down very well. With their staff holding various protests, with various high-level members issuing an open…
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Senior Google Staff Publicly Criticise China Search Engine
Senior Google Staff Publicly Criticise Company For around 6 months now, we have known that Google has been quite keen to work on introducing a version of their search engine to China. To comply with their censorship regulations, this would clearly have to allow some searches while blocking others. It…
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Adult Website – RDR2 Creates 745% Extra ‘Wild West’ Searches
Adult Website – RDR2 Creates 745% Extra ‘Wild West’ Searches With Red Dead Redemption 2 launching last Friday, it’s very little surprise that it’s one of the hottest games around at the moment. With it trending across the board in terms of reviews and search engines though, it seems there…
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Google Doesn’t Answer Key Questions On China Search Engine
Google Doesn’t Answer Key Questions On China Search Engine It’s been known for quite some time now that Google is working on a search engine for China. The engine would, of course, have to be specifically designed to not only work but also encompass the rather strict censorship and regulation…
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Microsoft Investigates Racist Bing Search Engine Results
Microsoft Investigates Racist Bing Search Engine Results Ok. So I think it’s pretty fair to say that not many people use Bing. Despite Microsoft pushing us (rather hard) to use both it’s Edge Browser and Bing search engine, neither has found particular traction amongst the community. This is very likely…
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DuckDuckGo Reaches 30 Million Daily Search Milestone
DuckDuckGo Reaches 30 Million Daily Search Milestone The chances are that many of you will not have heard of the DuckDuckGo search engine. That’s no reflection of ignorance either as compared to Google, Yahoo or Baidu, they trail quite significantly in the numbers. It seems, however, that they are, at the…
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Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine
Google Decides To Appeal EU $5BN Fine Earlier this year, a European Commission hit Google with a $5BN fine. Yes, that’s five billion Dollars. Just so we’re clear! Why did they do this? Well, it was felt that the parent company (Alphabet) was deliberately breaching antitrust laws in regards to…
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Former Google Scientists Calls China Search Engine ‘Unethical’
Former Google Scientists Calls China Search Engine ‘Unethical’ It’s been well documented over the last few months that Google is working on a search engine release for China. As you might expect, with this releasing in China there is a significant amount of censorship as to what the search engine…
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Google Celebrates 20 Years By Looking To The Future
Google Celebrates 20 Years By Looking To The Future If you ever needed another reminder at exactly how old you are, then hearing that Google has just turned 20-years old might help! Yes, it all started from humble beginnings when an upstart search engine wanted to oust the near-total dominance…
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Google’s China Search Engine Links To Phone Numbers
Google has been working in conjunction with the Chinese government to provide a search engine that would be compatible in filtering out the content which is not allowed by the government. As you might be aware, China has rather strict rules regarding what is and isn’t allowed on their internet.…
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Google Employees Resigning Over China Search Engine
Google Employees Resigning Over China Search Engine Earlier this year, it was revealed that Google was looking to re-design their search engine. The re-design was to make it entirely compatible with China’s exceptionally strict (and heavily censored) internet. It was a move, however, that did not go down well with…
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Donald Trump Issues Warning To Google Over Search Results
Donald Trump Issues Warning To Google Over Search Results Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is certainly a figure that demands attention. Well, he is the US President after all. During his campaign and since he has made it very clear that he perceives enemies (real or imaginary) within…
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Google Staff Hold Protest Over Planned China Launch
Google Staff Hold Protest Over Planned China Launch Earlier this month, it was revealed that Google was in talks with the Chinese government for the launch of their search engine in the country. It is, of course, no small secret that China has some pretty stringent rules regarding what is…
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Google Plans To Launch Censored Search Engine In China
Google Plans To Launch Censored Search Engine In China It’s no secret that China has one of the most strictly censored and monitored internet services in the world. Given that they have over 800,000,000 users though, it’s still clearly quite a lucrative market that many companies from the West want…
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