European Union: Google and Facebook Violating the European Law
A report commissioned by the Belgian privacy commission has found that American companies are violating the European law, despite updating their privacy policy.
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YouTube Kids: An App to Babysit Kids Safely
As the most popular video streaming website, YouTube that is owned by Google since 2006 is available for everyone.Google Releases Cloud Security Scanner to Suit Its Apps Engine
As more people use the cloud for both storage and computing, on February 19th, 2015, the search giant Google released a Cloud Security Scanner to make scanning for vulnerabilities on its cloud platform more effective.Samsung Venturing to Mobile Payment: Competing Against Apple Pay
The South Korean Samsung Electronics, on February 18th, 2015, announced that it has agreed to acquire LoopPay, the mobile wallet solutions provider that turns existing magnetic stripe readers into secure, contactless receivers.DARPA's Search Engine for the Deep Web: Shining a Light into the Darkness
The deep web isn't a common place for most people to search for things on the internet. The network that isn't accessible by normal means of browsing method, is larger that the usual surface web.Twitter-Google Partnership: Access To "Firehose" Of Tweets
Twitter and Google have once again reached an agreement. The 140-character microblogging service sets to provide the search engine giant the access to its full stream of tweets.Twitter's Initiatives To Make More Tweets Seen: Promoted Tweet, Quick Promote and Google Partnership
The microblogging service Twitter has been long trying to tell that its audience its a lot larger than its user base. But to appeal to investors, Twitter has to do more than that saying, and should prove more statistics to it.Google Is Developing Its Own Uber Competitor
The app-based transportation network and taxi company, Uber, faces an ever-growing flow of competitors. But out of the already powerful and well-funded rivals, Uber is now facing one of its biggest investors, Google.Google Now, Allowing Third-Party Apps to Populate its Feed
Google kept innovating, but somehow there is a limit where it can't do things alone. Google that is sitting on the top of the search engine industry doesn't want to lose its throne in terms of its collaborated personal assistant. For that Google Now is allowing third-party apps to populate its 'cards'.Vine Introduces a More Friendly App Dedicated for Children
Social media is interesting. As interesting as it gets, it can be frustrating from time to time. Finding kid-friendly contents on social media can be all work and no play. But Vine, the six-second video sharing app, has launched a standalone version dedicated for children, calling it Vine Kids.