Google To Pay $7 Million Fine For Collecting Personal Data
Do no evil, right? Internet giant, Google has agreed to pay a $7 million fine for the collection of personal data without authorisation for their Street View service. Google has also agreed to destroy emails, passwords and web histories in a settlement with 38 states in the USA. The data was collected from wireless networks […]
Use Google Maps To See Where Rich And Poor People Live In South Africa
We spotted an article on BusinessInsider about a Reddit post which showed a search for high and low end retailers, as a way to define a city’s rich and poor areas. We did the same thing, pitting Woolworths against Shoprite. Here are the results:
Monday Morning Spice
Pistorius on verge of suicide. Habana out for 10 weeks. Elon Musk wants to die on Mars. Google Glass banned from bar. Fouche wins Argus Cycle Tour. SA Tennis’ Anderson pulls off shock win. Abu Qatada is behind bars. The US gun industry’s most outrageous marketing ploys.
Keen To Hack An Android Phone? Leave It In The Freezer
When Ice Cream Sandwich was rolled out by Google for Android smart devices, engineers baked a data scrambling system into the operating system, which made it a nightmare for law enforcement and forensic workers to unscramble the devices, according to the Erlangen’s Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) team. Of course, the data scrambling system makes it significantly harder […]
Prepare For Jealousy – Top 10 Google Employee Perks
Unless you’re reading this from Google. In which case, welcome. You lucky SOB. It’s no secret that careers at Google are the most sought after in the tech industry. And that’s not all that surprising, given, “the array of benefits of perks aim to ensure that Googlers remain happy and healthy in all aspects of their lives.” […]
Google Honours Miriam Makeba With Birthday Doodle
Google just nailed down the good will of an entire nation. Miriam Makeba, or “Mama Africa” as she was fondly known would be 81 years old today, and Google have honoured her with today’s doodle. An icon of South African musical prowess, and an important pop culture figurehead in the struggle against apartheid, Makeba’s citizenship […]
Explore Google’s New 1,1 Million Square-Foot Home
You’ve definitely been dying to have a look at Google’s new home. They’re currently in the process of building their new headquarters, which has been christened “Bay View”, and Google has been kind enough to release an artist’s impression of the building-to-be. The monstrous new abode is being built for work and play – including […]
Google Launches New Touch Screen Laptop [VIDEO]
Google launched their new laptop yesterday, the Chromebook Pixel. The Pixel’s most impressive feature is its high resolution touchscreen, and inside it’s packing an Intel Core i5 processor. Senior Vice President of Chrome, Sundar Pichai: Touch is here to stay, and I’m pretty sure every laptop will have touch in the future. Using a laptop […]
WATCH: The Latest Google Glass Promo Ad Has Us Geeking Out [VIDEO]
Eat you’re heart out, Siri. “OK Glass” are the words separating you from a world of possibility. Okay, we’ll get a hold of ourselves. We’d like to clearly express our excitement at the prospect of the successful development of this technology. Wednesday afternoon saw the release of Google’s latest promo video for the forthcoming Google […]
Tuesday Morning Spice
Oscar loses Nike/Oakley ad deals. Google launching retail stores. Reader’s Digest bankrupt. New Bond book coming soon. Pro-gay campaign drops Oscar. New Amplats mining clash. Russian mafia alive and well. Black Keys drummer thrashes Bieber.
Google Goes All Out With Their Radical New Offices In Tel Aviv [PICS]
Google set up new offices in Tel Aviv at the end of last year, putting any other cool office layout you have ever seen to shame. Going to work takes on a whole new meaning when you can spend your time in office space like this. Trees, picnic tables and a super tube are just […]
Travel Back In Time To The Internet’s Awkward Adolescence
Everything in life goes through a teething stage and the internet has been no exception. Things were rather awkward way back when. Please enjoy this stunning collection of past home pages from our favourite websites. Google (1999): MySpace (2004): Ebay (1999): Ask Jeeves (1998): 2oceansvibe (2003): Thanks to Wayback Machine, you too can see what […]
“You Grew Up. So Did We” – Internet Explorer Tries To Appeal To 90’s Nostalgia
Look, we can’t fault Microsoft for trying, and they seem to have pulled off a cool advert. But whether that will make any difference as to whether you actually want to use Internet Explorer or not, remains the unanswered question.
Thursday Morning Spice
Charlie Brown arrested for stalking. Armstrong sued for lies in book. FNB becomes political pawn. Rand/Dollar weakest in nearly 4 years. Federer faces tough Oz Open semi. Alarming 2013 rhino-kill stats. And the most used mobile app is..
Google Rethinks The Password
Google is looking to change the password game. No longer will you have to remember complex password phrases, or give away incredibly stupid ones (password1, w’re looking at you), but simply tap a ring on a computer, or insert a USB drive.
Gizoogle, Because Googling In Snoop Dogg Slanguage Is Just Better
What are you doing for the rest of the afternoon? Don’t pretend like you are actually working, because we know you are not. It’s way passed the hour of the Cape Town Friday Rule, and it’s time to get your Gizoogle on my nizzle.
Google: “We Didn’t Harm That Donkey In Botswana During Street View Recording” [Incl. Footage]
Many strange things have been seen on Google’s Street View application. Now they’ve been forced to answer about the fate of a donkey in Botswana that they may or may not have knocked over. They have of course denied knocking the donkey over.
Google To Be Forced To Change The Way It Presents Results In Europe
Google has been handed a clear message from Brussels that will see the search giant have to modify the way it presents its results because it unfairly promotes links to its own services above those of third party companies.
Wednesday Morning Spice
Applications open for 2023 Mars colony. Chavez inauguration postponed. David Bowie releases single after 10 years. Western Cape farm strikes return. Cheap iPhone 4 coming out soon. Free wi-fi in NY from Google. Longest tennis tie-break ever.
Toyota Joins The Self-Driving Car Movement
It seems that most of the larger car manufacturers are keen to follow in the footsteps of Google and launch their own self-driving cars. Toyota has just joined that party.
Tuesday Morning Spice
Google chairman Eric Schmidt visits North Korea. Cops storm Free State prison. Batman killer in court. Associated Press to sell tweets. Apple App downloads hit milestone. Another outrageous local insurance scam – this time with a corpse.
Google Drops Incredible Zeitgeist 2012 YouTube Compilation [VIDEO]
Yesterday Google dropped its annual Zeitgeist video – detailing what the world searched for during 2012. According to the search giant, an incredible 1,2 trillion searches in 146 languages were conducted this year!
Volvo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Coming
It’s not just Google who are looking to have us all driving around in self-driving cars – Volvo is also gearing up for production and release of their own fleet of self-driving vehicles.
Gmail Now Allows You To Send Files Up To 10GB
Gmail users will be pleased: you guys can now send files as large as 10 gigabytes! Look, in the world of email, this is quite something.
Court Rules Google Must Pay For Libelous Search Result
Australia has decided that search results that Google publishes amount to content that the company “publishes”, and is therefore responsible for.
Got An 8ta Sim Card? You Now Get Free Google Web Access
Google and 8ta have just teamed up to provide a unique service to South Africans: if you have an 8ta sim card, you now get access to “Free Zone” — a project that allows users to access the web for free.
This Is How Google Makes Over $100 Million A Day [Infographic]
As one of the world’s biggest and most successful companies, it’s no surprise that Google is pretty much the first place people look when they’re considering online advertising. But, what exactly does that mean for the search giant? As it turns out, it means money, lots and lots of money.
French Want Google To Pay For Linking Articles
The French President, Francois Hollande, is in favour of a law that would seek to force Internet search engines like Google to pay a fee for displaying links to newspaper articles.
Google Offers First Ever Look Inside Their Data Centres [GALLERY]
We’ve previously seen loads of pictures of the cool offices Google employees get to work in. But for the first time, Google has lifted the mystery surrounding their data centres.
Yahoo Appoints Top Google Exec As Chief Operating Officer
Yahoo has convinced a second high-ranking Google employee to come and work for them. After being one of Google’s top sales execs, Henrique De Castro served more recently as Google’s president of partners business solutions. He will now be serving as Yahoo’s Chief Operating Officer (COO).