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Former worker labels Google 'immoral' video

A former British sales executive with Google has claimed the internet giant is immoral.

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Google's sticking by its Google Plus platform (Reuters)

Google shares hit new high video

Google's share price hit new highs last week after the company's annual developer event.

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Google accused of avoiding tax video

UK lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism, accusing the US Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax rules.

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Research in Motion (RIM) President and Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins (photo: Reuters).

RIM unveils cheaper BlackBerry video

Research In Motion Ltd. has unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets.

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Google's sixth annual conference for software developers opened today in San Francisco. (File)

Google starts fresh wave of upgrades

Google has announced new features for online games, maps and search, a new music-streaming service and enhancements to its Google Plus social network.

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Larry Page (Reuters)

Larry Page reveals vocal condition

Google CEO Larry Page has disclosed a problem with his vocal cords that makes it difficult for him to speak.

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Nelson is Google's No.1 for web-use

If Google typed "New Zealand's most web-savvy city" into its search engine, it would now return Nelson as the top search result.

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Google builds up NZ business

Google NZ stacked on workers last year to keep pace with an online advertising market that's growing at the expense of newspapers and television.

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Google services pictured on an iPhone (Reuters)

Google Now invades Siri's turf

When asked for an opinion about Google Now, Siri responded: "If it's all the same to you, I'd rather Google later."

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A Google Street View car taking photos (Reuters)

Google fined 'inadequate' €145,000

A German data protection agency fined Google €145,000 for recording information from unsecured wireless networks.

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Gmail hit by outage

Google's mail and application services were unavailable to some users this morning.

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Five NZ cities in running for Google award

Google has named Auckland, Nelson, Queenstown, Tauranga and Wellington as New Zealand's most web-savvy cities.

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The commission is probing whether Google unfairly favours its own services

Google closer to resolving antitrust case

Google has taken another step toward settling a European antitrust investigation.

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Mental illnesses flourish in winter – study

A new study based on the patterns of Google searches suggests that mental illnesses flourish in winter and decline in summer.

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Successful legal action would hurt Google's image  (file)

Google’s privacy policy attacked

Google's new privacy policy is under legal attack from regulators in its largest European markets.

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Gmail 'Blue'

Google and 'Twttr' celebrate April Fool's

Twitter did away with vowels and Google unveiled a button to add smells.

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Google Street View goes into Japan nuclear zone

Concrete rubble litters streets lined with shuttered shops and dark windows.

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Google refrained from commenting on the matter directly (Reuters)

Google 'controlling' Swedish language

Sweden's language watchdog has accused Google of trying to control the Swedish language.

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Andy Rubin (Reuters)

Top Android exec steps down

Andy Rubin has stepped down as the executive in charge of Google's Android operating system.

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A Google Street View car taking photos (Reuters)

Google to be fined US$7 million

Google will pay a US$7 million penalty to settle a multistate investigation into the internet search leader's collection of emails.

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