# google - Thursday 29 July, 2021
# Google
# Google
Google Ireland said they had no specifics regarding the measure in this country.
# Thorny Issues
# Thorny Issues
Asking workers to be fully vaccinated before returning to work raises thorny legal issues.
# One-star Reviews
A Facebook page is encouraging users to leave negative comments on pubs' and restaurants' reopening posts, and to boycott those businesses. One-star reviews are also being left for businesses that have reopened indoor dining, with many leaving such reviews on multiple businesses across the country. The Restaurant Association of Ireland has written a letter to the Government, and is to contact Facebook and Google about fraudulent bookings and reviews.
# google - Friday 2 July, 2021
# A Taxing Matter
# A Taxing Matter
Ireland is one of just nine countries out of 139 to reject the deal.
# google - Monday 7 June, 2021
# Advertisement
# Advertisement
The penalty is part of a settlement reached after three media groups accused Google in 2019 of abusing a dominant market position.
# google - Monday 31 May, 2021
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Leo Varadkar contacted the companies following a protest in March.
# google - Friday 16 April, 2021
# Android
# Android
Google is considering an appeal of the ruling.
# google - Thursday 25 February, 2021
# Australia
# Australia
Final amendments to the laws were passed after consultation between Canberra and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.
# google - Sunday 24 January, 2021
# Crashed
# Crashed
We spoke to one parent whose son’s class was crashed by a stranger who shared inappropriate material.
# google - Friday 22 January, 2021
# Social Media
# Social Media
The law aims to make Google and Facebook pay Australian media companies fairly for using news content they siphon from news sites.
# google - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Explainer
# Explainer
At the height of its powers, Parler had 10 million users.
# google - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Big Tech
# Big Tech
Amazon, Google , Facebook and Apple all faced heavy regulatory scrutiny in 2020.
# google - Wednesday 16 December, 2020
# Tech Goliath
# Tech Goliath
“If the free market was a baseball game, Google positioned itself as the pitcher, the batter and the umpire,” Texas’ Attorney General said.
# google - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Digital Gatekeepers
# Digital Gatekeepers
Companies including Google , Amazon and Facebook could face fines of up to 10% of their revenues for breaking competition rules.
# google - Monday 14 December, 2020
# Google Down
# Google Down
Google apologised to all users affected by the outage.
# google - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Cookies
# Cookies
The data watchdog said users were “either insufficiently informed or never informed” of cookies being placed on their computers.
# google - Tuesday 20 October, 2020
# Tech
# Tech
The case is one of the country’s biggest antitrust lawsuits in decades.
# google - Thursday 8 October, 2020
# Dispute
# Dispute
The ruling came as the US firm announced it was close to a deal on compensating French media groups.
# google - Wednesday 7 October, 2020
# Tech Giants
# Tech Giants
Democrats in the US are hoping to rein in the power of the tech giants.
# google - Saturday 12 September, 2020
# Boom And Bust
# Boom And Bust
Property experts say rumours of the capital’s demise are greatly exaggerated.
# google - Monday 7 September, 2020
# Offices
# Offices
The Sorting Office space is 202,000 sq feet in size.
# google - Monday 17 August, 2020
# News
# News
Google has argued that paying news outlets for the content they produce is an ‘unfair advantage’.
# google - Friday 14 August, 2020
# Battle Royale
# Battle Royale
Epic Games recently released an update that dodges revenue sharing with the tech giants.
# google - Sunday 9 August, 2020
# Google Play Services
# Google Play Services
The HSE said that the problem should be fixed within 24 hours.
# google - Friday 7 August, 2020
# China
# China
The order comes into effect in 45 days and appears to ban transactions with the Chinese owners of the app.
# google - Tuesday 4 August, 2020
# Competition
# Competition
There is concern that acquiring Fitbit’s user data will strengthen Google ’s position in targeted advertising.
# google - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
# Bark Or Byte
# Bark Or Byte
The tech giants are being investigated for alleged anti-competitive practices.
# google - Thursday 23 July, 2020
# Privacy
# Privacy
The HSE has said it is important not to conflate issues with how Google enables apps through the store with the functionality of this particular app.
# google - Friday 19 June, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
New figures show the health service spent more than €1 million on advertising in the first two months of the crisis.
# google - Tuesday 16 June, 2020
# Debunked
# Debunked
The Department of Health confirms that the tracing app won’t be made mandatory.
# google - Thursday 21 May, 2020
# Contact Tracing
# Contact Tracing
The Google -Apple API will be used in the Irish contact tracing app,
# google - Friday 24 April, 2020
# Internet Money
# Internet Money
Varadkar said that the social media giants are “sort of free riders on costs incurred by other people”.
# google - Monday 20 April, 2020
# Digital Platforms
# Digital Platforms
The move comes after attempts to negotiate voluntary payments failed.
# google - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Dublin
# Dublin
The company wants to test its “operational readiness” should employees have to work from home for an extended period.
# google - Friday 28 February, 2020
# Qatari Based Hackers
# Qatari Based Hackers
The law scholar claims that “Qatari based actors” attempted to unlawfully access his gmail account.
# google - Tuesday 4 February, 2020
# Data Processing
# Data Processing
The two inquiries were announced by the Data Protection Commission today.
# google - Wednesday 15 January, 2020
# Startups And Tech
# Startups And Tech
The Dublin startup isn’t the first business founded by Cummins to be snapped up by the company.
# google - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
# Sundar Pichai
# Sundar Pichai
Larry Page and Sergey Brin are handing the reins to current Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
# google - Monday 25 November, 2019
# Simon Harris
# Simon Harris
Minister for Health Simon Harris met with Facebook, Google and Twitter today.
# google - Friday 22 November, 2019
# Business And Climate
# Business And Climate
The city is using insights from Google to help tackle the climate crisis.
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