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# Search Engine

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September 2023
# Search Engine
US takes on Google in biggest antitrust trial in decades
Federal lawyers and state attorneys general will try to prove Google rigged the market in its favour.
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Sep 12th 2023, 7:25 AM
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# Unfair Advantage
EU fines Google €2.4 billion for 'abusing its market dominance'
The EU accused Google of giving its own online service, Google Shopping, too much priority over competitors.
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Jun 27th 2017, 11:03 AM
# Knowledge
You use them every day, but how much do you really know about search engines?
No Googling now!
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Feb 21st 2016, 7:00 PM
# DuckDuckGo
What the heck is DuckDuckGo and why is it growing in popularity?
The search engine that focuses on privacy has slowly built up a reputation by word of mouth.
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Jun 27th 2015, 5:00 PM
# eerie
Google is now answering your questions before you can finish asking them
“It’s like we finish each other’s… sandwiches?”
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May 27th 2015, 7:30 PM
# don't leave
Facebook thinks it has found a way to hurt Google's search business
It’s testing its own search engine, which will allow users to search and find links to articles without leaving the site.
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May 11th 2015, 3:12 PM
# Removal
Google received 1,440 right to be forgotten requests from Ireland
And almost 150,000 requests were made across Europe since Google started processing requests in May.
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Oct 10th 2014, 12:05 PM
# back to square one
EU tells Google to improve its proposal regarding search practices or face charges
The European Commission’s antitrust commissioner said that ‘fresh evidence’ from competitors has raised new concerns over Google’s search proposal.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 10:58 AM
# right to be forgotten
Google receives 41,000 requests to delete search results in first four days
More than 12,000 requests were made on the first day alone as Google copes with the ruling made by the European Court of Justice.
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Jun 3rd 2014, 5:38 PM
# Links
Google now has a form for those who want to be 'forgotten'
If follows a European Court of Justice ruling that individuals have the right to have links to information about them deleted from searches
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May 30th 2014, 9:10 AM
# Week in Web
Weird Wide Web: Kissing with tongues, rose-tinted glasses and some terrified journalists
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
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May 18th 2014, 11:30 AM
# google box
Google autocomplete reveals what we all secretly think about Irish celebrities
And it turns out we aren’t that complimentary.
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May 13th 2014, 11:59 AM
# erasure
Google must delete your data if you ask, orders judge in landmark case
An EU court has ruled that a person can request certain information to be removed from search engines if “the data appears to be inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant.”
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May 13th 2014, 11:23 AM
# Week in Web
Weird Wide Web: Bare bottoms, emails from space and a selfie search engine
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
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Apr 20th 2014, 11:00 AM
# ba da bing
Bing responded to its elephant-penis homepage in the best possible way
THIS is how you do it.
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Apr 16th 2014, 9:26 AM
# whipped
Google ordered to block photos of Max Mosley at orgy
Google said the decision sent a “disturbing message”.
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Jan 24th 2014, 5:08 PM
# Search Engine
Google to block some child sexual abuse search results
The world’s biggest search engine is using new technology to stop 100,000 different searches from resulting in images of children being abused.
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Nov 18th 2013, 8:40 AM
# Google
Look at the colourful new way Google lets you watch real time searches
You’ll find it hard to look away…
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Jun 13th 2013, 9:45 PM
# autocomplete
Pregnant at 10, a virgin at 60... Google searches based on age
“I’m 13 and still beastfeed”.
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May 1st 2013, 4:14 PM
# Google
Google to change how it displays search results in Europe
The company announced the move in a bid to appease concerns it might be abusing its dominant market position.
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Apr 25th 2013, 9:55 PM
# give us a ring
Google wants to replace your passwords with jewellery
Replacing all your passwords with one small chip in a ring? Don’t lose it.
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Mar 12th 2013, 8:30 PM
# Deal
Orange makes Google pay for using its mobile network
The Orange CEO said they had been able to reach a “balance of forces” with the search giant.
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Jan 16th 2013, 9:10 PM
# poached
Yahoo! nabs new CEO from Google
Marissa Mayer was Google’s first female engineer – now she is head of Yahoo, one of its main rivals.
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Jul 17th 2012, 10:43 AM
# unencrypted
Hackers post pilfered Yahoo! passwords
Nearly half a million passwords and email addresses from a Yahoo! server were posted online.
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Jul 12th 2012, 9:11 PM
# dear uncle google
Where is Chuck Norris? Who are Rubberbandits?… what Google wants you to know
Have a look at some of the unusual suggestions Google makes in your search bar…
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Jun 4th 2012, 6:00 PM
# Draw
Want to doodle for Google? They're hiring...
The web giant is looking for its first full-time doodler to illustrate its homepage.
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Apr 18th 2012, 11:48 AM
# strange searches
18 strange things Google users search for about famous Irish people
People think Enda Kenny is WHAT? Take a look at some of Google’s suggestions for what people search for when they look up famous Irish people…
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Jan 28th 2012, 9:45 AM
# Google Doodle
Students compete to have doodle shown on Google Ireland homepage
75 students from primary and secondary schools across Ireland have had their drawings chosen from almost 2,000 entries to this year’s competition.
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Jan 23rd 2012, 12:34 PM
# Tech wars
Twitter says Google search changes are bad for internet users
Twitter has accused the search giant of boosting posts from its Google+ social network when returning search results – and ignoring information from other sites.
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Jan 11th 2012, 12:20 PM
# Google
Google launches new ‘personal results’ feature within search
Following Bing’s lead with its Facebook tie-up, Google will now include some ‘personal results’ drawn from your Google+ friends.
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Jan 10th 2012, 5:42 PM
# Google
Google redesigns its home page - but you may not see it for several weeks
The revamp is one of the biggest changes to the Google homepage since it launched over a decade ago.
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Jan 3rd 2012, 12:53 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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Dec 23rd 2011, 8:32 AM
# Zeitgeist
Google Zeitgeist: what have you been searching in 2011?
The search engine has released Ireland’s top searches for this year which included Pippa Middleton, Donedeal and… how to shuffle.
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Dec 15th 2011, 9:41 AM
# Takeover
Microsoft reported to be considering takeover bid for Yahoo
Shares jumped amid reports that Microsoft is renewing its interest in the company it tried to buy three years ago.
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Oct 6th 2011, 3:58 PM
# Ouch!
Yahoo CEO emails colleagues: 'I've just been fired over the phone'
Carol Bartz got her marching orders yesterday after an unsuccessful two-and-a-half years at the helm of the tech company.
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Sep 7th 2011, 11:07 AM
# Downloading
China's largest search engine to pay for music downloads
Sony, Warner Music and Universal have reached a deal with Baidu. Currently almost all of music downloads in China are illegal.
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Jul 19th 2011, 6:03 PM
# Google
Irish authorities asked Google to remove mystery content
Google launches its transparency report to highlight government removal requests: guess which country submitted most removal requests?
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Jun 30th 2011, 5:48 PM
# Google
Google faces probe over online dominance
Rival companies claim that the tech giant uses its search engine to gain an unfair advantage.
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Jun 24th 2011, 10:12 AM
# Google
Google says it has "shaved precious seconds" off web searches
The internet giant says it won’t be happy until browsing the web is as easy as flipping through a magazine.
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Jun 14th 2011, 9:51 PM
LIVE
Yahoo to extend its retention of online search records
Internet search engine reverses decision on deleting search data, saying it will retain personal information for 18 months.
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Apr 18th 2011, 9:58 PM
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