Provides a wide range of internet services, primarily a search engine. Google was founded by the "Google guys" Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998 when they were both Ph.D students at Stanford. The company employs 22,000 people and profited $6.5 billion in 2009. Google generates most of its profit from advertising.
# google - Monday 17 June, 2013
Google boss defends Ireland’s corporate tax rate
Eric Schmidt said governments see their own tax breaks as incentives while calling other countries “tax havens”.
# google - Saturday 15 June, 2013
Living in a remote part of the world? Google wants to get internet access to you with balloons
Google is launching balloons into near space to beam internet access to the world below.
# google - Friday 14 June, 2013
Civil liberties groups claim PRISM breaches international human rights
A full-page newspaper ad, to coincide with an EU-US summit in Dublin, claims surveillance breaches United Nations conventions.
# google - Thursday 13 June, 2013
Look at the colourful new way Google lets you watch real time searches
You’ll find it hard to look away…
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
US committee wants to impose US tax on Google and Apple’s Irish income
A Congressional committee has been told that a ‘carrot and stick’ approach is favoured among politicians and US businesses.
MPs slam Google over ‘contrived’ tax arrangements
Google’s claims that ad sales take place in Dublin and not in the UK have been criticised as ‘brazen’.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day…
# google - Tuesday 11 June, 2013
Google asks US for permission to reveal scale of data transfers
Google says it’s barred from revealing how many national security requests it follows, and wants to let people know.
EU to raise concerns about US data surveillance in Dublin summit
The European Commission says it will ask the US for assurances about the legality of its data harvesting this week.
# google - Monday 10 June, 2013
Data Protection Commissioner ‘not surprised’ by US surveillance programme
Billy Hawkes said that his concern might be that there would be an abuse of powers that have been granted for legitimate reasons.
Google celebrates Where the Wild Things Are
Writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak would have been 85 years old today.
# google - Sunday 9 June, 2013
Weird Wide Web: Window shopping, funny faces and love tearing you apart
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# google - Friday 31 May, 2013
Senators insists Ireland IS a tax haven, despite ambassador’s letter
Carl Levin and John McCain have dismissed the Irish ambassador’s account of Ireland’s corporate tax system.
# google - Sunday 26 May, 2013
Tumblr $1 billion deal sparks talk on next big tech target
“All the big internet companies that have money are potential buyers. Then it depends on what they want to be and how much they are willing to pay.”
# google - Friday 24 May, 2013
On your bike! Google Maps now includes cycling directions
The directions show dedicated bike lanes as well as roadways which are deemed ‘bicycle friendly’ and no-go areas.
# google - Thursday 23 May, 2013
Noonan: US Senate is “misleading” the world on Ireland’s tax rate
The finance minister says the supposed ’2 per cent’ tax rate wrongly implies that Apple’s global profits are all taxable here.
# google - Wednesday 22 May, 2013
Leaders back EU’s plan to attack ‘tax planning’ by the end of 2013
The heads of the 27 EU member states have called for ‘rapid progress’ on plans to stop companies abusing international structures.
Poll: Should Ireland be tougher on multi-national companies when it comes to tax?
Apple, which employs 4,000 people in Ireland, pays a tax rate of less than two per cent in Ireland.
# google - Sunday 19 May, 2013
500 million searches a day are for things Google has never heard of
Google crawls 20 billion websites every single day and processes 100 billion searches a month.
# google - Friday 17 May, 2013
Column: How practising mindfulness can help your work life
Some of the world’s most successful companies are investing in mindfulness training for their employees to help them deal better with stress and workplace challenges, writes Joanne O’Malley
# google - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Court says YouTube video of taxi evasion may be taken down from the internet
A High Court judge said today he was surprised that Google and Facebook had not done more to help take down the video.
Google exec grilled in UK over ‘devious’ use of Ireland to reduce tax
MPs suggested that more sales activities are taking place in the UK than the company is willing to admit to.
Want to send (and receive) money by email?
Google has rolled Google Wallet into Gmail, so you can send money over email – but would you be interested in such a service?
# google - Tuesday 14 May, 2013
Court says Google’s auto-complete ‘can be defamatory’
An entrepreneur said the words ‘Scientology’ and ‘fraud’ came up when he typed his name into the search box of the German version of Google.
Google gets us hooked on classic Atari game
Search engine ‘Easter Egg’ lets users play Atari Breakout to celebrate the game’s 37th birthday.
France wants to tax iPads and iPhones to fund the arts
A report commissioned by the French government has suggested that a four per cent tax could be imposed on the sale of smartphones and tablets to fund artistic and creative ventures.
# google - Sunday 12 May, 2013
This is what the new Google Maps is set to look like
Changes could be afoot as early as next week…
# google - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
Will you have to pay to watch YouTube videos soon?
The pay to channels are set to be launched in the coming months.
# google - Friday 3 May, 2013
Google Palestine now exists
The search engine replaced its Palestine Territories products and named them Google Palestine.
YouTube has won its battle with TV… according to YouTube
No doubt aided by cat videos, YouTube is displacing television watching according to its parent company.
# google - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Pregnant at 10, a virgin at 60… Google searches based on age
“I’m 13 and still beastfeed”.
# google - Friday 26 April, 2013
New scheme launched to help get more businesses trading online
Currently only 23 per cent of Irish SMEs trade online, with three of the four billion that Irish consumers spend online leaving the country.
# google - Thursday 25 April, 2013
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.
From Budapest to Everest, Google Street View reaches 50 countries
Google is celebrating the 50th country on Street View, and Ireland is among the places where you can see everything from cemeteries to giraffes.
# google - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Getting paid to daydream and doodle
What’s it like being paid to doodle every day? TheJournal.ie finds out…
# google - Tuesday 16 April, 2013
Google submits list of remedies in bid to clear EU antitrust case
The EU Commission is probing whether Google unfairly favors its own services in its internet search results.
# google - Friday 12 April, 2013
12 social media mishaps we want to bury forever
We just want to forget these things. Honestly.
Google lets users decide what happens to their email after they die
Google is the first major company to let people decide what happens to emails, photographs, blogs and social networks if their account becomes inactive.
# google - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
Google Play brings music to Irish ears
The service is available in an additional seven countries from today.
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