Google has recently updated its ‘Terms of Service.’ As part of the update, the search giant can now make use of your profile name and photo in advertisements pitched to your friends and family online. Some are calling it a privacy nightmare, although Google insists it isn’t so.
In recent months, we have seen a number of DNS poison attacks. These attacks typically involve meddling with the DNS of a given site so that it is redirected by the hackers to a different page. A similar attack has now been used to hack and redirect Google’s Malaysian site.
Google Maps have long allowed users to trace their path between their current location and any given destination. Now, Google Maps for desktop have been updated so that you can get directions for multiple destinations, all at the same time.
It’s been more than two years since Google launched its music streaming service, Play Music All Access, but so far only Android and desktop Web users have been able to tune into the music. But the sources familiar with Google’s plan have mentioned that Google is preparing to launch Play Music All Access for iOS users later this month.
Google has recently brought an update for its GMail app on Android. With this new update, Google is ready to start showing ads in its GMail app on Android smartphones. Google may roll-out this country-by-country.
Earlier we have seen the search giant Google being fined $10 millions dollars for violating Safari privacy settings and $190,000 over Street View service. And now it seems like due to a French agency, Google has found itself once again in the hot seat over its data practices!
If you wish to speed up things when it comes to do your daily shopping, Google’s new ‘Shopping Express’ app for iPhone may be just the thing you’ve been looking for. The app lets you shop and get your stuff delivered the same day from a number of notable stores.
Google has revealed that it will soon be refunding the unused Google Offers of its customers. The move hints how the search giant intends to take forth its local deals platform.