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Google pays despite the pretense

Google’s informal and formal slogans about not being evil and being able to make money without being evil are founded on the same principles as low-fat yoghurt. The sour milk foodstuff may well be low in fat but what you’re not told is that it’s now full of sugar and the effect is largely the same. Read the full story

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Google makes $50bn in 2012

Google’s concerns over mobile search have been temporarily laid to rest after the internet giant announced its final quarter figures for 2012 which helped it achieve its first $50bn year. Read the full story

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The cost of free news

Three years ago Rupert Murdoch described search engines, and Google in particular, as “content kleptomaniacs”. Read the full story

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Government to review Google after piracy complaints

The government is reviewing Google’s pledge to downgrade filesharing domains in search results after entertainment groups complained that the internet giant was refusing to tackle the issue. Read the full story

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Ancient lessons for today

“The causes of events are always more important than the events themselves.” Read the full story

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Murdoch backs down in Google News results row

Rupert Murdoch has been forced to back down from his position that articles from his newspapers should not appear on Google’s news results. Read the full story

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Google investigated over data ‘cover-up’

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched an investigation into accusations that Google tried to cover up the “harvesting” of UK citizens’ emails, passwords and medical records. Read the full story

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Google attacks Facebook’s ‘restrictive walled garden’

Google has attacked rival megalomaniac Facebook for creating a “restrictive walled garden” that threatens web freedom. Read the full story

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“Homeless people do die in the cold. If we only identify Lee’s death as tragic because he was a journalist who didn’t need to be there, then we will not have listened to his story.”


Journalism lecturer Alex Lockwood speaks of his admiration for Lee Halpin, who died while making a documentary about homelessness.


(Source: Guardian)

 

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