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Google's first store pops up in London

30.09.11
It is the ultimate brand of the internet era. But today Google embraces a more traditional form of retail technology for the first time in its short history... more

The man who rules the world

19.05.11
From Obama to No 10, everyone wants to be friends with the boss of $171bn internet giant Google. We find out why...... more

Google goes off the street for 360-degree gallery tours in stunning detail

01.02.11
Google's Street View technology has been taken indoors for the first time - into some of the world's most famous art galleries... more

Google in EU probe over 'abuse of its position'

30.11.10
European Commission launches a formal investigation into whether Google has abused its dominant market position in online searches... more

Google agrees new Street View privacy guidelines

19.11.10
Google signs a deal with the Information Commissioner’s Office designed to ensure it does not breach privacy guidelines... more

You’ve got to be a bit sorry for beleaguered Gartmore

09.11.10
While the company remains in turmoil, it’s hard for investment advisers to tell their clients to buy any of its funds, even if the performance is creditable enough... more

Google sorry for collecting private data with cars

03.11.10
Google committed a 'significant breach' of Britain’s data protection rules by collecting passwords and emails from unsecured wi-fi networks, the Information Commissioner rules ... more

Our obsession with class is as strong as ever

29.10.10
It was that inveterate class warrior John Prescott who said in 1997 that we are all middle class now. Are we? ... more

Google boss's online personal data warning

18.08.10
All young people will eventually be allowed to automatically change their name on reaching adulthood to escape their online past, Google boss Eric Schmidt predicts... more

Facebook 'saving personal data' of non-members

07.07.10
Facebook is accused in Germany of illegally accessing and saving personal data of people who do not use the social networking website... more

Google search service takes home-hunters to front door

16.06.10
Google launches property website allowing people to search for houses to buy and rent... more

Just what is privacy in the era of Google and Facebook?

19.05.10
Media Analysis: The problem of maintaining one’s privacy has widened to include the overwhelming majority of the population... more

Google: We did take data from homes... but no harm was done

19.05.10
Google hits back at growing privacy concerns across Europe about its Street View service... more

Google's property website lets you tour your new neighbourhood from home

03.12.09
Housebuyers will soon be able to take a virtual walk down their new street before buying... more

Now Kew Gardens is right up Google's street

02.12.09
Millions of visitors will be able to walk around Kew Gardens on a blazing summer day without leaving their living room... more

Twitter is like 'internet shopping for burglars'

27.08.09
Social networking sites are like internet shopping for burglars with users revealing details about their home and whereabouts to complete strangers, an insurer warned... more

Google closes in on London's landmarks using your pictures

29.07.09
If you have ever wondered what the hands of Big Ben look like, or wanted to see exactly what is on the dome of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, Google has the answer... more

How the Tories were Googled?

09.07.09
Strategy supremo Steve Hilton and internet queen Rachel Whetstone are the power couple in David Cameron’s court. But can their web of influence reach a new generation of voters?... more

Sir Paul McCartney’s home off Street View

22.05.09
Sir Paul McCartney has had his home removed from Google Street View over security fears.... more

Police Google the West End

07.05.09
Police are to use technology pioneered by Google Street View in a bid to cut crime in the capital... more

Google is given the go-ahead to keep British streets in view

23.04.09
The privacy watchdog today rejected complaints against Google’s Street View service... more

Media critics are protesting too much about power of Google

08.04.09
Media analysis: Back at the beginning, which means barely a decade ago, Google seemed like the epitome of public-service benevolence.... more

Spring's the time for sartorial chaos

27.03.09
Leaving the house is the principal mistake people are making at the moment. I'd recommend not. From my window I can see forsythia flaring yellow in my sunny back garden - and, two streets behind it, great swagged curtains of rain drifting across the face of the Archway Tower. Give it 10 minutes and the positions will be reversed. ... more

Get street wise – Big Brother is googling you

25.03.09
If Google's aim is to be master of all it surveys, then the launch of Google Street View in the UK brings it that much closer to surveying, well, everything... more

'Close down Google Street View for a privacy probe'

24.03.09
Privacy campaigners have formally complained to the data protection watchdog about Google Street View... more

Google launches 360-degree photos of every street in London

19.03.09
Google has launched a new site showing 360-degree photographs of virtually every street in London... more


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