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Is Google allowing kids under 13 to log in?

There are reports that Google may be working to legally allow children under 13 to use its services. Currently, Google and Facebook do not offer their services to children under 13.

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IANS

11:37 AM
Aug 20, 2014

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Key Google services partially inaccessible in China

Several key Google services have become partially inaccessible in China on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters around Beijing's iconic Tiananmen Square.

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PTI

11:09 AM
Jun 03, 2014

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Google wants improved aesthetics; redesigns underway

Google is reportedly tired of ugly designs and is calling on developers to make new ones. The Internet giant is also focusing on design, appearance, developing and distributing.

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ANI

03:15 PM
Apr 20, 2014

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Google's April Fools' Day pranks: A Roundup

Google is one of the few companies out there that don't let opportunities to crack jokes go away. And what's a better day to crack jokes and pull pranks on the first of April, the day we like to call "April Fools' Day." Let's have a look at what Google (and various companies under it) are up to this year, compiled by TheNextWeb.

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Paranjay Dutt

12:42 PM
Apr 01, 2014

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Samsung gives preference to Google services over its own in the Galaxy S5

Apart from flattening its TouchWiz UI and removing most of the crapware that used to come in most Samsung smartphones that led to unnecessary wastage of internal storage, Samsung has also started giving preference to Google's services over its own similar solutions. One of the things we noticed in the Galaxy S5 is long pressing the home button no longer takes one to S Voice, which was Samsung's own voice search and personal assistant application. Instead, it opens Google's voice search app, like it happens with most Android smartphones.

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Rajat Agrawal

06:10 PM
Feb 25, 2014

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Google+, Gmail went down worldwide while reliability team was taking questions

Google s Gmail service and social network Google+ reportedly faced a worldwide outage following a technical error that was fixed in roughly 50 minutes. The two services went down at the same time when the site s engineers responsible for keeping it alive 24x7 sat down to answer questions on Reddit s AMA.