Google has updated its algorithm last week, aiming to demote what they call “lousy and useless” websites, most of which are content farms such as Associated Content and Demand Media. These sites always managed to float on top of search results on a variety of keywords. The effect of the update seems to become visible this week, with sites such as WiseGeek.com (pictured), EZArticles.com, and Suite101.c...

In what seemed to be a “slip of the tongue,” Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha (pictured) revealed at the Mobile World Congress that Google is about to launch a music service that is set to compete with Apple’s iTunes as part of an upcoming upgrade to its Android Honeycomb mobile OS. “If you look at Google Mobile services [via Android] today, there’s a video service, there’s a m...

The French data protection agency (CNIL) reported that Google scooped up sensitive data like passwords and e-mail address when putting together its Street View service, which leads them to contemplate whether to prosecute the search firm. The data was gathered as it logged WiFi hotspots in an effort to develop its location-based services. Google handed over copies of the data it gathered, after CNIL requested for ...