Google fail! Will continue to hand over your private information to the FBI Without A Warrant

Google Don’t Be Evil

Google has been told by U.S. District Judge Susan Illston, in San Francisco, that the company has not presented sufficient evidence to keep them from complying with FBI requests for all your private and personal communications, including email and chat, as well as account information, buying habits, site you visit [...]

ACLU requests US Government to investigate Android operating system fragmentation privacy risk

The ACLU is looking to raise Android (Droid) users’ awareness of the severe lack of security in Droid phones and tablets. Compounding the problems is the fragmentation problems, where users cannot get required software updates to patch the many security issues in Google’s operating system because they simply are not made available [...]

Guess who makes money from Android?

“All right, we all know the score: Google’s Android mobile platform is dominant worldwide,” Gene Steinberg writes for The Tech Night Owl. “Apple is in second place, but the critics say this is just a replay of the old Mac versus Windows wars. As more and more commodity handsets powered by Android are sold, Apple [...]

The Patent Wars: Crucially, SEPs cannot be used to win injunctions barring products from sale

Microsoft vs Android

“This is going to have effects a lot further than just Motorola v. Microsoft: it could be crucial in the ongoing Samsung Apple battle,” Tim Worstall reports for Forbes.

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Motorola loses case against Apple; ITC commission says Apple is innocent!

Google – don't be evil!

Apple has been cleared of any wrongdoing, by the International Trade Commission this past Friday. Motorola Mobility (now owned by Google) filed a complaint against Apple and requested that all iPhones and iPads be banned from import in to the U.S.A. but lost the case once the [...]

Google Fail: Google agrees to allow U.S. FTC to audit for Privacy Violations for next 20 years

“The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday finalized a landmark settlement with Google in which the company has agreed to be audited for its privacy practices for the next 20 years,” Sarah Lai Stirland reports for TPM.

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Google Fail: Consumer Watchdog Calls Google's Explanation For Its Record $5.9 Million Lobbying Spending 'Disingenuous Bafflegab'

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Google’s explanation for its soaring record spending on lobbying in Washington is disingenuous bafflegab, Consumer Watchdog said today. [...]

Google Fail: Cannot Meet Security Promises In Los Angeles Email System

Google has failed us again, this time it is unable to provide the security it promised to the Los Angeles Police Department, and Consumer Watchdog is pissed.

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Google fails again: Google Voice crashes and quits iOS App Store

Google voice has been voluntarily pulled from the iOS App Store due to a terrible crash when you first signed in to the application.

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Google fails again, pulls plug on disastrous Buzz social network site

Bradley Horowitz, Google Vice President for Product  announced in a blog yesterday that Buzz will be shut down “in a few weeks.” Google’s social networking site (that predates Google+) had built in integration with Google Gmail, had the usual social networking sharing features, but suffered from terrible privacy issues that caused the U.S. federal government to [...]

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