As Google eyes Australia exit, Microsoft talks Bing with PM
Morrison said the software company was ready to grow the presence of its search tool Bing, the distant No. 2 player
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Bing, other search engines win auction by Google to show up as search options
Google offered to allow competitors to bid for advertising space at the top of a search page on Android devices after the European Union in 2018 fined the company billions for violating antitrust rules
Google to allow Android users to choose default search engine
Google will let Android device users in Europe choose their default search engine from four options,
Microsoft’s Bing search engine inaccessible in China
China has tightened policing of the internet in recent years, shuttering 26,000 "illegal" websites in 2018 alone and deleting six million online posts containing vulgar content
Here is what social media platforms and search engines know about you
The Facebook scandal involving the harvesting of data from tens of millions of users has raised a lot of questions about social media and search engines.
As Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the US Congress this week on protecting user data, here is a primer on what they know about you:
Social media
Facebook, which has more than two billion users, has access to everything you do on the site: the photos and videos you post, your comments, your 'likes,' anything you share or consult, the…
Bing goes for ‘mobile friendly’ move after Google
WASHINGTON: Microsoft said Thursday its Bing search engine would be reconfigured to give more prominence to "mobile-friendly" websites, an acknowledgment of the growing importance of smartphones and other mobile devices.
Microsoft and Yahoo amend search deal
REDMOND: Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc amended a 2009 search partnership, giving Yahoo more control over how search results are displayed on desktops and mobile devices.
Twitter planning recap of the best tweets
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter is updating its feeds to give users a recap of tweets missed while not connected to the messaging platform.
Break up Google: EU lawmakers
BRUSSELS: European Union lawmakers overwhelmingly backed a motion on Thursday urging anti-trust regulators to break up Google, the latest setback for the world's most popular Internet search engine.
Right to be forgotten: EU applies rule on Web worldwide
BRUSSELS: European privacy regulators want Internet search engines such as Google and Microsoft's Bing to scrub results globally, not just in Europe, when people invoke their "right to be forgotten" as ruled by an EU court.