The Supreme Court has approved rule changes governing how federal courts handle criminal investigations. Judges were previously limited to authorizing searches within their own jurisdiction, usually…
April 28, 2016 | 10:24 EDT
Getty Images, a company which provides stock images for business purposes, has filed a complaint against Google with the European Union's antitrust commission. Getty claims that Google's image search…
April 28, 2016 | 04:58 EDT
The European Commission has published a press release accusing Google of anti-competitive practices. The Commission has already sent a statement of objections to Google, but the complaints are…
April 21, 2016 | 06:29 EDT
The home automation system known as the Revolv hub will no longer be supported, according to a post by Revolv's founders. Normally, "no longer supported" means there will be no new software updates,…
April 5, 2016 | 09:54 EDT
Today, Google announced that it will be rolling out a new home phone service called Fiber Phone. The post states that, although mobile phones are an important means of communication, home phones are…
March 29, 2016 | 10:39 EDT
For years, Google has been in a fight with Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. Hood seemed to be on a crusade against Google over the company's alleged promotion of piracy because sites with…
March 28, 2016 | 05:23 EDT
The French data protection authority CNIL announced that it has fined Google €100 000 or about $111 720. The fine is due to the company's failure to comply with an EU directive concerning the right…
March 24, 2016 | 09:53 EDT
Under pressure from European regulators, Google is expanding its right to be forgotten policy. Under EU law, European citizens can request that search engines remove links from their search results…
February 12, 2016 | 09:46 EST
This week at CES, Lenovo announced that it will be releasing the first consumer phone to utilize Google's Project Tango technology this summer. Google and Lenovo teased the "special" announcement…
January 9, 2016 | 11:18 EST
For those concerned about DMCA takedown notifications being abused by media corporations, there is a bit of good news: Google plans to defend some targets of DMCA takedowns that they believe have a…
November 19, 2015 | 09:55 EST
Google intends to combine its 2 OSs, Chrome and Android, into a single OS that will run on both PCs and mobile devices. With this move, the Chrome OS will be folded into the far more popular Android…
October 30, 2015 | 08:42 EDT
A recent ruling by an Australian court finds that Google is guilty of defamation if its search results return links to sites with defamatory content. The court has decided that providing a hyperlink…
October 28, 2015 | 10:37 EDT
With an announcement by Amazon that it will no longer be selling Apple and Google Video Streaming devices, Amazon attempts to protect its own streaming service. Amazon sent out an email to…
October 2, 2015 | 12:29 EDT
In addition to new Nexus devices, Google has also unveiled an updated Chromecast and a new Android tablet. Curiously, the tablet does not replace the existing Nexus 9. It also doesn’t carry the Nexus…
September 30, 2015 | 02:11 EDT
Google has unveiled the 2015 Nexus lineup — a Nexus 5X made by LG and a Nexus 6P made by Huawei. Both devices will ship with Android 6.0 “Marshmallow”, and will be Google’s flagship devices to show…
September 29, 2015 | 10:15 EDT
Android Wear has officially launched on iOS devices as of today. Through the Android Wear app currently in the App Store, iOS users are no longer limited to the Apple Watch or Pebble for wearables.…
August 31, 2015 | 11:32 EDT
Zimperium Mobile Security has uncovered a major vulnerability in the Android ecosphere that will effect 95% of all Android devices. Named "Stagefright," this vulnerability will allow a hacker total…
July 28, 2015 | 08:00 EDT
For years, Google has been in a bitter fight against Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. The reason? Hood claims that Google is aiding in online piracy because sites which have pirated content…
July 26, 2015 | 03:54 EDT
This summer, Youtube will launch a new service called Youtube Gaming, a website and app focused on gaming content including live streaming and speed running. Alex Joyce, Product Manager at Youtube,…
June 12, 2015 | 05:22 EDT
The Department of Justice recently filed an amicus brief advising the Supreme Court not to hear an appeal by Google in a major copyright case. The case originated when Oracle sued Google over the…
May 31, 2015 | 08:11 EDT
A top-secret NSA document, which was recently shared by Edward Snowden with the CBC, shows a joint plan to by intelligence agencies in the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to hijack Google's…
May 21, 2015 | 11:45 EDT
For years Google has been designing and testing software and hardware to make cars autonomous. Years ago, in 2012, Google began work on designing self driving cars by combining a vast array of…
May 17, 2015 | 04:15 EDT
Thanks to a ruling by an appeals court, Safari users in the UK can sue Google over its alleged privacy violations. The claim is that Google bypassed user settings to save a tracking cookie, which…
March 27, 2015 | 08:39 EDT
Google has announced a long-anticipated update to their flagship Chromebook Pixel, updating the internal specifications with newer hardware from Intel. The newest Broadwell based CPU’s are present,…
March 12, 2015 | 08:04 EDT
Rule #1 of journalism The media is abuzz with information about Google's new Fact-based algorithm, said to be harmful to sites like Gawker and Fox. Many journalism sites from Gizmodo to The Daily…
March 5, 2015 | 09:15 EST
Google doesn't even want you to see this much Google's Blogger blogging service previously allowed X-rated content on their sites so long as they were marked appropriately. But starting on March…
February 25, 2015 | 09:25 EST
Sometimes you simply forget something crucial or would like access to some key files when you're away from home. Have you forgotten that flash drive with something vital for a business presentation…
February 10, 2015 | 04:27 EST
Google and the UK's Information Commissioner's Office released a jointly signed agreement regarding upcoming changes to Google's privacy policy. This puts to rest a years long disagreement between…
January 30, 2015 | 06:38 EST
Google Fiber is coming to the south. According to Time magazine, Google Fiber will be expanding to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville and Raleigh-Durham. If you live in or around them, you will have…
January 28, 2015 | 07:23 EST
As previously reported on TechRaptor, both Apple and Steam have complied with sanctions against Crimea and will not allow the use of their online stores by Crimean based users. Paypal as well has…
January 26, 2015 | 02:37 EST
A recent law passed by the European Union gives citizens the so-called right to be forgotten online. A recent court ruling further clarifies the scope of what the law pertains to. People can request…
January 20, 2015 | 04:01 EST
The latest update to Google Translate for Android and iPhone adds some powerful new features to greatly streamline the translation process. Google Translate already has the capability to translate…
January 15, 2015 | 05:15 EST
Earlier this year tech giants Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe were hit with a class action lawsuit. Recently, they have agreed to a settlement, to the tune of $415 million, to be paid jointly by all…
January 14, 2015 | 03:49 EST
Android Operative Systems, use a core component called WebView to render web pages. Due of its nature, this component is predictably under constant scrutiny from security experts to locate possible…
January 12, 2015 | 02:19 EST
Since the FCC proposed classifying telecom and cable services as Title II under the Telecommunications act, Comcast, and various other companies have been in up-in-arms at the proposal. This is not…
January 4, 2015 | 04:35 EST
Several major tech companies and social media sites have decided to stand up to Russian authorities who recently handed down orders to block content regarding an upcoming protest. The protest was in…
December 27, 2014 | 09:05 EST
Google has quietly rolled out a new little feature for Youtube that is still in the early stages of being fully integrated. Right now, Google's new GIF creator that is integrated with Youtube only…
December 12, 2014 | 09:19 EST
In response to a new Spanish law, Google has announced that as of December 16th, it will be shutting down Google News in Spain and removing all Spanish Publishers from their lists. The new law, which…
December 11, 2014 | 01:00 EST
Last May the European Court of Justice ruled that, because search engines are data controllers, they are subject to legislation for European data protection. This means that private individuals have…
November 27, 2014 | 12:42 EST
There have been quite a few announcements in the world of Google this week. They have announced the new Nexus 6, made by Motorola, which is now expected to be available for pre-order in late October…
October 17, 2014 | 02:35 EDT
Today, it was announced by the Twitch CEO, Emmett Shear, that Twitch has been bought by Amazon. Rumor had been flying around for a long time that Google was the one to buy Twitch, but a latecomer who…
August 25, 2014 | 05:29 EDT
Admist all of the craziness and backlash Facebook has received about making people split their time between two of their apps (and here's my opinion on it) someone is paying attention. If seems that…
August 14, 2014 | 09:00 EDT
Once again the team at Google took the stage and showed off a plethora of new features for the google brand. This year, the focus was heavily rested on synchronizing your devices while giving the…
June 26, 2014 | 01:28 EDT
Tech Raptor will be covering Googles annual press conference "Google I/O". Below you can find an embedded stream courtesy of the Google Developers.
June 25, 2014 | 12:58 EDT
Swiftkey is an extremely popular third-party keyboard for Android with over a million downloads from the Google Play store. The basis for Swiftkey is to replace the standard Android keyboard with a…
June 16, 2014 | 05:25 EDT
Variety is reporting, through their own sources, that Youtube is about to finish a deal with Twitch to purchase the company. This deal would be Google's largest since it purchased Youtube for $1.6…
May 18, 2014 | 09:37 EDT
This morning Google just released their newest app in the App Store called Chrome Remote Desktop out of beta to the public. This app works with the Chrome Remote Desktop program that is in the Chrome…
April 16, 2014 | 04:11 EDT
After shaking up the cloud storage game almost 2 years ago, Google is about to do it again. Today on their blog, Google announced new pricing for Google Drive. You can still have the free 15GB of…
March 14, 2014 | 09:30 EDT