Topics :: Google Inc.

Finally! You can Google ’Bisexual’

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Sep 13, 2012
Since 2009, Google has blocked the term ’bisexual’ from its search features. Finally, after a campaign headed by a bisexual advocacy group, the nation’s dominant search engine has unblocked the innocuous word.

AFA Exec to Google :: ’I Wish I Knew How To Quit You’

By Jason St. Amand | Thursday Jul 12, 2012
Buster Wilson, an executive of the the American Family Association, has urged supporters to boycot Google for the company’s recently launched gay rights campaign. But it seems Wilson can’t quit Google as he’s already called off the ban in a blog post.

Google Launches Gay Rights Campaign

By Jason St. Amand | Tuesday Jul 10, 2012
Google has launched a new worldwide gay rights campaign that will work with employees in countries that have outlawed homosexuality.

Major Corporations Back Wash. Gay Marriage Law

By Jason St. Amand | Wednesday Jan 25, 2012
Major companies, such as Google and Starbucks, announced today that they would support Washington State’s gay marriage legislation.

Santorum Feeling Picked On by Google

By Kilian Melloy | Thursday Sep 22, 2011
Rick Santorum suggests that Google, having allowed his name to be linked with sexual activity between men, is an example of anti-conservative discrimination. Google, meantime, refuses to delete the search results entering his name yields.

GLBTs to Google: Doodle Us for Pride Month!

By Kilian Melloy | Saturday Jun 25, 2011
"Doodles" pop up in place of Google’s familiar graphic on holidays, for the birthdays of famous people, and even for the 30th anniversary of the popular video game from the 1980s, Pac-Man. But not for Pride.

Google vows quicker, tougher copyright enforcement

Friday Dec 3, 2010
Google Inc. is promising to do a better job of weeding out copyright violations on the Internet.

EU launches antitrust probe into Google searches

By Gabriele Steinhauser | Tuesday Nov 30, 2010
European Union regulators will investigate whether Google Inc. has abused its dominant position in the online search market - the first major probe into the online giant’s business practices.

Google announces ’Instant Previews’ search feature

By Dana Wollman | Wednesday Nov 10, 2010
People searching on Google will soon be able to see previews of websites before clicking on them.

Google tightening privacy leash on its employees

By Michael Liedtke | Tuesday Oct 26, 2010
Google Inc. is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don’t intrude on people while the Internet search leader collects and stores information about its users.