
Lawmakers accuse Google of dishonesty over taxes
U.K. lawmakers subjected search giant Google to blistering criticism Thursday, accusing the U.S. Internet company of playing games with Britain's tax ...
German court orders changes to Google search hints
Google Inc. must respect requests to remove autocomplete entries from its search bar in Germany if they are defamatory, a German court ruled Tuesday.
Google agrees to change search display in Europe
Google has agreed to change how it displays search results in Europe — including a better labeling of its promoted content and displaying links to ...
Google fined by German data protection agency
A German data protection agency fined Google Inc. 145,000 euros ($189,000) for illegally recording information from unsecured wireless networks — an ...

Nokia cuts losses but sales continue to plummet
Nokia continues to take a hammering in the smartphone market, with sales for the handset maker falling by 20 percent in the first three months of the ...

AP Interview: Israel's Olmert begins tech venture
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert joined forces Thursday with a leading Kazakh industrialist and an Israeli entrepreneur to launch a new ...
ACLU: Slow smartphone updates are privacy threat
One of the leading U.S. civil-rights organizations is taking on an unusual cause: spotty smartphone updates. The American Civil Liberties Union is ...
Google clears another step in EU antitrust case
Google has taken another step toward settling a European antitrust investigation focusing on whether the Internet giant is abusing its dominant ...

Lithuania taxman uses Google Maps to find dodgers
As soon as Google Maps Street View was rolled out in Lithuania earlier this year, tax authorities were ready. Sitting in the comfort of their own ...
Google to invest $390m in data center in Belgium
Internet search giant Google says it is investing 300 million euros ($390 million) to expand its continental European data center. Google Inc.

Google's Android target of new antitrust complaint
A group of companies led by Microsoft have called on European authorities to launch an antitrust investigation into Google's dominance of Internet ...

Google and privacy: 6 EU countries take action
Google's new privacy policy is under legal attack from regulators in its largest European markets, who want the company to overhaul practices they say ...

EU fines Microsoft $733M for breaking browser pact
The European Union has fined Microsoft €561 million ($733 million) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choice of Internet ...
Companies struggle to popularize mobile money
Mobile money may seem like a hot concept, but consumers aren't warming to it. At the world's largest cellphone trade show, here in Barcelona this ...
Momentum grows for alternative phone system Tizen
The junior league of smartphone operating systems is getting more competitive. Phones from yet another contender — Tizen — will go on sale this year ...
Correction: Wireless Show-Firefox Phones story
In a story Feb. 24 about the launch of phones using the Firefox web browser, The Associated Press reported erroneously that 13 phone companies around ...

HP to make $169 Android tablet, eschewing Windows
Hewlett-Packard Co. is making a tablet computer that uses Google's Android operating system, steering clear of Microsoft's latest tablet-oriented ...
Google to set up $82M fund for French publishers
Google will help French news organizations increase their online advertising revenue and also set up a €60 million ($82 million) fund to finance ...
Google sued in UK over Safari tracking
A British law firm says that about a dozen Apple customers are suing Internet search leader Google in the U.K. over its alleged secret tracking of ...

Video game puts players in shoes of Syrian rebels
A new video game based on Syria's civil war challenges players to make the hard choices facing the country's rebels. Is it better to negotiate peace ...
A look at corporate deals the EU has ruled on
United Parcel Service Inc. has walked away from a proposed $6.9 billion takeover of the Netherlands TNT Express NV, claiming European Commission ...
YouTube, German music industry fail to reach deal
The German music industry has broken off talks with Google Inc.'s YouTube service after failing to agree on licensing fees for its members' work.

Debate erupts in France over blocking online ads
France's Digital Economy minister said Monday she persuaded a top Internet access provider to stop its controversial policy of blocking online ...
Italian court overturns Google convictions
An Italian appeals court on Friday overturned the convictions of three Google executives found criminally responsible for a video on a Google site ...
Deep divides in Dubai at UN talks on Internet
Talks over possible new U.N. regulations for the Internet were deeply divided Monday, with Russia and others advocating for more government control, ...