Sources: Reuters
Google announces it will ban targeted ads that use voter data, effective within a week. 2019-11-20
Google announces that it is shutting down its Google+ network for consumers after seven years due to "very low usage" and a software error, first reported by "The Wall Street Journal", that potentially exposed the data of 500,000 users. Google+ will fully shut down in August 2019. 2018-10-8
The European Union accuses Google of abusing the dominance of its Android by preloading its own apps. 2016-04-20
Google completes its reorganization into Alphabet Inc., becoming its leading subsidiary. Sundar Pichai becomes CEO of Google. 2015-10-2
Chinese technology company Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google for $3 billion to create its own mobile device unit. 2014-01-30
Google announces a new system aimed at removing child pornography from the internet. 2013-06-16
Google calls one of its search engine websites "Google Palestine" instead of "Google Palestinian territories". 2013-05-3
The European Union and United States approve Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of smartphone maker Motorola. 2012-02-13
Reuters cites sources "familiar with the matter" as saying that Google will soon receive approval from both the European Union and the United States for its proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility. 2012-02-10
Google says thousands of internet users in Vietnam have been spied on with malicious software, appearing to target opponents of bauxite mining in the country. 2010-03-31