Sources: Reuters
Google's Russian subsidiary announces its intention to file for bankruptcy after Russian authorities seize the company's bank account. 2022-05-18
A US$5 billion class action lawsuit is filed against Alphabet Inc. and Google, alleging the company violates users' right to privacy by tracking them in Chrome's incognito mode. 2020-06-2
Google receives a United States patent for an adhesive for its self-driving cars, so-called "human flypaper", designed to minimize injuries in a pedestrian accident by holding the person to the car rather than being thrown after impact. 2016-05-19
Chinese technology company Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google for $3 billion to create its own mobile device unit. 2014-01-30
Iran plans to block use of the Google search engine, as it prepares to switch its citizens to a domestic internet network. 2012-09-23
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
After the Egyptian government censorship of social media websites (such as Twitter, Facebook and Google), internet access and SMS networks are cut off in response to anti-government protests. 2011-01-28
The European Commission launches an anti-trust investigation of Google. 2010-11-30
Google says that its Street View cars collected more information than it previously admitted including e-mails, passwords and URLs and that it would change its privacy practices. 2010-10-22