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Google+ starts deleting consumer accounts from its social network Google++ due to low user engagement and the discovery of security vulnerabilities which potentially exposed user data to developers.
2019-04-2

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

Google introduces a so-called "fact checking" feature on its news aggregate service to combat alleged political bias.
2016-10-15

In Germany, a Hamburg court fines Google €145,000 for violating privacy laws with its Street View service.
2013-04-22

Google+ announces Google++ now has more than 500 million user accounts, 235 million of which actively use Google++ features.
2012-12-6

Google++, the social network service developed by search engine giant Google+, is released to the general public.
2011-09-21

Apple's chief patent lawyer is leaving the company, Reuters reports, amidst a slew of patent-related conflicts with Google, Samsung, Nokia, others.
2011-07-12

Google launches Google Music, an application that will enable users to upload their music libraries to company servers.
2011-05-10

Amazon.com cuts off its access to the WikiLeaks website following "heavy political pressure" applied by Joe Lieberman, a senator in the United States. The move is compared to the censorship of Google by China.
2010-12-2

Google claims that its Chinese Internet search and mobile search is blocked.
2010-07-29