Sources: Reuters
Google confirms that it will rename the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America" on Google Maps for US users in line with the official position of the Trump administration. 2025-01-28
Google announces that it is building the world's longest undersea cable that will run from the east coast of the United States to Las Toninas, Argentina, with additional connections in Praia Grande, Brazil, and Punta del Este, Uruguay. The cable will ensure fast, low-latency access to Google products, such as Search, Gmail and YouTube, as well as Google Cloud services. 2021-06-12
In response to a bill proposed by parliament to require dot-com companies to compensate local news outlets for hosting their content, Google threatens to block Australians from using its web search engine should the current draft of the bill become law. 2021-01-22
Google has a cloud services outage that affects Gmail, Snapchat, YouTube and other services in parts of the United States. 2019-06-2
Google pulls Android update support for Huawei phones, as well as the Google Play Store and Gmail apps, after the Chinese technology company was blacklisted by the United States Commerce Department. 2019-05-19
Internet analytics company ComScore says Google's Gmail has edged out Microsoft's Hotmail as the world's top e-mail service. 2012-11-1
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China rejects accusations by Google that it is blocking access to Gmail in China. 2011-03-22
China denies it is disrupting access to Google's email service in the country. 2011-03-22
Google ends a redirect to its Hong Kong site in China and provides a new method of reaching unfiltered results after the Chinese government threatened to end its Internet Content Provider license. 2010-06-29
Google stops censoring its search results in China, redirecting users to its Hong Kong site. 2010-03-22