Sources: Reuters
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
Spotify announces it will suspend all political ads on its platform starting early 2020. It follows similar moves from Twitter and Google. 2019-12-27
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
The Federal Communications Commission approves Google's plan to restore some cell phone service in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico with Project Loon balloons. 2017-10-7
Google is being sued over alleged inequality in the pay of male and female employees. 2017-09-14
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
China denies it is disrupting access to Google's email service in the country. 2011-03-22
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
Google begins to phase out its support for Internet Explorer 6 after it was identified as a weak link in cyber attacks on the search engine. 2010-01-30