Responding to community feedback, Google is giving its users a simpler way to control their privacy on its platforms — an auto-delete feature. Location history and web activity both help Google to provide the user with personalized ads and recommendations and to access their commonly visited sites more easily. But, increasingly, users are becoming skeptical […]
Google+ (consumer version) is shut down today
The consumer version of Google’s failed social media platform, Google+, is laid to rest today. Google+ now lays rest in The Google Cemetery, alongside other dead projects such as the URL shortening service goo.gl, and instant messaging app Google Allo. Launched in 2011, Google+ was Google’s shot at a social media platform like Facebook and […]
safe.page is Google’s latest secure domain initiative
Google has long been an advocate of HTTPS, with measures such as marking all HTTP sites as “Not secure” paving the way to their goal of a fully secure Web — safe.page is their latest initiative. Their latest initiative to promote HTTPS is the new site safe.page, an informative page explaining the importance of HTTPS. […]
Google unveiling its gaming console today
The annual Game Developer’s Conference is in San Francisco, CA, this week and Google is bringing a game changer – no pun intended. Every year, video game developers and thousands of attendees descend upon Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco for the world’s largest professional gaming industry event. The event’s official website says that attendees […]
Google+ to shut down in April
Tech giant Google will shut down the consumer version of its social media platform Google+ come April. Google+ is a social media platform that is accessed via the same Google account linked to other services such as Gmail and YouTube. Since its inception, Google has had trouble giving Google+ the mass appeal of Facebook and […]
Safe by Default – Google’s new web security policy
The ‘Secure’ icon on HTTPS web pages has been removed by Google with the padlock soon to follow. Additionally, all HTTP pages will be marked as “not secure”, as Google aims to create a web that is safe by default. Previously, Chrome displayed a padlock and “Secure” in green letters for HTTPS secured sites, as HTTP was still widely implemented […]