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DuckDuckGo switches to Apple Maps for address searches to protect user privacy

Until now, Apple and DuckDuckGo have both taken strong stances on protecting user privacy.

Lawsuit filed against Google search engine's photo sharing and storage service dismissed

Lawsuit alleged Alphabet Inc’s Google violated Illinois state law by collecting and storing biometric data.

Google's China plan questioned by US lawmakers as staff resigns over issue

Jack Poulson resigned because he felt Google was not honoring its commitment to human rights.

Leaked video posted on Breitbart shows Google co-founder Sergey Brin and other execs lamenting Donald Trump election in 2016

A recently leaked video from 2016 shows Google executives lamenting the election of US president Donald Trump, who has accused the company of doctoring search results for his name.

Google to increase transparency on political ads ahead of mid-term elections in US

Under the new mechanism, political advertisers now have to provide a government-issued ID and other key information.

Microsoft bans advertisements related to cryptocurrency products from its search engine, Bing

Microsoft will implement this change globally in June on its search engine Bing, with enforcement rolling out in late June to early July.

Google, Facebook and Amazon are the top three most trusted Internet brands in India

"With 1.2 trillion searches per year, it (Google) has become the first port of call for all things on the Internet," the TRA Brand Trust Report 2018 mentioned.

Google to begin prioritising mobile indexing over desktop indexing

The change follows a year of experimentation by Google who had announced in 2016 that it would begin experiments to make its indexing system mobile-first.

Google to be the default search provider for Firefox on desktop and mobile in US and few other countries

Yahoo and Google aim to recoup placement fees by selling ads alongside search results and collecting valuable user data.

Google to pay Apple $3 billion to remain default search engine on the iPhone

Google has increased the amount from $1 billion 3 years ago to $3 billion this year and Google's licensing fees make up a bulk of Apple's services business.