Tag: google

Google Appoints Zimbabwean as Senior Vice President

Published on January 25, 2022 by Face of Malawi

Google has appointed James Manyika as the company’s first senior vice president of Technology and Society. Manyika will report directly […]

TikTok is now world’s favourite online destination for social media users, displacing google

Published on December 24, 2021 by Face of Malawi

Viral video app, TikTok is now the world’s most popular online destination. The Chinese owned app gets more hits than […]

Find out the full meaning of GOOGLE, YAHOO, POLICE and two other abbreviations you may not know

Published on October 26, 2021 by Flora Mitumba

There are several English abbreviations which are not common or easy to know the full meaning. Some of these abbreviations already sounds […]

7 Things You Should Never Search On Google

Published on September 6, 2021 by Flora Mitumba

Google is very useful, especially when it comes to research. It mostly provides answers to all our needs and help […]

Russia accuses Google, Apple of election interference

Published on September 3, 2021 by Face of Malawi

Russia said Thursday that Google and Apple’s refusal to remove jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s app ahead of elections could […]

France fines Google $593 million over copyright row

Published on July 14, 2021 by Face of Malawi

France’s antitrust watchdog slapped a 500 million euro ($593 million, approx. over Ksh.60 billion) fine on Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday […]

France fines Google £425million for failing to negotiate ‘in good faith’ with media companies over the use of their content

Published on July 13, 2021 by Mc Noel Kasinja

France has fined Google £425million for failing to negotiate ‘in good faith’ with media companies over the use of their […]

Trump sues Facebook, Twitter, Google

Published on July 8, 2021 by Face of Malawi

Former US president Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against Google, Twitter, and Facebook. The controversial ex-president has accused the […]

Amazon and Google probed over efforts to stop fake reviews

Published on June 27, 2021 by Flora Mitumba

Amazon and Google are under investigation over concerns fake five star reviews on their websites could be misleading shoppers. The […]

France Fines Google For Unfair Online Ads Treatment

Published on June 8, 2021 by Face of Malawi

France has fined Google £190million after finding the tech giant abused its dominant market position while selling online adverts. French […]

Huawei Unveils New Operating System for Phones: “HarmonyOS”

Published on June 2, 2021 by Chisomo Kambale

China’s Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) announced the launch of its proprietary Harmony operating system (HarmonyOS) for smartphones on Wednesday. Huawei developed […]

Turkey fines Google

Published on April 15, 2021 by Face of Malawi

Turkey’s Competition Board has fined Alphabet Inc’s Google more than 296 million lira ($36.65 million) for abusing its dominant position […]

Uganda asks Google to block ‘Bobi Wine’s’ Youtube accounts

Published on December 17, 2020 by FACE OF MALAWI

Uganda has asked Google to block at least 14 YouTube accounts linked to opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi […]

Google introduces new feature that allows you find the name of a song by humming and whistling, instead of from lyrics alone

Published on October 19, 2020 by Face of Malawi

Google has introduced a new feature that allows you to identify a song even if you don’t know the lyrics. […]

Free Google Meet version to limit meetings to 60 mins from September 30

Published on September 28, 2020 by FACE OF MALAWI

Google Meet users will not be able to use the video meet app for an unlimited time from September 30 […]

Google hit by global outage

Published on August 21, 2020 by Face of Malawi

Google, Gmail, and several other Google applications were on Thursday suffered an outage for many users globally. Google said that […]

Google Adds Fact-Checking To Images In Bid To Combat Fake News

Published on June 23, 2020 by Face of Malawi

Google said Monday it was adding fact-check labels to images as part of its efforts to stem visually misleading information. […]

Google Chrome users could get a £4,000 payout – find out if you’re eligible

Published on June 8, 2020 by Edgar Naitha

A £4 billion ($5 billion) class-action lawsuit has been filed against Google, amid claims the tech giant illegally gather information […]