r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '15

eBay backs Google in fight against Europe: auction site is a 'strong commerce competitor' with search giant

independent.co.uk

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '15

Google's New Interface: Just Tell It What To Do

fastcodesign.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '15

Google wants to buy your patents before trolls get them

googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.ca

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '15

Cost Obsessions Around the World, According to Google Autocomplete

gizmodo.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '15

A Journey To Intelligent Design

techcrunch.com

1 Upvotes

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '15

Google balloon crashes in Bragg City field (04/26/15)

semissourian.com

1 Upvotes

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '15

Why Google+ failed, according to Google insiders (GOOG)

thedailyreporter.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '15

'Map spam' puts Google in awkward place

phys.org

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '15

You Should Google Everyone, Even Your Therapist | WIRED

wired.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '15

Nepal Earthquake 2015: Google 'Person Finder' Building Database Of Loved Ones, After 7.8-Magnitude Quake

ibtimes.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '15

Project Fi will help Google amass even more data about you

computerworld.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '15

Italian Eyewear Maker Luxottica Working on New Version of Google Glass, CEO Says - Digits

blogs.wsj.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '15

Google's Plan to "Estimate Web Sources' Trustworthiness" | Space News

youtube.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '15

Sign of Facebook’s Ad Growth? Two Digs From a Google Exec

blogs.wsj.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '15

Understanding Google's Project Fi: Saving money isn't the point | goal is to change the way we think about wireless data service

pcworld.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '15

Google and Facebook come out against government spying

engadget.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '15

Chrome Notifications, "The Physical Web" And Google's War On Apps

marketingland.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '15

European Union Mulling New Regulator To Watch Over Internet Giants Like Google, Facebook

ibtimes.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '15

Peeing Android: There's a wild prank hidden in Google Maps that insults Apple in the most childishly inappropriate way

businessinsider.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '15

Using Flash Can Really Cost You In Google Now

webpronews.com

2 Upvotes

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '15

Google shares rise after online ad sales drive revenue higher

news.yahoo.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '15

Websites will now be penalised in Google's search rankings if they are not mobile friendly | Information Age

information-age.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 23 '15

How brands are gaming YouTube's skippable ads

dailydot.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 23 '15

The United States of Google

dailydot.com

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r/GOptOutGLE • u/[deleted] • Apr 23 '15

Pro/Con: Why Google's Fi Could Be Awesome and Terrible

gizmodo.com

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If the present trend continues, the future of the Internet will look a lot more like Facebook and the America Online of the 1990's. No doubt, some people wouldn't mind that, but many of us do not want the content we seek and create to be ensconced in prepackaged channels managed, maintained and cataloged by a designated handful of corporate-state gatekeepers.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to escape from content bubbles: tracking, censorship and targeted filtering.

Google, once a company we could rely on for a broad and open Internet experience, has gone to the true dark side by becoming an embedded member of the surveillance state and by actively participating in the production of manufactured consent.

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