Alphabet reports record quarterly results Google parent Alphabet last night reported record profit for the second consecutive quarter and a $50 billion share buyback but warned a surge in usage ... Business • 28 Apr
Key focus of Government is getting people back to work The Minister for Finance has said that scaling up the vaccine programme is key to the re-opening of the economy and that is happening now ... Business • 19 Apr
Google subsidiary moved $75bn profits through Ireland Newly filed accounts show that over $75bn in profits moved through a subsidiary of Google that was incorporated in Ireland in 2019, more than three ... Business • 17 Apr
Austrian privacy group files complaint against Google An Austrian online privacy campaign group has said it has a filed a complaint against Google over what it says is a tracking code "illegally" ... Business • 07 Apr
Google agrees to pay Italian publishers for news Google has announced it has signed licensing deals with numerous Italian media publishers to pay for news content, in the US tech giant's latest move ... Science and Technology • 24 Mar
Google launches new Google for Small Business website Google has today launched a new website which is specifically dedicated and designed to help small Irish businesses take their business online and continue to ... Business • 18 Mar
Developers to pay lower fees to Google's app store Alphabet Inc's Google has said it is cutting the service fee that app developers pay to Google Play app store to 15% for the first ... Business • 16 Mar
Pointy to offer free devices to Irish SMEs Pointy, the once Irish owned company that makes technology to make it easier for physical retailers to get their products online, is to offer free ... Business • 10 Mar
Google phases out cookies, won't use web tracking tools Alphabet Inc's Google will not build or use alternate tools to track web browsing traffic once it begins phasing out existing technology from its Chrome ... Business • 03 Mar
News Corp signs news partnership deal with Google News Corp, the Rupert Murdoch-controlled media company has struck a global news deal with Alphabet Inc's Google, in one of the most extensive deals of ... Business • 17 Feb
Alphabet's Google posts record sales on ad boost Google parent Alphabet has topped quarterly sales expectations for its advertising and Cloud businesses, helped in part by the pandemic, and said it will resume ... Business • 03 Feb
Google to set up Safety Engineering centre in Dublin Google is establishing a new Safety Engineering Centre in Dublin, to act as a regional hub for its staff involved in tackling the spread of ... Regional • 27 Jan
Google to set up safety engineering centre in Dublin Google is establishing a new Safety Engineering Centre in Dublin, to act as a regional hub for its staff involved in tackling the spread of ... Business • 27 Jan
Google threatens to block search engine in Australia Google has threatened to block Australians from using its search service unless the government changed landmark legislation to make it pay news outlets for their ... World • 22 Jan
Google completes $2.1 billion deal for Fitbit Alphabet's Google has completed its $2.1 billion acquisition of wearable device maker Fitbit, the companies said today. Business • 14 Jan
CES - tech giants hope for US data privacy law Google, Twitter and Amazon are hopeful that Joe Biden's incoming administration in the US will enact a federal digital data law, senior company officials said ... Business • 13 Jan
Google wins EU competition approval for Fitbit deal Alphabet's Google has today won EU competition approval for its $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit after agreeing restrictions on how it will use customers' health ... Business • 17 Dec 20
US states accuse Google of anti-competitive practices Several US states led by Texas have filed legal actions against Google over alleged anti-competitive practices, branding it an "internet Goliath" that had eliminated competition ... Business • 16 Dec 20
US tech giants face fines as EU unveils new rules The European Union has unveiled tough draft rules targeting tech giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook, whose power Brussels sees as a threat to competition ... Business • 15 Dec 20
Google's YouTube, Gmail recover after global outage Google services, including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive, have been restored for most users, following a global outage that affected thousands. World • 14 Dec 20
Tech firms face EU fines over illegal content Big tech firms such as Google and Facebook will face fines of up to 6% of turnover if they do not do more to tackle ... Business • 11 Dec 20
French watchdog fines Google €100m on cookies rule fail France's data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of €100m to Alphabet's Google for breaching the country's rules on online advertising trackers ... Business • 10 Dec 20
Review: Google Pixel 5 The Google smartphone offering has grown bigger and better in recent years. The latest flagship release - the Pixel 5 - brings 5G and some ... Business • 21 Nov 20
Group of 165 Google critics call for swift EU action A group of 165 companies and industry bodies have called on EU competition enforcers to take a tougher line against Google, saying the US tech ... Business • 12 Nov 20
Alphabet sales growth revived as advertisers come back Google parent Alphabet last night said it powered back to sales growth, beating analysts' estimates for the third quarter as businesses initially hobbled by the ... Business • 30 Oct 20
