The coronavirus pandemic is not over but the companies are now tiring of giving freebies. So, get ready to fork some cash for calls, as Google Meet is limiting its free calls to 60 minutes. The firm started offering free unlimited calls for all users last April, and after a few extensions, it had set the deadline for this ‘generous’ offering forJune 30, 2021. Now, as noted by9to5Google, the company is showing a new message onits support pagenoting that you’ll get a notification of the time limit at the 55-minute mark:...

Google’sMusicservice is only available in the US right now, and itsBooksstore service only serves up free, public domain titles elsewhere in the world. Needless to say, their associated Android apps are US-only for the time being. So, why did my Android handset decide to offer me downloads of both this morning? Yes, when I checked my Nexus One this morning there were two new downloads available: Books and Music, despite the fact I had neither on my phone already....

The aftermath of Google’s Street View cars collecting of data from WiFi signals continues to roll on. Followinga record fine from Franceearlier this year, neighbouring Belgium has offered Google the chance to settle with them over the case for €150,000. As Bloombergreports, the country’s federal prosecutor has stated that Google breached national law when its cars collected personal data from WiFi networks. The company now has three months to accept the deal....

Google said it has set aside $500 million to potentially settle US probe into the company’s lucrative Google’s online advertising system. The documents provided few details except that the investigation involved how some unnamed advertisers used Google’s advertising network. Google said in the filing: “In May 2011, in connection with a potential resolution of an investigation by the United States Department of Justice into the use of Google advertising by certain advertisers, we accrued $500 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2011....

Google News holds a special place in the world of journalism.When multiple media outlets report on the same topic in a short amount of time, the articles that make it to the main News page are seen by the most people. It’s no different than any other media industry. If you’re a musician, you want your song to show up on Spotify’s main page. If you’re in a comedy movie, you want it to be listed first in the “comedy” section on Netflix....