Remember the days before Google’s Image Search function existed? Neither do we. But it hasn’t been around forever. In fact, it only came into existence in 2000 and we have Jennifer Lopez to thank. Well, her and the clever people at Google.

Lawyers acting for Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna, Cara Delevingne, and other stars whose private images were hacked have threatened to sue Google for $100m (€79m).

Tens of thousand of Gmail account holders in Ireland may be using the email service without realising the company routinely scans the content of their messages.

Google chairman Eric Schmidt’s pay packet more than doubled to $19.3m (€14m) last year as a new compensation plan reduced the total amounts for three other top executives.

Google boss Eric Schmidt has predicted that censorship could come to an end in a decade through the use of encryption to overcome government surveillance.

Campaigners have warned that a crackdown by Microsoft and Google on internet searches for child abuse images will not stop paedophiles using the web to share horrific photos and videos.

Internet searches for child abuse images will be blocked for the first time by Microsoft and Google after months of mounting pressure.

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Google boss Eric Schmidt today said he was “perplexed” by the debate over the company’s tax affairs.

Google Glass, a high-tech pair of spectacles with in-built hands- free video camera and internet access, has already raised privacy fears because it can record video far less conspicuously than a handheld device and could make it difficult for people to know when they are on camera.

It is set to be the next big thing for gadget lovers everywhere. But users of Google Glass, a high-tech pair of spectacles with in-built hands-free video camera and internet access, are being given some basic advice – take them off when visiting public conveniences.

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt will meet David Cameron next week, just days after the internet giant was mauled by a Commons committee over its tax affairs.

Its corporate motto may be “Don’t be evil” but Google was accused of being devious, calculating, and unethical as British MPs put pressure on its tax regime.

YouTube v TV? YouTube says the battle – if there ever was one – is over.

When it comes to books forecasting the future, tech statesmen like Eric Schmidt don’t have a stellar track record. Even Bill Gates, in his 1995 The Road Ahead, ignored the internet just as it was about to transform the world.

Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt has defended the internet giant’s tax affairs in Britain, saying the firm was playing a key role in the UK’s high-tech growth.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley leaders have formally launched a political group aimed at revamping immigration policy, boosting education and encouraging investment in scientific research.

Ex-basketball star Dennis Rodman has hung out with Kim Jong Un during an improbable journey to North Korea, watching the Harlem Globetrotters with the leader and later drinking and dining on sushi with him.

AS THE Government ratchets up the pressure on struggling families by introducing an array of new taxes, the question of whether multinational companies are paying their fair share is timely.

Google’s stock price has topped $800 for the first time.

Google’s chairman wants a first-hand look at North Korea’s economy and social media during his private visit to the communist nation, his delegation said, despite misgivings in Washington over the timing of the trip.

Google’s executive chairman has started a visit to North Korea which has sparked controversy and fascination.

When he lands in North Korea, even Google’s executive chairman will likely have to relinquish his smartphone, leaving him disconnected from the global information network he helped build.

Google has denied a newspaper report it had received a €1bn tax claim from the French authorities arising out of the billing of French customers from Ireland.

French President François Hollande is considering pushing for a tax that would see search engines such as Google having to pay each time they use content from French media.

Yahoo has hired long-time Google executive Marissa Mayer as its next chief executive in the internet company’s latest attempt to burnish its image and revive its financial growth after years of often-demoralising upheaval.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan granted disgraced TD Michael Lowry an exclusive meeting and access to department officials just days after the damning findings of the Moriarty Tribunal were published.

Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt plans to sell up to 2.4 million shares of stock currently worth nearly $1.5bn (€1.14bn).

IT’S AN open world.

Google boss Dr Eric Schmidt is expected to offer an olive branch to the television industry in a keynote speech tonight.

Google shares have surged after co-founder Larry Page’s first results since taking over as chief executive impressed Wall Street.

GOOGLE, owner of the world’s largest internet search engine, reported sales and profit that topped analysts’ estimates, a sign the company is benefiting from an effort to expand into mobile and display advertising.

LOOKING back at the milestones in the Irish economy as I move on to the next phase of my life might be more profitable as a final exercise than trying to predict future trends.

DEATH or prison is the only fate that awaits any Irish youth who joins a gang, former gangsters warned yesterday.

IRELAND should try to use the internet to make Irish businesses more global, said Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt who spoke in Dublin yesterday.

Adele has been named the most powerful person in the British music industry.

THE Group of Eight leaders, meeting in France yesterday, piled pressure on Greece to sort out its debt crisis, saying the debts of some European governments were weighing down a labouring world economy.

Countries at the forefront of the “Arab Spring” will receive more financial and political backing under plans being floated by Barack Obama and David Cameron.

When US President Barack Obama arrives at Facebook headquarters this week, he will be the first sitting head of state to visit the brick-and-mortar home of the social media powerhouse.

One of the co-founders of Google is to become its new CEO.

Paris: Google’s YouTube unit will pay three French artistic collection agencies for the use of their members’ works, continuing an effort to cool tensions with creative groups and regulators in France.

Google's internet advertising business has helped push quarterly net profits up to more than $2bn (€1.42bn).

ONLINE security experts have warned about the serious risks associated with creating a “digital footprint” which allows people who place too much personal information online to become targets for cyber criminals.

The head of Google has said the company's future will rely on storing more personal information about its users.