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Google is killing song lyric websites
The sites that serve up song lyrics are in danger of being devoured by Google.

Dear Google: Please make smartphones interesting again
Google is turning its attention to the smartphone market again.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: How to easily view your website traffic
COMMENT: Who is going to give you all these answers and without payment of money? Google!

Brits frantically Google 'what is EU?'
What have we done? Brits frantically Google 'what is the EU?', hours after voting to leave it as Brexit remorse spreads.

Google aims to stop terrifying you when you search medical symptoms
Even if you're not a hypochondriac by nature, jumping on Google to do some research when you have a mysterious headache or cough has been enough to make you one.

Spark boss calls out tech giants on tax
COMMENT: Tax - it's about doing the right thing, writes Spark managing director Simon Moutter.

Google Maps: Some mysteries explained
Here are just a few explanations behind the strangest mysteries involving Google Maps.

Apple and Google can't stand app store chaos
Allowing the app economy to develop chaotically has led to incredible clutter.

Google's settings getting more user-friendly
What's the first thing you would do if you lost your smartphone?

Is this search engine smarter than Google?
ANALYSIS: Omnity, a new search engine, tries to put things in context.

Google raided over $2.6 billion tax fraud
Google's offices in Paris have been raided by police in an investigation into money laundering and "aggravated tax fraud".

Snowden calls for boycott of Google's newest app
If users want their messages to be encrypted, they will have to opt in.

Google embeds AI to make searchs ubiquitous
Google is turning to artificial intelligence to make sure people keep using its search engine.

Billions are being invested in unwanted driverless cars
Brian Lesko and Dan Sherman hate the idea of driverless cars, but for very different reasons.

Tech hubs and money pop up away from Silicon Valley
The Bay Area has long been the center of the technology world, and it remains the undisputed king of startups.

Google Books just won a decade-long copyright fight
The legal fight over Google's effort to create a digital library of millions of book is finally over.

Why Apple and Google struggle with simplicity
COMMENT: Right now, millions of consumers are facing a problem with simplicity, as both the number of smart products and the functions of those products multiply.

Google's driverless-car crash report doesn't add up
Google's analysis of its first crash deserves a little more explanation.

Tech firms filing briefs to support Apple
The companies are showing their support for Apple, which is fighting the U.S. government over accessing a locked iPhone.

How do you feel about Facebook's reactions?
Now you can Haha, Wow, Sad or Angry on Facebook. Here's what you need to know.

The future of television, according to Google
The Internet giant is getting interested in building next-gen cable boxes.

Google's driverless cars the same as a human driver
If you hop into one of Google's pod-like self-driving cars, you now legally won't be considered the driver.

Which five tech companies can't be disrupted?
We live in an age of rapid technological change and disruption. But can the Big Five tech giants ever be disrupted?

Could Alphabet overtake Apple as the world's largest company?
For years, Apple has enjoyed its status as the most valuable tech company -- by a long shot, but this could change.

Google paid Apple $1b to keep search bar on iPhone
Google is paying Apple a hefty fee to keep its search bar on the iPhone.

Internet providers want to know more about you
Your Internet provider is turning into a data-hungry tech company.

Google's self-driving cars can't go it alone
Incumbents don't have to be passive victims as software takes over: Manufacturing prowess still counts, especially when coupled with open-mindedness and flexibility.

The four stocks that made the difference
What Wall Street has taken to calling the FANG stocks - Facebook, Amazon.com, Netflix and Google - had an amazing year, with gains ranging from 34 to 178 per cent.