All the headlines from our Google Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 24 2015 // That Google is getting into auto insurance should have the voice in the head of every agent who sells personal auto coverage saying: “Be afraid, be very afraid.”OK, that’s not exactly how W.R. Berkley...
Feb 20 2015 // Those now running comparison insurance shopping websites believe that they could be helped if Google enters into the business because the giant search engine could draw more attention to buying insurance online.However,...
Feb 17 2015 // Does Google help criminals by allowing its search engine to lead to pirated music or by having its autocomplete function suggest illegal activities?Mississippi’s attorney general suspects the company does and wants...
Feb 11 2015 // With representatives of the electronics industry saying Mississippi’s attempt to investigate Google should be blocked by federal law, 11 other state attorneys general and other groups are taking the opposite...
Feb 4 2015 // Computer industry groups are joining Google’s effort to block an investigation by Mississippi’s attorney general.Industry groups filed court papers on Jan. 30 saying federal law should block Attorney General...
Feb 2 2015 // Uber faces an ever-growing cast of adversaries that includes dubious regulators, litigious drivers, hostile members of the press, and some well-funded rivals. But the most significant threat to the app-based transportation...
Feb 2 2015 // The Chubb Corp. in Warren, New Jersey, reported net income of $558 million for the 2014 fourth quarter, a 1.9 percent decrease from $569 million net income during the prior year fourth quarter.The operating income, which...
Jan 22 2015 // Mississippi’s attorney general says a suit against him by Google should be dismissed.In court papers filed Jan. 12, Democrat Jim Hood claims the Internet search giant’s assertion that it is protected by federal...
Jan 15 2015 // Google Inc. sees Detroit’s snow as a bigger barrier than Washington’s regulators for its self-driving car.The technology giant doesn’t intend to offer a self-driving car to areas where it snows in the...
Jan 13 2015 // Opportunity was a theme that came up often at the annual California Wholesaler Industry Days convention from Sunday through today in La Jolla, Calif. at Hilton Torrey Pines.The three-day conference organized by the...
Jan 9 2015 // Giant search engine Google, which already offers auto insurance online in the United Kingdom, could soon be selling auto insurance online in the U.S.Google Compare Auto Insurance Services Inc., its online auto insurance...
Dec 22 2014 // California’s Department of Motor Vehicles will miss a year-end deadline to adopt new rules for cars of the future because regulators first have to figure out how they’ll know whether “driverless”...
Nov 17 2014 // Google was sued last week by a worker who claimed the company did not pay overtime, improperly classified him as an independent contractor then terminated him after he asked for more hours to be covered under his...
Oct 8 2014 // When Nigeria was hit by its first outbreak of the Ebola virus, health workers monitoring suspected cases armed themselves with mobile phones and an Android app that cut the time it took to report the onset of symptoms.The...
Oct 7 2014 // A lawyer who represents about a dozen female celebrities whose private photos were posted online by hackers has threatened to sue Google Inc. for failing to take the photos off its websites, according to the New York...
Oct 2 2014 // A Hartland Township marketing and Web design firm sued a former client over comments it made about the company online and in a letter to a business networking group.Five Sparrows filed the defamation suit against James...
Aug 17 2014 // The car stopped at stop signs. It glided around curves. It didn’t lurch or jolt. The most remarkable thing about the drive was that it was utterly unremarkable.This isn’t damning with faint praise. It’s...
Aug 8 2014 // Security researchers revealed two separate threats last week they say could put up to 90 percent of the world’s 2 billion plus smartphones at risk of password theft, stolen data and, in some cases, let hackers take...
Jul 1 2014 // In 2012, a small team of Google Inc. engineers and business staffers met with several of the world’s largest car makers to discuss partnerships to build self-driving cars.In one meeting, both sides were enthusiastic...
Jun 30 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Google Inc., leaving the company to face lawsuits accusing it of violating a federal wiretapping law by secretly collecting personal data while developing its Street View...