The search giant also reported first-quarter revenue that rose 24 percent and earnings that slightly beat analysts’ expectations.

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Google Announces a Two-for-One Stock Split

The search giant is updating its core software to offer users fresher results to their queries where relevant.

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Google freshens up search engine

Google is being sued by PayPal, which claims the internet search giant stole its technology for turning smartphones into digital wallets.

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PayPal sues Google over mobiles

The search giant has been talking up its views on privacy at the Big Tent conference

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Google planning privacy controls

The search giant has set aside $500 million to resolve a Justice Department investigation.

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Google Is Said to Be Near Settlement on Pharmacy Ads

The search giant apologises to customers who ‘lost’ Gmails, saying they would be ‘back soon’.

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Google to restore missing Gmails

Not so fast, Google. Two-year-old Groupon Inc., whose spectacular rise from a side project to 3,000-employee tech star enticed the search giant to seek a takeover, has decided to stay independent. The two companies had been in negotiations, with Google…

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Groupon to Google: No Thanks

The search giant has agreed to delete all the UK data that it accidentally captured via its Street View cars.

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Google’s wi-fi data to be deleted

Google’s plans to link TV viewing to the web suffer a blow as Fox joins other US TV networks in block the search giant from running its shows.

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US networks unite against Google