DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: Google Apologises For Narendra Modi 'Top 10 Criminals' Search Results

DTN News - SPECIAL REPORT: Google Apologises For Narendra Modi 'Top 10 Criminals' Search Results

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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 4, 2015: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image featured in top 10 criminals of the world in Google search engine on Wednesday. Though the internet giant issued a statement, apologising for 'any confusion or misunderstanding', but the image continued to appear in the search till late in the night.

"These results trouble us and are not reflective of the opinions of Google. Sometimes, the way images are described on the internet can yield surprising results to specific queries. We apologise for any confusion or misunderstanding this has caused. We're continually working to improve our algorithms to prevent unexpected results like this," a Google spokesperson said in a statement.

Google said that results to the query "top 10 criminals in india" was due to a British daily which had an image of Modi and erroneous metadata.

It said that in this case, the image search results were drawn from multiple news articles with images of Modi, covering the prime minister's statements with regard to politicians with criminal backgrounds, but added that the news articles do not link Modi to criminal activity, and the words just appeared in close proximity to each other.

PM Modi's image appeared along with those of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Hafiz Sayeed, and Ayman al-Zawahiri among others. 

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DTN News - APRIL FOOLS DAY 2012: Google's NES Prank Leads April 1st Jokes

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Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Metro UK
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 1, 2012: Google led April Fools' jokes with its introduction of a new version of Google Maps which supports the ‘long neglected’ Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). 

The new NES version of Google Maps boasts 'beautiful low-res graphics, simple and intuitive controls, and a timeless soundtrack' (Picture: Google/YouTube)

And Tatsuo Nomura, a Google software engineer, is hopeful Nintendo fans will forgive the company for not catering to their retro tastes sooner. 

He wrote in a Google Maps blog: 'In our pursuit of new digital frontiers, we realised that we may have left behind a large number of users who couldn't access Google Maps on their classic hardware. Surprisingly, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was unsupported, despite its tremendous popularity with over 60 million units sold worldwide.

'Our engineering team in Japan understood the importance of maps on retro game systems. With the power of Google’s immense data centers, and support from Nintendo and Square Enix, we were able to overcome the technical and design hurdles of developing 8-bit maps. 

The Google Maps team provide a detailed tutorial of how to work the new software in a video blog (Picture: Google/YouTube)

The new version is the first NES cartridge to be released in almost 18 years and boasts 'beautiful low-res graphics, simple and intuitive controls, and a timeless soundtrack.'

Like the original Google Maps, Google Maps 8-bit allows users to search for famous landmarks around the world, 'get detailed directions to avoid dangerous paths, and battle your way through a world of powerful monsters and mystic treasures.’

A Game Boy version is already in the pipeline. 

VIDEO: Watch the promo for Google Maps 8-bit for NES here

Meanwhile, Google Play have released their very first Morse Keyboard for Android. The app scraps the traditional 26 key keyboard in favour of just two using just dots and dashes allowing users to 'type faster than ever with predictive mode and expert mode'.

And the old fashioned technology has been a hit with users. One commented: 'This app is amazing, writing long emails used to be a major hassle, how it just flies. This app is a game changer.'

Another added: 'A keyboard that addresses all of my anxiety regarding scrunched modern qwerty keyboards and one that does it in such an elegant way.'

Elsewhere, pictures supposedly showing Simon Cowell and David Walliams frolicking in a park emerged in the Sunday Mirror. 

Britain's Got Talent judges Simon Cowell and David Walliams have embarked on a blossoming bromance in recent weeks (Picture: Rex)

The Britain’s Got Talent judges enjoyed a picnic before taking a boat ride in a swan pedalo. 

Italian ­photographer Aprile Sciocco, who spotted the pair, said: 'It was so good to see the chemistry between them works just as well off screen. 

'They had a great heart-to-heart about women, cars, clothes and how they like their steaks cooked – it was a proper blokey afternoon out.'

The Sun also reported on a new Arsenal scent which captures the smell of the Emirates Stadium.

According to the newspaper, 'The £23 perfume includes a whiff of oils in the players' massage area, the fresh-cut pitch and leather from boss Arsene Wenger's dugout seat. 

Jack Wilshere is championing Arsenal's new scent (Picture: Getty )

'Experts who blended the scent also included a hint of matchday food prepared in the posh Diamond Club by celebrity chef Raymond Blanc — and even a touch of striker Robin van Persie's hair products.' 

And 20-year-old England pro Jack Wilshere is a fan of the new aroma. 

'This brings me right back to the heart of Emirates Stadium whenever I want. 

'It's perfect for any occasion — from a date with the missus to a night out with the lads,' he added. 

Meanwhile, The Guardian has reported that David Cameron has asked Happy Mondays star Shaun Ryder as a special advisor on social class.

Former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Shaun Ryder has been recruited by David Cameron, The Guardian reported (Picture: ITV)

According to the paper: 'Spin doctors believe that his credibility and authenticity could rub off on a government that has increasingly lost the common touch. He will advise on presentation of all coalition policies that affect the least well-off. 

'He has already devised a T-shirt which makes light of "pastygate", adapting the George Osborne mantra "We're all in this together".'

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DTN News - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEWS: New book Reveals Google's Fallout With Apple And Exit From China

Defense War News Updates: DTN News - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEWS: New book Reveals Google's Fallout With Apple And Exit From China

Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources Economic Times

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - April 10, 2011:

A new book released this week has lifted the lid on the secretive world of Google, revealing how the founders fell out with Apple's Steve Jobs and what happened in the search engine's exit from China.

'In the Plex' was written by Steven Levy, a technology reporter who says his latest work is "informed by a two-year deep dive into the company," reports the Daily Mail.

He reveals that when founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were on the hunt for a chief executive they wanted Steve Jobs to take up the job.

The only problem was that Jobs had a much better job at Apple - a much more superior company at the time.

He turned their offer down but because he saw the potential of Google he agreed to mentor Page and Brin, even sharing advisers.

Problems came when Google bought and started work on the Android mobile phone system.

Apple saw it as a direct threat to iPhone and relationships broke down with Jobs feeling betrayed by the pair.

When he saw features like the 'pinch-and-zoom' control to look at websites and images during a visit to Mountain View, California, the home of

'Googleplex', he was apparently furious.

He believed the best ideas from the iPhone had been stolen.

The book also looks at the company's decision to pull out of China in 2009, nine years after the decision to make in-roads into the country.

Hackers, believed to be state-sponsored, broke into Google email accounts so Brin decided it was time to pull out of China.

It was in the country that 'the worst moment in Google's history' came about.n executive was sacked after they gave iPods to Chinese government officials - a customary business practice.

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DTN News - TECHNOLOGY NEWS: Google Accuses China Of Blocking Gmail

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(NSI News Source Info) HONG KONG - March 21, 2011:

Google Inc on Monday accused the Chinese government of making it difficult for Gmail users to access the service in the country, the latest development in a rocky relationship between the two.

Google said any difficulty users in China may have faced in the past few weeks accessing its email service was likely to be the result of government blocks, a Google spokeswoman said in a statement.

"There is no issue on our side, we have checked extensively," the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "This is a government blockage carefully designed to look like the problem is with Gmail."

Gmail users in China said they were still able to log in to their accounts, but were unable to perform tasks such as sending email and accessing their address books.

Google's run-ins with the Chinese government began in January 2010, when the company said it was no longer willing to censor search results in the country. Previously, the company included a disclaimer on its China service that searches may not be complete because of local laws.

Searches for terms deemed sensitive by Chinese censors are routinely blocked. Chinese search engines such as that offered by Baidu Inc already voluntarily filter searches.

This is not the first time Google has accused China of interfering with its services. In January, Google said it had uncovered sophisticated China-based attacks on human rights activists using its Gmail service around the world.

The months-long censorship dispute that Google had with the Chinese government was a diplomatic flashpoint in Sino-U.S. Relations in 2010.

China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a faxed inquiry.

Censorship of Web content has intensified in China following calls on foreign websites for a "Jasmine Revolution", which are anti-government gatherings inspired by demonstrations in the Middle East and North Africa.

(Reporting by Kelvin Soh in Hong Kong, Sui-Lee Wee in Beijing and Sakthi Prasad in Bangalore; Editing by Chris Lewis)

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