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Google celebrates 106th birthday of Egyptian lawyer Moufida Abdel Rahman
Born in Cairo on 19 January 1914, she was among the first women to graduate from Cairo Universityâs Faculty of Law and became the premier female attorney in Egypt. Her determined efforts in and out of the courtroom helped forge the path to political equality for Egyptian women.

Google marks birth anniversary of Nabil Ali, Arabic Computational Linguistics pioneer
Google described Aliâs innovations in computational linguistics, as the Arab worldâs first step into the Information Age.

Google denies Badriya Tolba’s debut as celebrity voice for its mapsÂ
The company added, “As much as we enjoy Badriya Tolba’s films and admire the idea, we would like to make sure that nothing changes in the voice guidance properties of Google Maps.”

Google announces new features for Arab countries
$1m grant for a digital skills programme

Google appoints Hisham El-Nazer as office director in Egypt
Egyptians use products from Google worth EGP 131bn

Google hires a team to be based in Cairo
Company discusses with MIIC its plans in Egypt, Africa

Google Falafel doodle celebration
Locally known as Taâmeya, the over 1,000 old fried balls are made of fava beans with herbs, spices, and some vegetables

Google celebrates Ahmed Khaled Tawfikâs birth anniversary
Al-Karma publishes his latest short story collection

Huawei sales will not be affected by Google’s suspension of business: MTI
Two scenarios for Huawei crisis: extending deadline, finding new software solutions

Google study shows Egyptiansâ online interaction in Ramadan
Tech giant seeks to lure local small, medium businesses to advertise on its platforms

Egyptian MCIT Minister meets with representatives from Google, Vodafone, Synopsys during MWC
Agreement with Synopsys to train 1,000 young people in field of electronic circuit design

Google, Apple criticised for Saudi app allowing men to track female relatives
Tim Cook, Appleâs CEO, said in an interview with NPR that he was unaware of the Absher app, the Saudi-based government app which allows men to track the movement of female family members, but he will investigate. The app was first highlighted at the beginning of February in a report of Insider news. It is …

Google celebrates Monuibâs 114th birthday
Actress one of few female comedians who managed to capture peopleâs hearts

Google routed $23bn in 2017 to tax haven Bermuda, documents reveal
Strategy of double Irish with Dutch Sandwich is international tax evasion involving channelling profits first through Irish company, then Dutch company, then to Irish subsidiary in a location â like Bermuda âwith lower or no income taxes Tech giant Google shifted $22.7bn through a Dutch shell company to Bermuda in 2017, in a move that …

âI agree to Terms & Conditions of serviceâ: What information do we voluntarily give out to big tech companies?
Amount of personal information about users of what is called âfree serviceâ, might be shocking for some people, yet it reveals critical aspect of living in modern age

Google celebrated Hend Rostomâs 87âs birthday
Throughout her journey, Rostom took part in 80 films, where she was known to be a beauty icon, with enchanting looks

Google employees stage global walkout for women's rights
Thousands of workers around the world walked away from their desks to protest the company’s handling of sexual misconduct and equality issues. They also called for equal pay and an end to forced arbitration.Thousands of Google workers walked out of offices across the world on Thursday in protest of how the company handles sexual harassment. …

UK court blocks class action law suit against Google
The UKâs High Court has blocked an attempt to bring legal action against Google for alleged illegal data collection. The ‘Google You Owe Us’ group said it plans to appeal.The UK's High Court ruled on Monday not to go ahead with a mass law suit against internet giant Google for allegedly collecting sensitive data from …

New Google search feature launches for job-seekers in Arab world
Feature available to users in 15 countries across Middle East

Google turns 20: In search of next multibillion-dollar company
From a humble beginning in Stanford dorm rooms, Google has emerged as one of the biggest internet successes. But growing competition, overreliance on ad revenues and privacy concerns pose new challenges for the company.It all started with a chance encounter. Larry Page, an engineering major from the University of Michigan, was visiting Stanford University to …

Google fined âŹ4.3 billion by EU regulator
The EU hits Google with a massive fine for freezing out rivals of its Android mobile phone system. The ruling could further enflame tensions between Brussels and Washington, which are already at a low point.After a three-year investigation, the European Union on Wednesday imposed a âŹ4.3 billion ($5 billion) fine on Google for breaching the …

Google launches offline neural machine translations Â
Two years ago, Google introduced neural machine translation (NMT) to Google Translate, significantly improving accuracy in translations. Today, Google is putting that technology in the Google Translate apps on Android and iOS so that users can get those high-quality translations while their phones or desktops are offline. Google is not just enabling these translations to …

Parliament plans to impose ad fees on Facebook, Google
Draft budget for next fiscal year approved with EGP 1.4tn total expenditure, EGP 989bn revenue, target deficit of 9.8%, growth rate of 5.8%

Google doodle celebrates Radwa Ashourâs 72nd birthday
Google celebrated the 72nd birthday of the late prominent author Radwa Ashour through a doodle on the search giantâs homepage. Featuring a cartoon of Ashour tightly clutching her book to her chest, with scenes from her novels behind her, Google commemorated the distinguished novelist’s birthday. Ashour was born on 26 May 1946. She is the …

World’s 5 most valuable tech brandsÂ
Telecommunications and information technology (IT) companies managed to take the top nine spots of the world’s 10 most valuable brands in 2018, according to Brand Finance, an independent business valuation consultancy. According to the Brand Finance report, Amazon topped the list of the highest value brands in the world after its valuation at $150.8bn, up …

Google reveals top searches Egyptians made in 2017
El-Khatib tops list of celebrities, El-Kif top song

Google spat with Amazon heats up
In the online corporate jungle, the beasts don’t come much bigger than Amazon and Google. Their latest feud is related to how they promote the otherâs wares but industry experts predict that bigger battles lie ahead.Internet giants Amazon and Google have come to blows over the way in which they promote and acknowledge each other …

Technology companies dominate top positions of worldâs top brands
Google tops the rankings, valuing its brand at $109.4bn

Google decides to retire YouTube editor, enhancements to stay
Effective 20 September 2017, YouTubeâs web-based video editor will be taken offline, as Google has decided to retire it seven years after it was first launched.

Google enables exploring the ISS on maps street view
Google has recently added the International Space Station (ISS) to the list of sites available for Street View on Google Maps, allowing users to explore the station and learn about planet Earth from outer space. In a press release, Google said that it was 48 years ago when the first spacecraft landed on the moon, …