Google Inc is paying more tax in New Zealand than previously but its $227,074 tax bill in 2013 isn't likely to stress a company with US$15.42 billion of revenue globally in the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

A study shows that women and girls are half as likely to be encouraged to go into computer science fields as men and boys are.

The EU has to rely on antitrust and privacy rules to curb Google's search-engine dominance and can't just break up the company, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

A group of economists have issued a study with a startling conclusion: for a large, well-known brand, search ads are worthless.

Google Maps has changed the way we navigate and poked its cameras into our lives. Meet the geography fanatic who is the tech giant's mapping evangelist.

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos wants control of the smartphone home screen so he can put more of the firm's services in front of consumers.

Following Google's $500m acquisition of Skybox Imaging, Slate's Will Oremus looks into the scope of Google's future.

Tax breaks for Apple, Starbucks and Fiat are under investigation in a clampdown on special treatment for companies.

Google's opponents are lining up for a last chance to change the mind of the EU's antitrust chief as he edges toward a possible settlement with the owner of the world's biggest search engine.

A Google Earth image of an axe-weilding man standing over a prone 'victim' was the work of two pranksters, a police investigation has discovered.

Hundreds of millions of people across Europe will be forced to change the way they use the internet, a key Google adviser says.

The dedication and stamina of the worker ant were celebrated in Aesop's Fables - in contrast to the lazy, singing grasshopper.

T-Mobile, Wal-Mart, Google and a host of other retail, tech and telecom companies are now operating like banks and they are piquing the interest of young people.

Google caused a flurry of excitement by unveiling an all-new self-driving car that takes its array of add-on sensors and integrates them into a vehicle that looks like a cross between a Smart car and a Cozy Coupe.

Illinois legislators have introduced a bill that would ban the use of Google Glass on the road, describing the technology as a potentially deadly disruption.

Google has warned that its wearable Glass device may cause headaches if used for long periods, following complaints from several users.

A survey has found Google now beats talking to friends for young Kiwis wanting to know about sex, drugs, alcohol, depression, stress or their health.

The attempted murder of an entire family, an actors affair with a teenager, and tax dodging are just some of the things that people are asking Google to hide.

As Google digests the EU top court's ruling on 'the right to be forgotten', a paedophile has asked the internet giant to delete links about his conviction.

Deleting personal information online is costly and time-consuming for Web companies. Those difficulties are now set to be magnified in Europe for Google, Microsoft and others.

The European Court of Justice struck a serious blow against the right of internet companies to hold unlimited information on individuals.

What happens if we stumble across something we consider to be irrelevant or outdated, or even something that might infringe on our privacy?

A ruling by Europe's highest court has backed the right of you - the internet user - to 'be forgotten'. But is there a sinister side to cleaning up the internet?

Oracle won a US appeals court bid to revive claims that Google copied its Java programming language to develop Android.

A Google software designer has stormed out of a conference in San Francisco after taking umbrage with the size of his audience.

Apple and Samsung placed their trust in a retired IBM executive with patent litigation experience to give them a fair trial.

Google was sued for allegedly abusing its market power by forcing handheld device makers that use its Android operating system to also provide the search engine company's applications.

Most people don't realise that mobile phones, the internet, ATM machines and stock markets, many farms, and even emergency services rely on satellites.