Google launches Public Alerts Google has launched its new Public Alerts feature for Maps, alerting users to potential disaster warnings in their area and around the world.
Google merges privacy settings Google has announced that from 1 March it will be moving to one single privacy policy, giving the search giant the ability to 'combine personal information' across the majority of its products and services.
Social networks Focus on the User Engineers from Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have joined forces to bite back at Google and bring search results from social networks with Focus on the User.
Google+ averts identity crisis Google+ has updated its policy to allow the use of established pseudonyms on the social network.
Google+ phases out incoming stream Google+ quietly announced it will phase out its 'incoming' stream in favour of other, more simplified features that do the same thing.
Google brings Your World to your search results Google's ever-expanding social remit now includes Your World, a further initiative by Mountain View to break down search results by personal recommendations and search history.