Google sees sharp comeback in ad revenues on both search and YouTube as advertisers renew spending after pandemic slump earlier in the year

Google sees sharp comeback in ad revenues on both search and YouTube as advertisers renew spending after pandemic slump earlier in the year
Worldwide shares show biggest drop since 2008 as supply chains are disrupted, major events are cancelled and companies cut back on business travel
The move aims to attract more entrepreneurs, following criticism of immigration restrictions from the UK’s tech industry
Defra and the Department for International Trade face an ‘impossible’ task in preparing for Brexit
Local full-fibre projects move forward, while Hammond also indicates the government may increase taxes on tech giants such as Google and Apple
Twitter, Facebook and others must take on a ‘stronger duty of care’ or face tighter state controls, Sadiq Khan is to say at South by Southwest
Tech firms said they welcome the government’s latest data protection plans, which could see an ongoing EU-level role for Britain’s information commissioner
The company plans to hire more than 15,000 staff across Europe by the end of 2017
Job losses and changing skill requirements are two of the possible negative economic impacts
The expansion comes on the heels of Google’s approval of a £1bn UK investment
Oracle’s secretive handling of a shift of jobs to Eastern Europe is the beginning of a wider round of cuts, according to the company’s European Works Council
The IT industry’s trade body is urging the government to bring in sweeping measures to safeguard the country’s digital economy
A US hiring survey, along with official statistics, both show higher employment rates for IT professionals
The study has found higher levels of optimism in areas such as pay rises and job hunting amongst employees in the US
Purchases and sales of small businesses in the US saw growth in 2013, but remained well below the level of activity before the recession
Video conferencing continues to be affected by economic uncertainty and a trend toward software-based systems
US small businesses are showing more optimism, largely due to the increased availability of credit, according to a new survey
Dell officials have laid out their plans for reinventing the company in a private buyout, arguing that Michael Dell should remain as chief executive
Semiconductor sales are being hit by slow PC sales and ongoing economic uncertainty, but Gartner expects the market to return to growth late in 2013
SPAIN: The Spanish IT industry is suffering along with the rest of the economy
The overall US unemployment rate may be declining, but small businesses have eliminated their former plans to make new hires
Adoption of 10GbE technology grew in data centres, but this could not offset slow sales in the US, Western Europe and elsewhere, according to IDC
PayPal will cut nearly 3 percent of its workforce as president David Marcus looks to speed up product development
Weak third-quarter earnings by Intel, IBM, Microsoft and others are due in part to business uncertainty surrounding the US’ 6 November presidential and congressional elections, according to a Forrester analyst
Gartner has predicted a 3.8 percent increase in global IT spending next year, with one of the main beneficiaries being big data systems
The market for subscription web services is now expected to grow 19.6 percent this year to $109bn worldwide, with business processes a key market, according to Gartner
Cloud computing services will help to create millions of new jobs over the next few years, according to a Microsoft-commissioned IDC study
IT spending grew by 5 percent in 2011 as businesses invested in infrastructure, new software and mobile devices
European Commission vice president Neelie Kroes has argued that current copyright system is not working
Analysts are scaling back their Q4 chip forecasts due to the Thailand floods and gloomy economic outlook