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MAY 1, 2019

Google appears to be losing steam in the ongoing race to dominate the online advertising market, and competitors Amazon and Facebook are taking advantage of the stumbles. As revealed in Google’s first-quarter 2019 financials, ad clicks across the Google sites also decelerated to 39 percent, as measured in terms of paid clicks.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple and Google executives may be wondering if there's an app for, "time to call the lawyers.". 8) issued a news release stating that it will look at the market power the two companies exert in the country. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) on Tuesday (Sept. Public input will be accepted until Oct.

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JUNE 4, 2020

Amazon may become the latest American tech giant to buy its way into India’s fast-growing telecom market as it eyes a deal that could upend the nation’s mobile market. Meanwhile, Google is exploring its own Indian telecom play. And Google has also discussed a potential deal with Reliance Jio.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

20) accused Google of “arm-twisting” startups that depend on the Android mobile operating system. The company complained about Google’s market power in a Sunday blog post that gave the company’s perspective on Google’s temporary removal of a Paytm app from the Android store. In an interview Tuesday (Sept.

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JULY 14, 2020

Google is adding more fuel to its drive into India’s tech industry with a bid to buy a $4 billion stake in Jio Platforms, a Reliance Industries subsidiary in which Facebook has invested $5.7 Sources told Bloomberg News that Google could announce a Jio deal in the next few weeks. billion people are currently online.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

15) extensive potential new regulations for digital services that would cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms, offering first drafts for the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) to the public. The European Commission released on Tuesday (Dec.

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

A former Uber executive is planning to launch a $250 million initial public offering (IPO) for a blank check company whose advisors include billionaire Eric Schmidt, an ex- Google CEO, IPO Edge reported. Harris said SPACs have gone from 3 percent to 20 percent of the market during the recent rush in cases. 2) for DPCM Capital Inc. ,

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MARCH 20, 2019

Google has launched its cloud gaming platform, a service called Stadia , with the introduction coming as payments is commanding a bigger role in online and mobile games. That negates the need to have specific and often pricey gaming hardware — players need only to access games via the Google Chrome browser or YouTube.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

How do consumers really want to search online ? That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. DuckDuckGo does not track consumers’ browsing histories, nor does it sell consumer data to third parties for the purposes of ad targeting and precision marketing. The pitch comes down to privacy.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

And Google wants a bigger piece — making a move that seems similar to a recent announcement from Apple. The search and online advertising provider reportedly is about to launch streaming games and gaming hardware, according to 9to5Google.com. Google also is reportedly set to make an announcement at the conference about gaming hardware.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

In a roundup of today’s top retail stories: The automotive market continues its comeback with a digital spin, conversational commerce is the next big pandemic-fueled trend, and Tiffany said that its preliminary sales results for August and September 2020 are positive. Tiffany Upbeat on Sales, Operating Earnings Amid COVID-19 Comeback.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Russia’s biggest technology firm, Yandex NV, launched an online service that uses bike couriers to bring groceries to Moscow residents in 15 minutes, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Jan. The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital convenience market for items like toothpaste and condoms.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

tech firms’ dominance across online platforms, and the collection and use of data. The European Union is examining the creation of a single data market that would reportedly challenge tech firms such as Google and Facebook, as Reuters reported. In Europe, another regulatory salvo may be aimed at U.S.

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JUNE 29, 2018

Google is getting into the grocery delivery market, with NBC News reporting that it is testing a same-day delivery service that will bring food and other online orders to consumers’ doorsteps. If the test is successful, Google told NBC News it could expand into other markets. “We

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MAY 13, 2019

The Commerce Cloud is a fully managed cloud-based version of the Magento platform that is fully integrated with benchmark Adobe tools like analytics, marketing and advertising. It requires you to manage a whole host of new operational challenges.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

This newest round of regulatory focus involves Amazon and Google and comes as rules crafted by the European Union continue to have an increasing impact on digital economies and endeavors throughout the world. Google Fine. Speaking of Google …. based tech firms operating there. Amazon Probe. Let’s start with Amazon.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This edition includes news about Facebook’s new payments push, Amazon’s new robotics plan and why Google is working more closely with financial institutions. Google Dives Into DDAs. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Google’s Growing Global Challenge To Amazon’s Voice Dominance .

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MARCH 15, 2018

New rules loom in the European Union for tech giants like Apple , Amazon and Google, Reuters reported. The European Commission is at work on a new proposal that aims to shape how online platforms — spanning eCommerce and mobile apps — rank search results.

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JUNE 17, 2019

The dispute over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ‘s (OCC’s) national bank charter, which became available to FinTech firms last year, has reportedly caused technology conglomerates to shy away from a tool that aims to provide nonbank firms with a more streamlined way to operate on a national level.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. At issue is the eCommerce retailer’s parallel responsibility to third-party merchants as an online shopping ecosystem and to itself as a competitor on the platform with rival products. India’s Antitrust Watchdog Opens Google Antitrust Case.

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MARCH 21, 2018

Amazon has overtaken Alphabet — Google ’s owner — as the company with the second-highest market value in America, as Google’s stock fell for the third consecutive day on Tuesday (March 20). And Microsoft is behind Apple, Amazon and Alphabet with a market value of $720 billion.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. Customized, well-thought-out interactions—especially in the online banking space—are integral to wooing new customers and retaining existing ones. Their ability to market and add banking functionality … is a natural fit.”.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

The advent of COVID-19 has only accelerated that trend, as people spend more and more time online. Adapting to New Market Conditions. SEO is a complex space to understand as Google does not share information on how its algorithms work. There can be a knowledge gap throughout your marketing and development teams.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Google has set its sights on India and the nation’s SMEs in an effort to seek out new users as the country enters center stage in the world of FinTech. 4) said Alphabet, the parent company of Google, announced an initiative aimed at enticing small and medium-sized enterprises within India to expand their digital presences.

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JUNE 19, 2018

Peek , the startup that wants to overhaul the travel activities industry with technology, has raised $23 million in venture funding and unveiled a partnership with Google. Peek has plenty of well-known angel backers, including Founder of Trulia and NFX Pete Flint, former Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

For Big Tech, the bleeding may come from cuts, here and there, targeting individual agreements and operations. Vestager has said the injunctions would be more widely deployed as antitrust investigations continue into Google, Amazon and Apple, among others. “If As PYMNTS noted on Tuesday (Oct.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

It was less than a year ago — February, to be precise — that Google appeared as the latest player in an increasingly crowded food delivery market that was intent to make a move on grocery. Google was “taking on Amazon” (according to Recode ) by making the big move on fresh produce.

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JUNE 27, 2017

The European Commission has spoken when it comes to Google — and as of today, it has spoken loudly. Google has been ordered to pay 2.4 Google has been ordered to pay 2.4 Critics of the move, particularly stateside, have complained that the EC is targeting successful American firms that operate overseas. billion euros ($2.7

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

According to one recent estimate , consumers globally in the third quarter of 2018 downloaded 29 million apps from Apple and Google app stores, up 10 percent year over year. Another estimate put app spending via Apple and Google at $18.2 For its part, Google Play earned $6.2 billion in the quarter on Google apps, a 21.5

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

Also, Bill Ready, formerly PayPal’s chief operating officer, is set to join Google as president of commerce. PayPal’s Bill Ready To Join Google As President Of Commerce. Bill Ready, the former PayPal chief operating officer, is joining Google in January as its new president of commerce.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, Google has reportedly prohibited high-interest consumer loan services from its Google Play store. Google Play Store Boots Payday Loan Apps. Google Play Store Boots Payday Loan Apps. High-interest consumer loan services are now prohibited from having apps on the Google Play store.

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JANUARY 1, 2021

Starting with some of the most recent changes — and a sign of what’s to come — earlier in the month, the European Commission offered up its initial draft of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. As reported in this space , the DSA and DMA cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms.

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MARCH 25, 2019

Once closed, the conjoined firm will offer enterprise banking, payments, capital markets and global eCommerce services to financial institutions and businesses around the world. As a combined organization, we will bring the most modern solutions targeted at the highest-growth markets. eBay Drafts Google Pay.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Online sales in such countries as Spain, an EU member, are expected to grow by 20 percent , according to eMarketer. The market has significantly changed, and (our) evaluation has identified a number of issues that need to be addressed,” said the commission’s Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager , who is in charge of competition policy.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

While “reselling” or “secondary market” are more likely to keep ownership of this burgeoning market, the reselling market is reinventing itself for 2020. Nordstrom has not yet launched its online intake program where customers will have the ability to mail in merchandise. We like the handle.

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JULY 24, 2018

It’s easy to imagine the appeal: Transferring loyalty program data from one grocer to another, moving image data from a social media site to an online photo-printing service, retaining access to music playlists after leaving a website with weak privacy protections or other flaws. Data Control. DTP Development.

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OCTOBER 24, 2019

Consumers are waking up to the fact that all those free online and mobile services — email and social media among them — take in trade personal data that is chopped, diced, analyzed, bundled and sold to numerous third parties. Everything comes with a price — and that applies to the digital world as well. Chris Webb sure does.

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