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And in education, Google and Apple are facilitating students’ return to class with the help of technology. 60.6%: Share of consumers who have increased their use of online D2C channels to purchase food and beverage products during the pandemic. All this, Today in Data.

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JD.com, one of the biggest eCommerce retailers in China, has teamed up with Google to launch a store on Google Express, according to a report by Reuters. . In June of last year, Google announced it was going to invest $550 million in JD.com in exchange for a 1 percent stake in the company.

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against Google, joined by 11 states attorneys general, alleging the tech giant has used its dominant position in the online search market unfairly against competitors. Without antitrust enforcement, Google will continue to insulate itself from competition. Tuesday, Oct.

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3) that it would work with Google to deliver “smart” digital bank accounts, using Google Pay as an app-driven way to broaden its digital reach and improve users’ experiences with their financial institutions (FIs). To that end, BBVA was one of six banks that said on Monday (Aug. Ready For The Digital Shift.

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JULY 2, 2020

European regulators are investigating Google’s proposed $2.1 billion takeover of Fitbit, the San Francisco-based wearable technology maker, the Financial Times reported. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the government’s regulatory agency, has warned the deal could strengthen Google’s position.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Sonos is suing Google as of Tuesday (Jan. The saga goes back to 2013, when Sonos and Google agreed that Google would design its music service to work easily with Sonos’ speakers. Sonos, not thinking there was a downside as Google didn’t make speakers, handed over the blueprints for said speakers.

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MAY 23, 2019

Google users can now place restaurant orders right from Google Maps, Google Assistant or Google Search. The function operates in Google Maps and Google Search through an “Order Online” button that shows up when consumers look for a supported restaurant.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Google has won a green light from India’s competition watchdog for its plans to purchase a significant stake in Jio Platforms, the nation’s largest telecom. 11) tweet , the Competition Commission of India (CCI) announced its decision to approve Google’s $4.5 Under terms of the deal , Google will acquire a 7.73

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

At a time when our nation’s secrets at the NSA and Homeland Security and assets at the Department of the Treasury were able to be illicitly tapped into by foreign hackers, the security and reliability of countless other online industries and enterprises have also been brought into question. Short answer: Not really. government.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In today’s top news, the DOJ’s antitrust case against Google will focus on its power over internet searches, and GoodRx priced its stock at $33 a share, above its target. DOJ Antitrust Case Against Google to Focus on Search. Report: Overcoming ID Fraud’s Technology Blind Spots. Online Gaming’s Winning Payouts Plan.

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Now Google has added its own voice to that. Google is buying an Ireland-based company called Pointy , which was founded in 2014 describes itself as a “tech company that aims to make it easy for customers to find the products they’re looking for in local retailers — not as straightforward as it sounds.”. Google vs Facebook.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

s Google Cloud division is expecting a surge in fourth-quarter sales as the country’s retailers brace for record online holiday shopping. Stores depend on cloud technology for its eCommerce infrastructure to host websites and store data. We’re planning for peak on top of peak,” Google Cloud’s Carrie Tharp told Reuters.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

H&M Home and Google have announced a holiday partnership, according to reports. The apparel, home design and decoration company has created a gift guide for the holiday season with Google, using Google Assistant voice technology. This year they released the H&M Home Stylist, which is also a voice application.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Google and Intuit are pairing up to help Australian small businesses (SMBs) get a better grip on cash management. 13) said Google and Intuit Australia announced news of their partnership at the Google Cloud Summit, which was held in Sydney. Reports Wednesday (Sept.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Tech retail startup Pointy will be acquired by Google, the company announced in a blog post. Pointy is an easy way for merchants to get their products online and increase their web presence. Pointy said its product also helps a business with its online presence, as well as to show up in Google search results.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

The Google News Initiative (GNI) is rolling out a new open fund for up to $3 million to combat misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines, a blog post says. Another example could be a partnership between journalists and doctors via technology in order to jointly look into misinformation and facts.

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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. Michael’s SPAC intends to buy a technology company, where Michael will serve as chairman and CEO, IPO Edge reported.

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MARCH 15, 2022

Offering Digital Consumer and Commercial Accounts Benefits Financial Institutions Banks and credit unions that enable online/digital account opening win new customers and members and retain existing ones. . Takeaway 1 Many financial institutions are adding or improving online or digital account opening capabilities. .

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

High-interest consumer loans — often known as payday advances — are now banned from having apps on the Google Play store, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Sunday (Oct. ” Google banned apps charging 36 percent or more, which now puts the tech giant in the middle of the overall fight against payday loans. .”

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Google is challenging a proposed rule by Australian regulators that could force the global technology company to pay the country’s news outlets to distribute their content. In an open letter published online Monday (Aug. In an open letter published online Monday (Aug. But Silva disagrees.

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DECEMBER 13, 2018

Google has released Google Shopping in India to aid customers with a streamlined online shopping experience. According to a report , Google Shopping will allow customers to sift through offers and review costs between multiple merchants. For users on mobile devices, there’s the Google Lens app.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Google is planning to launch consumer checking accounts next year in partnership with Citigroup and Stanford University, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Wednesday (Nov. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. “Our It may be the slightly longer path, but it’s more sustainable.”.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Google has announced new Shopping Actions partnerships with Nike , Best Buy and Sephora that allow shoppers to search and shop for tens of thousands of products, just in time for the holidays. In fact, a recent study shows that Google is the first place U.S. This is the latest way Google is looking to drive holiday sales.

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JUNE 5, 2020

Julie Tarallo McAlister, a spokesperson for Google , said the firm keeps working “to engage with the ongoing investigations led by the Department of Justice” and attorneys general of states. On almost all of the smartphones around the globe, Google is the preset search engine.

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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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In addition, the Google Calendar mobile app now integrates with QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Accountant. According to news from eInvoicing Platform , prior to the integration, SMBs had to manually enter each activity from their Google Calendar into QuickBooks — wasting time and increasing the chance of human error.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Mobile-first Starling Bank released a video today showing off an integration of its API with a Google Home device. The feature is not available for Starling customers yet, though it’s coming, according to Megan Caywood, chief platform officer at Starling Bank.

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MARCH 14, 2019

The release of a new Google app development tool is among the latest steps to try to bring more mobile accessibility to people with disabilities — a push that’s been going on in the background of digital retail and associated areas almost since the beginning. So what does that actually mean in plain English?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Combine visual smarts with digital context and you’ve created an online shopping method that can respond to consumer impulses and discovery in ways that can feel pleasingly intimate – and can even lead to significant profit boosts. That’s one angle through which you can view a recent development involving Google Lens.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Google ad tools have taken center stage in the Justice Department’s antitrust investigation of the search giant. As part of the probe, the DOJ talked with publishers, advertising technology firms and advertising agencies regarding Google’s online ad tools, sources told The Wall Street Journal, as reported on Wednesday (Feb.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Facebook and Google have signed up for new internet standards, which will require internet companies to respect data privacy and “support the best in humanity.” Those of us who are online are seeing our rights and freedoms threatened,” said Berners-Lee at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon on Monday (Nov.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

According to a report in CNBC , citing the report published by the ACCC, the government watchdog listed a series of remedies, which include creating a government agency that would be tasked with regulating how the likes of Facebook and Google publish news on their platforms.

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

EXCLUSIVE— Is Google looking to become a fintech power? The company, which reported strong results for its third quarter yesterday, seems to be expanding its focus on finance, specifically on platforms that integrate or otherwise support payments and mobile technologies in its many markets.

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APRIL 21, 2020

In a bid to lure advertisers from other eCommerce companies, Google said it will no longer charge merchants to place ads on its Shopping search page, Reuters reported. The California-based technology company is betting the trade-off in loss of ad revenues will be offset by a surge of new customers. “If and globally by year’s end.

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JUNE 9, 2019

Google is spending more than any other U.S. According to a report in CNBC citing the Center for Responsive Politics, Google spent $21.17 According to a report in CNBC citing the Center for Responsive Politics, Google spent $21.17 In 2009 Google spent $4 million on lobbying, with that increasing fivefold in 2018.

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billion, and Google comes in third at $309 billion. Google had the number one spot last year, and along with Apple, has spent 12 years atop the list. The boundaries are blurring as technology fluency allow brands, such as Amazon, Google and Alibaba, to offer a range of services across multiple consumer touchpoints,” she said.

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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. Yandex launched 20 years ago as a search engine Google with a variety of online services, including ride-hailing and restaurant deliveries.

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