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As is often the case with big hardware events by Big Tech, the Made by Google Event was both surprising and not. Google Home Hub is that answer, a product described as combining all the voice function of the Google Home smart speaker with all the convenience of a tablet screen interface. MORE
Google announced Wednesday (Feb. In a blog post , Antony Passemard, product management lead for the Google Cloud platform, said that the acquisition will complement Google Cloud’s effort to provide a fully managed IoT service that can connect easily and securely. The executive noted that with Xively as part of Google’s cloud offering, it will be able to help customers create turnkey IoT products and solutions in a fast manner. MORE
Google announced Thursday (October 25) that it is making Google Images more useful by bringing Lens, its image-recognition mobile app, to Google Images. Lens is a natural fit for Google Images,” wrote Broitman. MORE
Google is rolling out an overhauled Discover feed on google.com for Android and iOS devices. The overhauled Discover comes at the same time that Google is expanding its image search tools. Lens is a natural fit for Google Images,” wrote Broitman. MORE
Alphabet’s Google is gearing up to charge hardware companies as much as $40 per device to use its mobile apps as part of a new licensing system that will replace one the European Union found was anticompetitive. As a result of the ruling, Google was fined $5 billion, a record. MORE
In order to remain Safari’s default search engine, Google reportedly has an arrangement with Apple. If that is the case, analysts claim the deal could be worth billions, 9to5 Google reported. Neither Apple nor Google have publicly discussed such a tie-up, but Analyst Rod Hall claims the search engine platform could end up paying Apple nearly $9 billion this year. Currently, Google is the default search engine for Apple’s iOS version of Safari. MORE
Google has announced two updates to Google Maps that will make it easier for users to follow preferred places, as well as find out about new businesses coming soon. This is just the latest update to Google Maps. MORE
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. This new integration allows business owners to schedule client work and appointments with Google Calendar. MORE
For the first time in years, Google had an official stand-alone booth at CES – a sign to buyers that it is ready to collaborate with both top brands and startups in the race for voice assistant dominance. Google’s presence at CES is equally designed to reach not only consumers, but also developer ecosystems as well,” said research analyst Werner Goertz, as reported by The Washington Post. Google Alexa Amazon CES Google Home News siri smart speakers voice assistants What's Hot MORE
That’s one angle through which you can view a recent development involving Google Lens. The product, which is Google’s object recognition platform, has taken on new duties. It will function as part of Google Image Search to, in the words of one report , tap into “the company’s computer vision work to figure out the contents of an image and provide more details about exactly what you’re looking at.”. MORE
Google Cloud has announced a partnership with artificial intelligence and data analytics firm ThoughtSpot to develop cloud analytics solutions for the enterprise. The company also revealed additional integrations into the Google Cloud Machine Learning Engine. MORE
To that end, Google said Monday that online checkout is going to get a bit speedier. The concept, rather simply, is: Google as mobile wallet. Users transact using credentials linked to their Google accounts spanning Gmail, Google Play, YouTube and Chrome. MORE
PayPal said Thursday (May 24) that it has expanded its partnership with Google Pay, with a focus on the United States, where users can pay for Google services directly using PayPal. who add PayPal to any one of Google’s services will be able to pay across the Google ecosystem, anywhere that PayPal is offered as a payment method, with only minimal setup.”. users can also choose PayPal as an option where peer-to-peer payments are offered by Google. MORE
Google has acquired customer service automation startup Onward for an undisclosed sum. According to reports , Onward Co-founders Rémi Cossart and Pramod Thammaiah, as well as CTO Aaron Podolny, will be joining Google as part of the deal. “With Google, we’ll be able to expand the reach of the technologies that power Onward,” the company wrote in a blog post. This is the most recent acquisition for Google. MORE
Google expands the market for its voice-activated smart speakers by rolling out its Google Home devices in India. According to news from BGR , the Google Assistant-powered Google Home will sell for 9,999 rupees, while the Home Mini will go for 4,499 rupees. It understands Indian accents and will respond to users with uniquely Indian contexts,” Google VP of Product Management and General Manager of Home Products Rishi Chandra said at a press conference covered by BGR. MORE
A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. He told the Guardian that the future of Google News in the region could depend on whether the EU was willing to make changes to the legislation. “We There’s no advertising in Google News. In July, Google was hit with a $5.1 MORE
The New York Attorney General and the Connecticut Attorney General are investigating the Google data breach that may have exposed the private data of at least 500,000 users. In the meantime, Google has attempted to explain why it didn’t disclose the breach to the public. MORE
Google Pay is getting an overhaul with a new user design being launched on Monday (July 9), reported BGR. According to BGR, Google Pay is the new name for Android Pay, Google’s digital payment service. With the new interface, users of Google will be able to check out a Hub page to see the latest announcements and trending games on its Play Games app. Google Pay, Bhat said, is different. MORE
Google Pay is rolling out new features that, among other things, let users send and request money, through the merging of the Google Pay and Google Pay Send apps. In a blog post on Tuesday (July 10), Product Management Director Gerardo Capiel said that a slew of updates, which have just started rolling out, allow users in the United States to send and request money using the Google Pay app, a feature that will soon debut in the United Kingdom. MORE
A case involving Google Search could change the way that class-action settlements are paid out, assuming the U.S. Eventually, Google agreed to pay $8.5 At issue Wednesday was the distribution of those payments, not Google’s search practices. MORE
The Infatuation, the restaurant discovery platform, announced Monday (March 5) it is acquiring the restaurant review brand Zagat from Google , nearly seven years after it paid $151 million for it. After all, it doesn’t get more tech-focused than Google, who is selling the business. Zagat has helped us provide useful and relevant dining results for users across our various products,” said Jen Fitzpatrick, VP of product and engineering for Google. MORE
Google has updated its events feature to include personalized suggestions and a new design that puts more event information in the search results. Last year, Google announced updates to its app and mobile web search that enable people to use them to find things to do. ” The move was a way for Google to better compete with Facebook , which said last fall that 100 million people were using Facebook Events on a daily basis, and 650 million were using it across the network. MORE
Google has added a new partner to its Google Home voice ordering portfolio. 7) it is the newest retailer to team up with Google as it looks to expand its digital sales horizon. Home Depot has confirmed it will now begin selling products on Google Home devices as well as via the Google Express commerce portal online and on mobile. At present, Google Home owns about 24 percent of the voice-activated market and is working hard to close the gap. MORE
Google has rolled out a new feature in which flight, hotel and car rental bookings are now part of Google Assistant ‘s settings. According to a report in Android Police , when users access their travel reservations via the Google app or the Home app, they will see a new Reservations item under account settings. According to Google, the upgrades were focused on making it easier for users to toggle between flights and hotels with a new tabbed layout. MORE
Mostly when people refer to “chatting” with an AI, they mean they are talking to Alexa, the Google Assistant, Siri or maybe even Bixby. Since then, the Google Assistant has literally found its voice, moving on to Google Home and other connected devices. MORE
Maison Me announced that it has received a $1 million funding round from backers including Founders Fund, Google Assistant Investments, Gagarin Capital and other unnamed investors. In addition, a Google Assistant action made specifically for visual displays is set to launch soon, and will help people decide what to wear every day. “A Sartan said that the startup will use its new funding to continue optimizing its services and building for new platforms such as Google Home. MORE
Google is hoping to answer one of the longest-running consumer questions in travel booking (Am I really getting the best deal?) The new Google Flights feature lets users see their prices stacked up against others and on a gradient: low, typical, and high. MORE
Google is readying an appeal of the European Union’s record €4.34bn fine, which it was slapped with in July over its Android mobile operating system. The ruling outlawed contract restrictions that enabled Google to maintain its dominant search position over the years. MORE
That’s the milestone that Google’s self-driving car program is celebrating, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Unlike some of their competitors, Google’s cars have been traveling frequently in cities and other populated areas. MORE
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. MORE
While America was busy watching the solar eclipse (hopefully with the appropriate protective eyewear), Google rolled out its new Android OS and created the world’s first crowdsourced “Eclipse Megamovie” using footage from across the U.S. Following its longstanding tradition of naming its mobile operating systems after desserts, Google announced Monday that the new Android OS, version 8.0, It rolls out first to the Google Pixel and Nexus 5X and 6P devices. MORE
A new update to Google Chrome will help prevent consumers from being scammed by unclear mobile subscription services. According to Google, websites need to provide sufficient details within the billing page so that users know what to expect. MORE
Google has made talking to Google Assistant easier with the launch of Continued Conversation. For the Google Assistant to have a natural conversation, it should be able to understand when it’s being spoken to and should be capable of responding to several requests during an interaction,” wrote Jaclyn Konzelmann, Product Manager of Google Assistant. “We’re The feature became available on Thursday (June 21) on Google Home, Google Home Mini and Google Home Max. MORE
For Google, a bit of backtracking. While Google claims sync isn’t automatically enabled, the change has been interpreted as a method to trick users into inadvertently sharing more data,” said the report. Google’s response came through a blog post by Google’s Zach Koch, Chrome product manager, on Sept. Google is also changing its sync user interface to communicate users’ sync states. “We MORE
Anthem, the health insurance company, has landed Udi Manber, the Google executive who ran engineering for its core search products, as its new head of artificial intelligence. Business Anthem artificial intelligence Google health insurance News personnel What's Hot MORE
Google has announced that Google Assistant can now be used to pay people back with Google Pay. When the weekend’s over, chances are someone owes you (or you owe someone) money for something – Friday night’s concert tickets, Saturday afternoon’s barbecue supplies, or Sunday’s matinee at the movies,” wrote Sam Kansara, product manager, Google Pay, in a blog post. Google Google Assistant Google Pay money transfer News P2P payments voice assistant What's Hot MORE
Google is working on using QR codes to allow its users to send peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. While Google Pay already enables P2P payments, XDA-Developers revealed that the company is adding support for QR codes to make that process a bit easier, at least if a user needs to pay someone they just met and make a quick transaction. The leaked screenshots show that people will be able to see the QR code option in the “Send” section of the Google Pay app. MORE
Google announced last week it is overhauling its privacy and security settings service — dubbed Google Account — to make it more secure and easier to use. Billions of people have now visited their Google Account, and over 20 million people do so every day. We’ve added new features in your Google Account to make it even easier to review and control this data. Google Google account News privacy security & fraud What's Hot MORE
Google has handed over a second report to European Union (EU) antitrust regulators, detailing its proposal to allow more shopping rivals to bid for ads on top of its search page. billion USD) antitrust fine after EU officials determined Google cooked its search results to benefit its own shopping services — and disadvantage the services of others. As a result, Google came up with an offer that would allow its rivals to find a place at the top of the search engine’s page. MORE
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.” MORE
But what might be a bit unexpected is that this time around, Google and its Google Home Assistant are along for the ride. For the 2018 version, Google – in partnership with Disney and Random House – is rolling out an interactive storytelling feature in its Google Home technology. MORE
Google is hoping to answer one of the longest running consumer questions in travel booking – am I really getting the best deal – by making it clear to consumers what the average price of their ticket based on historical pricing information on ticket pricing so far that year. MORE
Google Assistant can now help users book a car from Uber , Lyft , Ola , Grab , GO-JEK and other ridesharing services. Once you decide which company to go with, Google Assistant will then transfer you to that rideshare’s mobile app to complete the booking. MORE
Amazon is getting a leg up over Google when it comes to advertising, with CNBC reporting that some advertisers are moving more than half of their budget earmarked for Google to the eCommerce giant. That, according to CNBC, represents 86 percent of all of Google’s revenue. MORE
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OCTOBER 25, 2018
Google announced Thursday (October 25) that it is making Google Images more useful by bringing Lens, its image-recognition mobile app, to Google Images. Lens is a natural fit for Google Images,” wrote Broitman.
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OCTOBER 8, 2018
Mostly when people refer to “chatting” with an AI, they mean they are talking to Alexa, the Google Assistant, Siri or maybe even Bixby. Since then, the Google Assistant has literally found its voice, moving on to Google Home and other connected devices.
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NOVEMBER 14, 2018
Google Cloud has announced a partnership with artificial intelligence and data analytics firm ThoughtSpot to develop cloud analytics solutions for the enterprise. The company also revealed additional integrations into the Google Cloud Machine Learning Engine.
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OCTOBER 8, 2018
Amazon is getting a leg up over Google when it comes to advertising, with CNBC reporting that some advertisers are moving more than half of their budget earmarked for Google to the eCommerce giant. That, according to CNBC, represents 86 percent of all of Google’s revenue.
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OCTOBER 28, 2018
Google is rolling out an overhauled Discover feed on google.com for Android and iOS devices. The overhauled Discover comes at the same time that Google is expanding its image search tools. Lens is a natural fit for Google Images,” wrote Broitman.
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NOVEMBER 18, 2018
A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. He told the Guardian that the future of Google News in the region could depend on whether the EU was willing to make changes to the legislation. “We There’s no advertising in Google News. In July, Google was hit with a $5.1
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OCTOBER 9, 2018
The New York Attorney General and the Connecticut Attorney General are investigating the Google data breach that may have exposed the private data of at least 500,000 users. In the meantime, Google has attempted to explain why it didn’t disclose the breach to the public.
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OCTOBER 10, 2018
As is often the case with big hardware events by Big Tech, the Made by Google Event was both surprising and not. Google Home Hub is that answer, a product described as combining all the voice function of the Google Home smart speaker with all the convenience of a tablet screen interface.
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OCTOBER 4, 2018
Google Assistant can now help users book a car from Uber , Lyft , Ola , Grab , GO-JEK and other ridesharing services. Once you decide which company to go with, Google Assistant will then transfer you to that rideshare’s mobile app to complete the booking.
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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.
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MAY 24, 2018
PayPal said Thursday (May 24) that it has expanded its partnership with Google Pay, with a focus on the United States, where users can pay for Google services directly using PayPal. who add PayPal to any one of Google’s services will be able to pay across the Google ecosystem, anywhere that PayPal is offered as a payment method, with only minimal setup.”. users can also choose PayPal as an option where peer-to-peer payments are offered by Google.
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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.”
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NOVEMBER 8, 2018
A new update to Google Chrome will help prevent consumers from being scammed by unclear mobile subscription services. According to Google, websites need to provide sufficient details within the billing page so that users know what to expect.
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OCTOBER 26, 2018
Google has announced two updates to Google Maps that will make it easier for users to follow preferred places, as well as find out about new businesses coming soon. This is just the latest update to Google Maps.
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Google is working on using QR codes to allow its users to send peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. While Google Pay already enables P2P payments, XDA-Developers revealed that the company is adding support for QR codes to make that process a bit easier, at least if a user needs to pay someone they just met and make a quick transaction. The leaked screenshots show that people will be able to see the QR code option in the “Send” section of the Google Pay app.
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AUGUST 28, 2018
Google is hoping to answer one of the longest-running consumer questions in travel booking (Am I really getting the best deal?) The new Google Flights feature lets users see their prices stacked up against others and on a gradient: low, typical, and high.
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OCTOBER 9, 2018
Google is readying an appeal of the European Union’s record €4.34bn fine, which it was slapped with in July over its Android mobile operating system. The ruling outlawed contract restrictions that enabled Google to maintain its dominant search position over the years.
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OCTOBER 31, 2018
But what might be a bit unexpected is that this time around, Google and its Google Home Assistant are along for the ride. For the 2018 version, Google – in partnership with Disney and Random House – is rolling out an interactive storytelling feature in its Google Home technology.
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OCTOBER 31, 2018
A case involving Google Search could change the way that class-action settlements are paid out, assuming the U.S. Eventually, Google agreed to pay $8.5 At issue Wednesday was the distribution of those payments, not Google’s search practices.
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AUGUST 22, 2017
While America was busy watching the solar eclipse (hopefully with the appropriate protective eyewear), Google rolled out its new Android OS and created the world’s first crowdsourced “Eclipse Megamovie” using footage from across the U.S. Following its longstanding tradition of naming its mobile operating systems after desserts, Google announced Monday that the new Android OS, version 8.0, It rolls out first to the Google Pixel and Nexus 5X and 6P devices.
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JANUARY 8, 2018
For the first time in years, Google had an official stand-alone booth at CES – a sign to buyers that it is ready to collaborate with both top brands and startups in the race for voice assistant dominance. Google’s presence at CES is equally designed to reach not only consumers, but also developer ecosystems as well,” said research analyst Werner Goertz, as reported by The Washington Post. Google Alexa Amazon CES Google Home News siri smart speakers voice assistants What's Hot
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
Maison Me announced that it has received a $1 million funding round from backers including Founders Fund, Google Assistant Investments, Gagarin Capital and other unnamed investors. In addition, a Google Assistant action made specifically for visual displays is set to launch soon, and will help people decide what to wear every day. “A Sartan said that the startup will use its new funding to continue optimizing its services and building for new platforms such as Google Home.
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OCTOBER 23, 2017
To that end, Google said Monday that online checkout is going to get a bit speedier. The concept, rather simply, is: Google as mobile wallet. Users transact using credentials linked to their Google accounts spanning Gmail, Google Play, YouTube and Chrome.
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OCTOBER 25, 2018
Anthem, the health insurance company, has landed Udi Manber, the Google executive who ran engineering for its core search products, as its new head of artificial intelligence. Business Anthem artificial intelligence Google health insurance News personnel What's Hot
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JUNE 22, 2018
Google has made talking to Google Assistant easier with the launch of Continued Conversation. For the Google Assistant to have a natural conversation, it should be able to understand when it’s being spoken to and should be capable of responding to several requests during an interaction,” wrote Jaclyn Konzelmann, Product Manager of Google Assistant. “We’re The feature became available on Thursday (June 21) on Google Home, Google Home Mini and Google Home Max.
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FEBRUARY 22, 2018
Google announced Wednesday (Feb. In a blog post , Antony Passemard, product management lead for the Google Cloud platform, said that the acquisition will complement Google Cloud’s effort to provide a fully managed IoT service that can connect easily and securely. The executive noted that with Xively as part of Google’s cloud offering, it will be able to help customers create turnkey IoT products and solutions in a fast manner.
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OCTOBER 3, 2018
Google has acquired customer service automation startup Onward for an undisclosed sum. According to reports , Onward Co-founders Rémi Cossart and Pramod Thammaiah, as well as CTO Aaron Podolny, will be joining Google as part of the deal. “With Google, we’ll be able to expand the reach of the technologies that power Onward,” the company wrote in a blog post. This is the most recent acquisition for Google.
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MARCH 6, 2018
The Infatuation, the restaurant discovery platform, announced Monday (March 5) it is acquiring the restaurant review brand Zagat from Google , nearly seven years after it paid $151 million for it. After all, it doesn’t get more tech-focused than Google, who is selling the business. Zagat has helped us provide useful and relevant dining results for users across our various products,” said Jen Fitzpatrick, VP of product and engineering for Google.
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MAY 28, 2018
Google has rolled out a new feature in which flight, hotel and car rental bookings are now part of Google Assistant ‘s settings. According to a report in Android Police , when users access their travel reservations via the Google app or the Home app, they will see a new Reservations item under account settings. According to Google, the upgrades were focused on making it easier for users to toggle between flights and hotels with a new tabbed layout.
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JUNE 25, 2018
Google announced last week it is overhauling its privacy and security settings service — dubbed Google Account — to make it more secure and easier to use. Billions of people have now visited their Google Account, and over 20 million people do so every day. We’ve added new features in your Google Account to make it even easier to review and control this data. Google Google account News privacy security & fraud What's Hot
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AUGUST 27, 2018
Google is hoping to answer one of the longest running consumer questions in travel booking – am I really getting the best deal – by making it clear to consumers what the average price of their ticket based on historical pricing information on ticket pricing so far that year.
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
For Google, a bit of backtracking. While Google claims sync isn’t automatically enabled, the change has been interpreted as a method to trick users into inadvertently sharing more data,” said the report. Google’s response came through a blog post by Google’s Zach Koch, Chrome product manager, on Sept. Google is also changing its sync user interface to communicate users’ sync states. “We
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DECEMBER 1, 2017
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. This new integration allows business owners to schedule client work and appointments with Google Calendar.
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JULY 27, 2018
Google has updated its events feature to include personalized suggestions and a new design that puts more event information in the search results. Last year, Google announced updates to its app and mobile web search that enable people to use them to find things to do. ” The move was a way for Google to better compete with Facebook , which said last fall that 100 million people were using Facebook Events on a daily basis, and 650 million were using it across the network.
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OCTOBER 2, 2018
Google has handed over a second report to European Union (EU) antitrust regulators, detailing its proposal to allow more shopping rivals to bid for ads on top of its search page. billion USD) antitrust fine after EU officials determined Google cooked its search results to benefit its own shopping services — and disadvantage the services of others. As a result, Google came up with an offer that would allow its rivals to find a place at the top of the search engine’s page.
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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
Google has added a new partner to its Google Home voice ordering portfolio. 7) it is the newest retailer to team up with Google as it looks to expand its digital sales horizon. Home Depot has confirmed it will now begin selling products on Google Home devices as well as via the Google Express commerce portal online and on mobile. At present, Google Home owns about 24 percent of the voice-activated market and is working hard to close the gap.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 21, 2018
Alphabet’s Google is gearing up to charge hardware companies as much as $40 per device to use its mobile apps as part of a new licensing system that will replace one the European Union found was anticompetitive. As a result of the ruling, Google was fined $5 billion, a record.
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OCTOBER 8, 2016
That’s the milestone that Google’s self-driving car program is celebrating, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Unlike some of their competitors, Google’s cars have been traveling frequently in cities and other populated areas.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
In order to remain Safari’s default search engine, Google reportedly has an arrangement with Apple. If that is the case, analysts claim the deal could be worth billions, 9to5 Google reported. Neither Apple nor Google have publicly discussed such a tie-up, but Analyst Rod Hall claims the search engine platform could end up paying Apple nearly $9 billion this year. Currently, Google is the default search engine for Apple’s iOS version of Safari.
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MARCH 23, 2018
Google has announced that Google Assistant can now be used to pay people back with Google Pay. When the weekend’s over, chances are someone owes you (or you owe someone) money for something – Friday night’s concert tickets, Saturday afternoon’s barbecue supplies, or Sunday’s matinee at the movies,” wrote Sam Kansara, product manager, Google Pay, in a blog post. Google Google Assistant Google Pay money transfer News P2P payments voice assistant What's Hot
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APRIL 10, 2018
Google expands the market for its voice-activated smart speakers by rolling out its Google Home devices in India. According to news from BGR , the Google Assistant-powered Google Home will sell for 9,999 rupees, while the Home Mini will go for 4,499 rupees. It understands Indian accents and will respond to users with uniquely Indian contexts,” Google VP of Product Management and General Manager of Home Products Rishi Chandra said at a press conference covered by BGR.
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
That’s one angle through which you can view a recent development involving Google Lens. The product, which is Google’s object recognition platform, has taken on new duties. It will function as part of Google Image Search to, in the words of one report , tap into “the company’s computer vision work to figure out the contents of an image and provide more details about exactly what you’re looking at.”.
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JULY 10, 2018
Google Pay is rolling out new features that, among other things, let users send and request money, through the merging of the Google Pay and Google Pay Send apps. In a blog post on Tuesday (July 10), Product Management Director Gerardo Capiel said that a slew of updates, which have just started rolling out, allow users in the United States to send and request money using the Google Pay app, a feature that will soon debut in the United Kingdom.
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