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JANUARY 30, 2020

Aurora, with logistical operations currently in Palo Alto, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco, has approximately a dozen self-driving vehicles used for testing on American public roads. Aurora’s three founders — Sterling Anderson, Drew Bagnell and Chris Urmson — initiated self-driving vehicle programs at Google, Tesla, and Uber respectively.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Alphabet-owned Google could be hit by a third lawsuit by state attorneys general, this time over its management of the Play Store, Reuters reported on Friday (Jan. All the lawsuits accuse Google of abusing its dominance in search and antitrust violations. 15), citing sources. . Aside from the state AG lawsuits, the U.S. and abroad. .

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Coinciding with Black History Month, Google is extending the Black-owned attribute to its Shopping tab, building on the initiatives launched across Search and Maps over the summer. The label reads “identifies as Black-owned” and will appear in Google Shopping’s results. .

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MAY 27, 2020

Regulators in India are looking at Google over antitrust issues amid charges that the tech giant is using its market dominance to unfairly pitch its mobile payments app. However, sources said the Commission told Google a couple days ago about the investigation, which was triggered in February. Google is still appealing.

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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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JULY 1, 2020

The European Union (EU) has leveled new rules against Google in a bid to help rein in the tech giant, including regulations on data sharing and the operation of digital marketplaces, Reuters reported. Most recently, Google faced a lawsuit earlier this year after the EU levied a €2.4-billion billion ($2.6

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The probe is centered on whether Google’s monopoly of the online search world – and the ensuing advertising revenue it commands – represent an illegal form of market control. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico formally launched an investigation into Google. Thus far, U.S.

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

EU antitrust regulators are probing Google to see how the search giant uses and monetizes the data it collects on users, Reuters reported on Saturday (Nov. An EU executive told Reuters that the European Commission wanted to know what methods Google uses to mine data and the reasons behind the collection. .

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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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MAY 28, 2020

As it looks for a new way to hop into India’s hot mobile market, Google may be ready to take on rival Facebook, which has backed the dominant Indian telecom Jio Platforms. Now, Google is exploring the prospect of buying about 5 percent of Vodafone Idea, a partnership between the U.K.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

For Google — and specifically for Google Pay — India’s continued push into digital payments offers a tremendous greenfield opportunity, and perhaps a roadmap to help shape (digital) go-to-market efforts in other parts of the globe. The offering covers service plans from companies such as Jio, Vodafone and Airtel, among others.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Google Cloud and Finland’s Nokia are teaming up to develop cloud-native 5G solutions for communications service providers and enterprise customers, the companies announced in a Thursday (Jan. billion consumers to use 5G, about 40 percent of the market share. 14) press release. By 2026, Ericsson expects over 3.5

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Google Maps is getting a makeover and retailers will be a beneficiary as it enables more location sharing, data access and social media integration. Along with a new logo for its 15th birthday, the Google Maps app has stepped up its navigation features, according to reports. Google is bringing it to the broader retail market this year.

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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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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Tim Armstrong , a former Google exec, said the tech giant didn't rely on "evil things" to attain dominance in the search engine realm, CNBC reports. Armstrong, speaking on "Squawk Alley," said Google had an expertly-executed strategy that propelled it to the point where it now faces scrutiny from regulators. On Tuesday (Oct.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

WhatsApp is getting another crack at grabbing a slice of Brazil’s fast-growing payments market. Campos Neto also noted Brazil’s central bank has talked to other Big Tech firms like Google about their interest in offering instant payments services in the country, Reuters reported. 16), Reuters reported.

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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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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 for a 10 percent stake.

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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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DECEMBER 11, 2019

the chief medical officer for medical device and artificial intelligence (AI) startup AliveCor , is joining the Google Health team, CNBC reported on Tuesday (Dec. is heading Google Health , along with chief health officer Karen DeSalvo, M.D., Shreibati will assist Google with its health research endeavors, a source told CNBC.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The British government is establishing a new Digital Markets Unit tasked with enforcing laws that apply to Big Tech companies, such as Google and Facebook , authorities announced in a press release. s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the agency that oversees enforcement of antitrust laws.

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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. Currently, Amazon’s Echo devices hold 67 percent of the smart speaker market, while Google has 25 percent.

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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. It said Google will make such that announcement at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 19 during what that outlet described as a “a mysterious gaming-related press conference.”. Gaming Growth. In the U.S.,

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Perficient

JANUARY 5, 2021

The expanded executive leadership team will drive continued growth and operational excellence across Perficient while delivering superior solutions for clients. “As ” Prakash Chembai, AVP of India global delivery operations. She will provide resources to scale client projects and speed time to market. Ostasz, AVP of U.S.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

I wouldn’t be buying Google stock, and I don’t know anyone who would. Silicon ValleyEntrepreneur, Inventor and Futurist Jeffery Kaplan on Google’s 2004 IPO . Yahoo got a second, albeit more expensive bite at the apple in 2002, two years before Google went public, with months of negotiations between the firms.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

While wearables based on Google ’s Wear OS are designed by other companies, that could someday change: The tech company is apparently looking for a vice president of hardware engineering, wearables, VentureBeat reported. As it stands, Google offers a wireless earbud product called Pixel Buds. million units, which marked a 10.3

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Bobsguide

MAY 5, 2022

GFT drives factory-floor digital transformation with support for new Google Cloud industry-specific solutions. GFT drives factory-floor digital transformation with support for new Google Cloud industry-specific solutions. The situation has only exacerbated since then.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Several Chinese smartphone developers are working on an alternative to the Google Play Store that could challenge its dominance in the field of app-downloading services. Google is banned in China, so Android users in the country already utilize a variety of stores to purchase apps. Google Play made about $8.8

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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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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. It will eventually be debated in the EU Parliament.

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AUGUST 27, 2019

Google lost its second-place spot in smart speaker sales to Chinese tech company Baidu , whose only market is China, according to reports on Monday (Aug. Amazon remains number one, according to market research by Canalys. Google and Amazon were always in the top two spots. million units shipped; Google sold 4.3

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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. Once the deal closes, Zagat will operate as its own brand, with its own platform.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

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. The Japan Times reported that the mandate would seek to keep tech giants such as Amazon from abusing dominant market positions when competing with smaller online retailers.

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MAY 24, 2018

Google might be feeling pretty smart today about its high-tech Home and Home Mini speakers. That’s because a new research report puts Google ahead of Amazon in first-quarter shipments of smart speakers, the first time that has happened. Google in Q1 shipped 3.2 Google in Q1 shipped 3.2 That compares to the 2.5

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MARCH 15, 2019

Google and its parent company Alphabet could be facing an antitrust fine from the European Union in the coming weeks over its AdSense advertising product. At the time, Google had 80 percent of the Euro market for search ads, and had apparently kept its anti-competition ad practice up for 10 years. Google was hit with a 4.34

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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. Reuters noted the companies can offset the charge by displaying Google’s search and Chrome internet browser in a prominent position.

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BankInovation

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

to shift its North American markets to the cloud starting in 2022. s Google struck a deal with CME Group Inc. to help the derivatives exchange operator […]. Nasdaq Inc. partnered with Amazon.com Inc. The move is the latest among exchanges that have started to expand into cloud-based software and data analytics.

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