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Google Is Putting Nest Hub Smart Displays In Hotel Rooms
August 26, 2020

Google‘s Nest Hub smart displays aim to add new smart features to hotel rooms, including wake-up calls, extra towel requests and specials inquiries, according to a report from Android Police. The features are aimed to update the traditional ways of dealing with the hotel lobby....

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Google Appoints Halimah DeLaine Prado As General Counsel Amid Expected Antitrust Lawsuits
August 25, 2020

Google has a new top attorney. The global tech company named Halimah DeLaine Prado as its head general counsel, CNBC reported. Effectively immediately, she will take over the legal department from Google’s senior vice president of global affairs Kent Walker. The company promoted Walker to...

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Google Asks FCC For OK To Test 6G Service
August 18, 2020

Google is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to hold radio experiments “in and near the 6 GHz band,” according to a recent filing with the agency. The tech company said in the filing that it “proposes to conduct experimental propagation testing in the...

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Google Fights Australian Proposal To Share Ad Revenue With News Outlets
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. 17), Mel Silva, Google Australia’s managing director, wrote the News Media Bargaining Code...

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Google Introduces Travel Trend Percentages For Hotels, Flights
August 13, 2020

A new Google update will display travel trends on the search engine when one searches for a hotel or flight, according to a press release. The new service will let users know the percentage of open hotel rooms and available flights when they are preparing...

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New Mid-Range Google Phone Expected Next Week
July 30, 2020

Google will bring its new mid-range Android phone to market Aug. 3, according to hidden information on the Google Store page first publicized by 9to5Google. The Pixel 4a will include features such as the widely anticipated low-light camera capability and longer battery life, the technology...

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Samsung Could Drop Bixby As Part Of Deal With Google 
July 29, 2020

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. could eliminate Bixby, the virtual voice assistant, and the Galaxy Apps Store from its mobile devices under a deal with Alphabet Inc’s Google, Reuters reported. It is the latest effort by Google to convince Samsung to lose one of its services...

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Google Faces Lawsuit In Australia Over Use Of Personal Data
July 27, 2020

As Google CEO Sundar Pichai prepares to appear before Congress Wednesday (July 29) to face antitrust charges, Australia’s competition watchdog has accused the Alphabet Inc. division of misleading consumers to get their personal data for targeted advertising. Reuters reports the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...

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Google, Shopify Team To Boost Buy On Google Merchant Base
July 23, 2020

Google plans a souped-up Buy on Google product so that participating sellers won’t have the pay the Big Tech firm a commission fee and shoppers will get to pay through such third-party providers as PayPal and Shopify. “Over the past few months, we’ve made significant...