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Google Ramps Up Smartphone Push With Latest Pixel Devices
August 12, 2024

Google will reportedly make a more aggressive push into consumer devices with the upcoming launch of its latest Pixel smartphones. The company signaled this effort by moving up the launch of the phone from October to August, scheduling it before the debut of the next iPhone...

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Unpacking Google’s Week: Antitrust Ruling and Targeting Minors With Meta
August 09, 2024

Alphabet’s Gmail email service, the world’s largest free email provider, was down Thursday (Aug 8). But the multi-hour disruption was merely the latest — and potentially the smallest — of a series of developments this week that have cast a shadow over Google’s operations along...

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Wix Becomes First Google Partner Offering Gemini for Workspace
August 05, 2024

Software-as-a-Service platform Wix has begun offering its customers access to Google’s Gemini for Workspace artificial intelligence (AI) tool. “Over the last decade, Wix augmented their website building solution with the best online tools from Google — search, advertising, maps and productivity,”  Yuval Dvir, senior director...

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Google to Move Retailers to New AI-Driven Merchant Platform
July 24, 2024

Google is moving all retailers to a new version of its Merchant Center. The change should happen by September, the tech giant wrote on its blog Wednesday (July 24), giving merchants “plenty of time to get acclimated and start benefiting from the updates before the...

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B2B Marketers Avoid ‘Cookiepocalypse’ as Google Reverses Third-Party Data Plans
July 24, 2024

Google’s years-long effort to remove third-party cookies on Chrome was once termed the “Cookiepocalypse.” Third-party cookies are small data files that track users across various websites, and have been a cornerstone of digital marketing campaigns and inbound and outbound sales. These cookies have enabled businesses...

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British Regulators Monitoring Google’s Decision to Continue Allowing Third-Party Cookies
July 23, 2024

British regulators are reportedly monitoring Google and the digital advertising industry after the tech giant said Monday (July 22) that it will continue to allow cookies in its Chrome browser, while allowing users to turn them on or off. Google had pledged in 2020 to...

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Google Reportedly Eyeing $23 Billion Purchase of Wiz
July 14, 2024

Google is reportedly in talks to purchase cybersecurity startup Wiz for about $23 billion. That’s according to a Sunday (July 14) report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which pointed out that this would be Google’s largest-ever acquisition.  The tech giant is in advanced talks...

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Google Maps Extends Speedometer, Speed Limit Feature to Apple Users
July 09, 2024

Google Maps is reportedly extending to Apple’s iOS and CarPlay a speedometer and speed limits feature that it has long offered for its own operating system, Android. TechCrunch reported Tuesday (July 9) that it spotted the feature being available to iPhone users in India last week...

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Google Begins Adding AI Assistant Gemini to Gmail
June 25, 2024

Google is adding its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Gemini, to the side panel of Gmail. The rollout of this feature on both web and mobile began Monday (June 24), the company said in a Monday blog post. The AI assistant will be available to Google Workspace...