The Mississippi Attorney General (AG) revealed that his office is preparing an antitrust case against Google, accusing the tech giant of controlling a “pipeline” of data. “We attorneys general have authority under consumer protection acts to do both,” said Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, according...
In an apparent effort to appease European Union antitrust regulators, Google is attempting to boost rivals like Kelkoo, a French price-comparison service, according to report by Reuters. The European Commission fined the company $2.7 billion two years ago for violating antitrust rules by using its...
Google is getting ready to announce its own game streaming service. The tech giant will show off its plans to enter the $100+ billion gaming industry during the Game Developers Conference presentation on Tuesday (March 19) in San Francisco. It is expected that the presentation...
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....
Google’s new voice recognition app, which works entirely offline, is now available to anyone with a Pixel. “Our new all-neural, on-device Gboard speech recognizer is initially being launched to all Pixel phones in American English only,” wrote Johan Schalkwyk, a Google fellow of its Speech Team,...
Google last week highlighted its travel insights tool, which enables users to see flight price trends for routes or locate cities where there are hotel deals. In a blog post last week, Google said the travel insights tool is designed to provide people with inspiration...
To help users make follow-up queries or ask additional questions, Google has brought the Continued Conversation feature to smart displays such as the Google Home Hub and the JBL Link View. The feature just came to these kinds of products for the first time in...
Google has announced that its Google Assistant feature that uses technology to quickly book restaurant reservations over the phone will soon be available to iPhone users. “We look forward to bringing this service to more people across the U.S. to make planning a night out just...
Google is expanding its advertising reach, bringing shoppable ads to Google Images search results. According to a report in Adweek, the shoppable ads will enable retailers to tag product images, and when users hover over them, they will find information including the brand name and...
