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Google Maps Gets Toll Update
April 06, 2022

Google has made it easier to use Google Maps, the tech giant announced Tuesday (April 5). In a blog post, Google Maps Product Manager Rubén Lozano Aguilera wrote users can say goodbye to road trip and vacation planning worries with updates to the commuter feature....

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Google Can’t Punish South Korean App Developers Who Offer Payment Workarounds
April 05, 2022

The Korean Communications Commission (KCC) on Tuesday (April 5) said U.S. tech behemoth Google can’t stop South Korean app developers from using payment workarounds, meaning the company loses its digital sales commission edge, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday (April 5). Google had...

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Google Adds Direct-Booking Feature for Hotels as Travel Rebounds
March 30, 2022

Calling integration of travel content into site and portal a success worthy of expansion, Google is adding direct booking features, including into Google Maps, to help fill hotel rooms in 2022. Noting in a March 16 blog post that searches like “spring vacation” and “flights...

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Google Offers Free Hotel Booking Links in Search and Maps
March 30, 2022

Google is offering free hotel booking links on Search and Maps, an expansion of the program it debuted in 2021, a blog post noted Tuesday (March 29). The travel industry is coming back from the downtime of the pandemic, and so Google has been making...

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Google’s ‘Dual Billing Option’ Adds Pressure on Apple
March 24, 2022

Yesterday, March 23, Google and Spotify announced a new agreement that will allow users to download Spotify from the Google Play Store and choose to pay with either Spotify´s payment system or Google Play Billing.  For the first time, a dual billing option will be...

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Google, Meta Step Up Efforts To Combat Russia’s Misinformation Campaign 
March 02, 2022

The international community has unequivocally condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.S., the European Union and several other countries have imposed stiff economic sanctions on the aggressor party, but these governments are not alone. Many of the largest companies of the world are also implementing...

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Publishers Look to Exit Google’s Supported Mobile Web Initiative
February 25, 2022

A handful of online publishers said they want out of a Google program that promised to optimize the mobile-browsing experience, alleging it generates less advertising revenue, The Wall Street Journal reported. Instead of using Google parent company Alphabet Inc.’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) framework that...

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Regulators Still Deciding If Google´s Plan to Stop Cross-App Tracking Is Good  
February 18, 2022

Regulators have been asking Google and other Big Tech companies for a long time to enhance privacy settings and to embrace privacy rules to protect consumers. However, when Google announced on Feb. 16 that it is planning to curtail cross-app tracking on Android Phones to...

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Google Will Curb App-Tracking on Its Smartphones
February 16, 2022

Google will extend its Privacy Sandbox project to its Android smartphones in an effort to curb the practice of advertisers gathering user data. Writing on the company blog Wednesday (Feb. 16), Google’s Anthony Chavez said the tech giant plans to develop privacy-focused measures that would...