European Union (EU) antitrust regulators are considering a formal investigation into Google’s advertising business before 2021 closes out, Reuters reported, citing sources. If the investigation moves forward, it is expected to examine Google’s relationships regarding advertisers, publishers, intermediaries and competitors, one source told Reuters. The...
Late to the game when it comes to a physical retail location to call its own, Google officially opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Manhattan Thursday (June 17). The store’s designer said the physical shopping spot was created to offer consumers an “anti-Apple” experience, according...
Google Cloud rolled out Datashare for financial services, created to help market data publishers, such as exchanges, and data consumers, such as hedge funds and investment banks, exchange market data. The platform is developed on Google Cloud analytics services such as BigQuery and will harness...
Google has announced some new ways for users to pay for apps and subscriptions. In a lengthy blog post this week tied to its I/O developer conference, the company listed several new features of its monetization strategy, including a reduction in the minimum price developers...
Despite insisting that it’s not interested in being a retailer or a marketplace, Google’s latest forays into the eCommerce space might suggest otherwise. This as the search giant not only announced an expanded partnership with Shopify at its big annual I/O developers conference, but also outlined a...
Google and Samsung plan to team up to release a new smartwatch operating system (OS), Yahoo Finance reported. The OS will be called WearOS and will combine Google’s OS with that of Samsung’s Tizen OS, the report stated. It will improve battery life and performance,...
Among updates Google is planning to add will be a new Chrome feature that allows users to keep track of the shopping carts they leave behind on various sites, 9to5Google reported Tuesday (May 18). Those who have shopped on a retailer’s site will be able...
Google has released a number of updated features, including maps, photos and more, Reuters reported. The updates are intended to keep up with a world that has become more digitally focused over the past year due to the pandemic, the report stated. The announcements were...
PayPal will now be moving numerous core processes to Google Cloud, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Changing consumer spending habits have spurred a revolution in how much activity PayPal is seeing, with a rise in eCommerce unlike anything it has gone through before....
