Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the company’s offices would remain closed at least until June 1, according to emails sent to employees, which were seen by CNBC. Pichai said employees would return in a “staggered” approach to cautiously try and move past the virus pandemic....
The coronavirus’ impact has not eluded Google, which announced a hiring freeze and a slashing of marketing budgets on Thursday (April 23). The tech giant said it would be cutting budgets for marketing by as much as half, according to CNBC, which saw internal documents from...
Google’s parent Alphabet plans to slow its pace of hiring due to the economic slowdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. In a memo to staff on Wednesday (April 15), chief executive officer Sundar Pichai said that aside from slowing down new hires until after the...
Google was told by the French Competition Authority (FCA) on Thursday (April 9) that it must pay to reuse content from news outlets and publishers in France. “Google’s practices caused a serious and immediate harm to the press sector, while the economic situation of publishers...
To help people staying home during the coronavirus pandemic, Google Maps is spotlighting local restaurants open for pickup and delivery, according to a report in 9to5Google. Shortcut buttons are being added to Google Maps to make it easier for people to get information about different...
Google’s workforce in Europe will soon have representation by European Works Councils (EWCs) after 153 employees from 11 offices advocated for one, according to a Bloomberg report on Thursday (March 19). The workers appealed to management by writing letters asking for the establishment of an...
The open-source web browser Brave has filed an official complaint that accuses Google of running an “internal data-free-for-all” that violates the GDPR, the EU’s data protection regulation. According to a blog post on Monday (March 16) by Johnny Ryan, chief policy and industry relations officer...
Yelp was able to voice its displeasure with Google at a hearing with the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee on Tuesday (March 10), according to CNBC. The hearing was focused on “Examining Self-Preferencing by Digital Platforms.” Luther Lowe, Yelp’s senior vice president of public policy, told senators...
Google Pay, the leader in India’s instant real-time payment system Unified Payments Interface (UPI), temporarily turned off its app’s “check account balance” feature during PhonePe’s outage. PhonePe’s users experienced an extended service outage following the moratorium on Yes Bank imposed by the Reserve Bank of...
