A trio of senators are unhappy with Google’s response to queries about its healthcare initiative “Project Nightingale,” saying Google has evaded real in-depth answers on its partnership with Ascension, a large healthcare company, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Sens. Richard Blumenthal,...
Pixel’s array of new features, released Monday (March 2), includes the ability for Google Pay users to add flight boarding passes with only a screenshot on select Pixel devices, according to reports. The item is alongside the new Cards & Passes power menu option, and...
Despite struggling sales for the Wear OS smartwatches, Google said this week that it intends to fix users’ issues and move forward. The problems are due in some measure to Wear OS’ middling health features, which were the focus of a user survey conducted to find...
Google might launch its own news aggregation service as a way to compete with rival Apple News+. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google has been discussing the issue with several publishers, talking about paying a license fee to use content in an upcoming project....
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating acquisitions made by big tech firms in the past 10 years and has a special focus on Google’s $1.1 billion purchase of mapping app Waze, Bloomberg reported on Friday (Feb. 14). In June 2013, the FTC approved...
Alphabet-owned Google said on Thursday (Feb. 13) it completed a deal to acquire privately-held data analytics firm Looker Data Sciences for $2.6 billion after winning clearance from Britain’s competition watchdog, according to reports. A review by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the deal would not increase prices...
Google‘s plan to buy Fitbit isn’t going as well as it had hoped, reports said. The search engine giant has been running into a wall of regulatory red tape, as competition officials across multiple continents worry that the mass control of data by tech giants...
Google Maps is getting a makeover and retailers will be a beneficiary as it enables more location sharing, data access and social media integration. Along with a new logo for its 15th birthday, the Google Maps app has stepped up its navigation features, according to...
For Google — and specifically for Google Pay — India’s continued push into digital payments offers a tremendous greenfield opportunity, and perhaps a roadmap to help shape (digital) go-to-market efforts in other parts of the globe. Amid several months of new service and product rollouts...
