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Google, Unshackled By FTC Agreement, Still Won’t Scrape
December 28, 2017

Google said in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Wednesday (Dec. 27) that it will continue to allow websites to opt out from their data being scraped and displayed in its search results, despite the expiration of their commitment to do so....

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Google Dives Deeper Into Travel Commerce With Price-Tracking
December 15, 2017

Google is helping travelers using Google services find better rates on trips, flights and hotels by expanding its booking features. These new features will now tell users the best time to buy an airline ticket or to determine when room rates are higher, among other...

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Eyeing India’s Connectivity, And The Next Billion Users, Google Gets Go-ing
December 05, 2017

In a world where data and the internet go hand in hand — where commerce is done increasingly via mobile means — Google unveiled its plan to bring another billion users to the connected realm in India. On Tuesday (Dec. 5), the company said several new services...

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Google Predicts AI Will Be An Issue For Regulators
December 05, 2017

A vice president at Alphabet’s Google says that the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data in various fields will pose new challenges to the governments regulating those industries. “It’s going to be a big issue,” Geoffrey Hinton said at a Reuters Newsmaker event in...

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Google Gets Into eInvoicing
December 01, 2017

Invoicing for small businesses (SMBs) just got easier: Gmail now supports integrated eInvoicing using Intuit tools. In addition, the Google Calendar mobile app now integrates with QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Accountant. According to news from eInvoicing Platform, prior to the integration, SMBs had to manually...

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Finance Tab Added To Google Search
November 29, 2017

Alphabet, the parent of Google, said Tuesday (Nov. 28) that those searching on Google can filter results via a new finance tab. According to news from Reuters, the new tab will work like its images and news tabs and will give users a lot of the same...

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How Google Plans To Power Up Mobile Shopping For The Holidays
November 24, 2017

Just in time for the holiday season, Google is expanding its mobile shopping experience, including showing buying guides for broad categories and adding more information for specific product searches. “When you search for a specific product, Google.com now shows you other helpful information, like related...

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Mississippi AG Sides With Yelp On Google Antitrust Complaint
November 17, 2017

The Mississippi attorney general has urged the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate allegations by Yelp against Google. According to news from Bloomberg Technology, Mississippi’s Democratic attorney general, Jim Hood, sent a letter to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in late October, urging the agency...

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Google Makes Assistant Easier For Developers To Love
November 16, 2017

Google has announced an array of new Assistant features for app developers, including new push notifications, daily updates and additional language support. According to the news release, the added features are designed “to make it easier for users to find, interact and re-engage with your...