A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. Richard Gingras, the search engine’s vice-president of news, said while “it’s not desirable to shut down services,” the company isn’t happy with Brussels’ current proposal to charge a link tax for using...
How could Google benefit from acquiring smartphone maker HTC? What is the company doing to help out in the wake of Hurricane Harvey — and will it do the same for Irma? Is Google Home safe from hackers? Will the company pay that antitrust fine...
Google announced that its Safe Browsing service now protects more than 3 billion desktop and mobile devices. According to a Tech Crunch news report, the new numbers are an increase from 1 billion in 2013 and 2 billion that was reported in May 2016. Launched...
This week in retail, we’ve seen news coming in from multiple sides, including that of Apple’s projected increase in smartwatch sales, U.K. online lender Prodigy’s funding news for expansion into the U,S., Walmart’s two new partnership announcements, and the news that the CFPB is ordering...
November 20, 2019
Google has announced the launch of Your News Update, a new feature for Google Assistant. Your News Update utilizes the search giant’s algorithms and user data to create a news feed for individuals, based on their interests. “At Google, we saw an opportunity to help move digital audio forward by focusing on audio news. By […]
November 19, 2018
A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. Richard Gingras, the search engine’s vice-president of news, said while “it’s not desirable to shut down services,”...
September 12, 2017
Google announced that its Safe Browsing service now protects more than 3 billion desktop and mobile devices. According to a Tech Crunch news report, the new numbers are an increase...
