The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) is looking into Alphabet’s Google over potential antitrust issues as dating apps complain of not being able to use payment methods other than Google’s, a report from Reuters said Wednesday (May 4). The report says Match group,...
Google’s upcoming Pixel Watch got an earlier-than-expected unveiling when someone accidentally left it at a restaurant bar and Android Central posted photos of the device as part of a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session under the username Tagtech414, according to an Ars Technica report...
Google is opening its first-ever product development center in Africa, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday (April 19). The center, set to be based in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, comes as Google is working to address the burgeoning base of internet users...
Google’s Vice President and Head of Finance Kristin Reinke said Alphabet Inc. is automating as many financial tasks as possible to reduce manual work completed by staff. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal Monday (April 11), Reinke said the California-based software company is using...
It’s been a busy week for Google Maps. On Tuesday (April 5), the tech giant announced it was updating Maps to detail toll prices thanks to local tolling authorities. On Thursday (April 7), the company said it was making a number of updates to its...
Google has removed dozens of apps from its Google Play Store upon learning they include software that secretly harvests user data. As the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (April 6), the company behind that software — Measurement Systems S. de R.L. of Panama — is...
Google has made it easier to use Google Maps, the tech giant announced Tuesday (April 5). In a blog post, Google Maps Product Manager Rubén Lozano Aguilera wrote users can say goodbye to road trip and vacation planning worries with updates to the commuter feature....
The Korean Communications Commission (KCC) on Tuesday (April 5) said U.S. tech behemoth Google can’t stop South Korean app developers from using payment workarounds, meaning the company loses its digital sales commission edge, according to a Wall Street Journal report Tuesday (April 5). Google had...
Calling integration of travel content into site and portal a success worthy of expansion, Google is adding direct booking features, including into Google Maps, to help fill hotel rooms in 2022. Noting in a March 16 blog post that searches like “spring vacation” and “flights...
