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Google Unveils First Foldable Phone, Will Start Shipping in June
May 10, 2023

Google has unveiled its first foldable phone. The new Pixel Fold will begin shipping in June, George Hwang, product manager, Pixel at Google, said in a Wednesday (May 10) blog post. “Our new foldable phone combines the helpfulness of Pixel with a design that unfolds...

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Google Previews Foldable Phone and Promises Details on May 10
May 04, 2023

Google has released a preview of its first foldable phone and says more news is to come on May 10. The tech giant announced on a page in the Google Store, together with a short video, that the first foldable phone engineered by Google will...

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Google Adds Passkeys as Option for Google Accounts
May 03, 2023

Google Account users can now sign in without a password. The tech giant began rolling out support for passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms on Wednesday (May 3), adding them as an option alongside passwords and 2-Step Verification (2SV), Google said in a...

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Google Offers Developers More Payment Freedom on UK Play Store
April 19, 2023

Google wants to give developers promoting apps on its British Play store more billing choices. According to an announcement Wednesday (April 19) by the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), the tech giant has proposed allowing developers to use third-party payment processors for in-app transactions....

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Google Health Looks to Consumerize AI With Chat and Wearables
March 16, 2023

Continuing its push for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare use cases from search to symptom tracking and treatment, Google announced progress along these lines at its annual Check Up event on Tuesday (March 14). Google Chief Health Officer Karen DeSalvo told attendees that “The future...

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Google Pay Ditches the CVV With Virtual Card Numbers for Amex Holders  
February 07, 2023

Autofill solved a lot of problems for eCommerce — especially friction at checkout. Peeyush Ranjan, vice president and general manager of Google Pay, told Karen Webster that being able to fill in one’s payments details with a single click was a huge step in making...

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Alphabet Sees Google as ‘Core Part’ of Everyday Commerce
February 02, 2023

Digital advertising headwinds have hit Alphabet — but the firm sees potential in cementing Google’s place in everyday commerce. Advertising revenue for the fourth quarter was down 3.6% from last year, to $59 billion. YouTube ads were 8.1% lower to just under $8 billion. CEO...

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Google Tells Indian Court Antitrust Order Will Hinder Android Ecosystem 
January 10, 2023

Google says an Indian antitrust order will hinder the Android ecosystem. The company told the Indian Supreme Court that the antitrust order will slow the ecosystem’s growth in the country by requiring Google to modify its contracts, its license agreements and its arrangements with a...

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Google Requests Dismissal of Justice Dept. Antitrust Suit
December 13, 2022

Google has asked a federal court to throw out an antitrust lawsuit.  The request addressed the U.S. Justice Department’s suit filed in 2020 that alleges that the Alphabet firm violated antitrust law in order to uphold its dominant position in the search market, Reuters reported...