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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...

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Google Shuts Off Flight Fare Search API
November 02, 2017

Google announced that it will be shutting off developer access to its QPX Express API service, which automates data for airfare search engines. According to a news report from The Verge, the move could affect third-party travel sites, such as Orbitz and Expedia. It’s also...

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Google CEO Responds To Burger Imbroglio
October 30, 2017

Google’s cheese placement is stirring up a bit of controversy, according to news from CNN. Apparently, the tech firm’s version of a burger emoji displays the cheese slice placed below the meat patty, rather than on top. Writer and media analyst Thomas Baekdal called attention to...

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Google Assistant Gives Local Merchants An (Inventory) Leg Up
October 25, 2017

Just in time for the upcoming holiday shopping season, Google is launching new shopping features and reporting capabilities for local merchants. According to news from Search Engine Land, retailers with brick-and-mortar locations will have more ways to drive and measure store visits from Google properties....