Google announced a leadership change to its Knowledge & Information (K&I) team and some structural changes to its Gemini team. At K&I, which includes the company’s Search, Ads, Geo and Commerce products, Nick Fox will succeed Prabhakar Raghavan as head of the team, Sundar Pichai,...
A federal judge ruled Monday (Oct. 7) that Google must make several changes to policies that discourage competition with its Google Play Store. For a three-year period beginning Nov. 1, the ruling will bar the company from paying developers to exclusively use its app store,...
Users can now save passkeys to Google Password Manager on desktop, in addition to Android devices. This new capability allows users to sync passkeys securely across all their devices, Chirag Desai, product manager, Chrome at Google, wrote in a Thursday (Sept. 19) blog post. “Up until now, you could...
After tangling in court with Apple over smartwatch features, medical technology company Masimo is teaming with Google. The company announced in a news release Saturday (Sept. 14) that it was working with Google to develop a new reference platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) building...
Google Wallet on Thursday (Sept. 12) unveiled enhanced features to improve the travel and commuting experience. Starting soon, per a Thursday Google blog post, U.S. users can create digital IDs from their passports for use at select TSA checkpoints, making domestic travel more convenient. The...
First, digital wallets came for paper cash, credit cards and the leather billfold. Now, as they become more prevalent across end-users’ daily lives, gaining traction as a convenient and secure way to store and use things like event tickets, transit cards and loyalty programs, a...
The United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Friday (Sept. 6) that it has found that Google may have harmed competition by using its dominance in online display advertising to favor its own ad technology services. The regulator added that it will accept comments on...
Google Pay has introduced several new offerings via India’s United Payments Interface (UPI). The tech giant announced the new features on its blog last week at the conclusion of the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai, saying they would help “bring ease, convenience and simplicity to...
Google will roll out new artificial intelligence-powered tools in its Merchant Center in time to help retailers sell during the holiday season. The tools include new insights and shopping ads updates, the company said in a preview of a Tuesday (Aug. 27) blog post emailed...
