Alphabet’s Google, aiming to expand the use of its voice-activated assistant and close the gap on Amazon’s Alexa, is gearing up to put its Google Assistant on a variety of third-party devices, such as the LG Roomba and Anker Zolo Mojo. According to a news...
Google has offered up plans and a glimpse of how it will seek to comply with antitrust directives from the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Reuters reported Tuesday. The plans center around behavior in which the internet giant favored its own shopping platform...
While America was busy watching the solar eclipse (hopefully with the appropriate protective eyewear), Google rolled out its new Android OS and created the world’s first crowdsourced “Eclipse Megamovie” using footage from across the U.S. Google and its parent company Alphabet are also ramping up...
Google is aiming to improve its relationship with publishers by working on new tools that will help news outlets sell subscriptions. According to a news report in The Wall Street Journal citing Google, the paper reported the internet search giant is testing a first-click-free policy, in...
Google has long been a default search on Apple’s iPhone, and in order to keep that from changing, the company is reportedly paying Apple billions of dollar per year. According to a news report on CNBC.com, citing Wall Street firm Bernstein, Google will pay Apple roughly...
When it comes to finding information, consumers “Google” it. When it comes to finding products, customers “Amazon” it. Though the eCommerce giant has yet to turn its name into a verb, that’s how customers are treating it, with 55 percent turning to Amazon — not...
Google is developing technology that will allow publishers to create visually oriented media content much like Snapchat’s Discover. The Wall Street Journal reported that sources familiar with the situation revealed Google is in discussions with several publishers, including Vox Media, CNN, Mic, the Washington Post...
Alphabet-owned Google has started testing a different variation of mobile product card ad units, the Google Shopping format of a knowledge panel, to improve user experience. Search Engine Land reported news that the store listings now appear in a swipeable carousel that resembles the mobile...
Finding new ways to break out of its traditional search methods is something that Google has been doing for the last nearly 20 years. Just 16 years ago, the search giant launched Google Image Search, which allowed people to find something based on the visual...
