Google announced Wednesday (Oct. 10) that it will launch its first African cloud region in South Africa. The announcement was made by Niral Patel, the Director of Google Cloud in Africa, during today’s Google for Africa 2022 event. “I am excited to officially announce our...
Google’s third annual “Search On” event Wednesday (Sept. 28) showed that the search engine giant sees enhancements to search as the big unlock from engagement to commerce, based on what one Google executive described as “frankly unprecedented” advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning....
A Google executive has said big tech companies shouldn’t have to pay for internet service providers’ (ISP) network-upgrade costs in the EU, a report from Ars Technica said. It comes as there’s currently a movement in Europe for tech companies to pay for broadband improvements....
Fitbit will be able to be used with a Google account sometime next year, following the tech giant’s acquisition of the consumer electronics and fitness company, a Fitbit help page notes. The page says Google accounts on Fitbit will come with several benefits such as...
U.K. newspapers have this week been reporting that the law firm Humphries Kerstetter is planning to bring a class action case against Google in the next month, with a similar lawsuit being filed in parallel by lawyers in the EU. The allegations against Google will...
Europe’s highest court agreed with European Union antitrust regulators and upheld most of the record $4.33 billion fine levied against Google for favoring its own Android operating system to edge out the competition. Google’s appeal to overturn the decision resulted in a 5% reduction in...
Even before the pandemic forced schools around the world to move classes online, learning management systems (LMS) like Google Classroom, offered as part of Google’s Workspace for Education suite, were already popular with educational institutions and formed a key component of the modern educational toolkit....
Google’s answer to enabling third-party payment options in the Google Play Store — User Choice Billing — is now being piloted in more countries to let developers of non-gaming Android apps test offering payment alternatives. Developers will see the typical 15% to 30% service fee charged by...
Google Wallet is rolling out in six new markets to add more payment options for users, a press release from the tech giant said. It will be debuting in Azerbaijan, Iceland, Moldova, Qatar, Serbia and South Africa, offering digital item support for things like loyalty...
