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Google Makes Visual Search Tool Available for iPhones
Google // February 19, 2025

Google is making its visual search tool, Google Lens, available for use on iPhones. The feature is rolling out this week and will be offered globally on both Chrome and the Google app for iOS, the company said in a Wednesday (Feb. 19) press release....

Google Pay Ditches the CVV With Virtual Card Numbers for Amex Holders  
Google // 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...

Google’s Bill Ready: Virtual Cards, New Wallet Create Passports, Pathways for Push Button Commerce
Payment Methods // May 12, 2022

The connected ecosystem moves beyond promise into reality when we have every piece of our digital lives easily accessible, easily retrieved and used. Bill Ready, president of Commerce at Google, told Karen Webster that making digital credentialing more secure across the free and open web...

Google’s Proposed Chrome Privacy Sandbox Delayed Until 2023
Google // June 24, 2021

Google Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox, which is aimed at phasing out third-party cookies, is being held off until 2023, a year later than originally planned, in order to allow more time to test the initiatives, Chrome’s Privacy Engineering Director Vinay Goel said in a blog post...

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DOJ: Google Can Keep AI Investments but Must Sell Chrome

March 09, 2025
The Justice Department has dropped its bid to force Google to sell its artificial intelligence (AI) investments. That’s according to a report Friday (March 7) by Reuters, which said the government is still seeking a court order that would compel the tech giant to sell its Chrome browser, following a judge’s ruling that Google held […]

Google Makes Visual Search Tool Available for iPhones

February 19, 2025
Google is making its visual search tool, Google Lens, available for use on iPhones. The feature is rolling out this week and will be offered globally on both Chrome and...

Google’s Proposed Chrome Privacy Sandbox Delayed Until 2023

June 24, 2021
Google Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox, which is aimed at phasing out third-party cookies, is being held off until 2023, a year later than originally planned, in order to allow more time...

Google Chrome To Remind Consumers Of Open Shopping Carts

May 18, 2021
Among updates Google is planning to add will be a new Chrome feature that allows users to keep track of the shopping carts they leave behind on various sites, 9to5Google...