Apple’s search deal with Google reportedly could be impacted by a potential Apple investment in OpenAI. Under a current deal between the two companies, Google pays Apple to be the default search engine on iOS devices, according to a Friday (Aug. 30) report by Seeking Alpha. This longstanding...
The recent federal court ruling against Google’s search monopoly could usher in a shift in online shopping, potentially reshaping how consumers discover products and businesses market them. In the decision, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta found Google violated antitrust law, challenging the tech giant’s long-standing...
The Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group plans to launch an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “conversational sourcing engine” in September. This new tool will facilitate the global B2B sourcing process for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) by enabling quicker, easier searches for potential business partners and products, the company...
OpenAI’s new “SearchGPT” tool, launched Thursday (July 25), aims to shake up the eCommerce industry online with AI-powered product discovery and comparison. The prototype, available to a limited test group, promises more concise and relevant results than conventional search engines. Unlike Google’s pages of links, SearchGPT...
August 19, 2019
I wouldn’t be buying Google stock, and I don’t know anyone who would — Silicon ValleyEntrepreneur, Inventor and Futurist Jeffery Kaplan on Google’s 2004 IPO One of the more amazing powers of overwhelming and undeniable success is its power to change the collective recollection of the past, even the relatively recent past. Alphabet, with an $800 […]
September 14, 2018
Think of online privacy as a race. With consumers increasingly focused on how their data and web personas are used by eCommerce and other digital organizations, regulators and lawmakers are...
April 09, 2018
It’s called the Paradox of Choice, or “analysis paralysis” – and anyone who has ever frozen in the face of searching Netflix for a Friday night movie has felt its icy grasp....
June 06, 2017
It’s a scenario the startup BLOBfish Activity Hub, a.k.a. the ‘Trip Advisor for kids’ activities,’ knows all too well. For parents nationwide, the countdown has already begun. It is similar...
April 07, 2025
Google’s AI-generated search answers have reportedly not been good for independent websites. Those answers, along with Google’s alterations to its search algorithm in support of them, have caused traffic to those websites to plunge, Bloomberg News reported Monday (April 7), citing interviews with 25 publishers and people working with them. The changes, Bloomberg said, threaten […]
August 30, 2024
Apple’s search deal with Google reportedly could be impacted by a potential Apple investment in OpenAI. Under a current deal between the two companies, Google pays Apple to be the default search...
August 02, 2024
The Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group plans to launch an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “conversational sourcing engine” in September. This new tool will facilitate the global B2B sourcing process for small- to medium-sized...
July 25, 2024
OpenAI is testing a prototype of new artificial intelligence (AI) search features that may later be integrated into its chatbot, ChatGPT. Dubbed SearchGPT, the prototype is being launched to a small group...