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Google 's cloud division is investing $100 million in Amwell , a telehealth operator preparing to go public, according to CNBC. The investment will come with Amwell transitioning some parts of its business away from Amazon Web Services and onto Google Cloud.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Google is integrating its Expedition 360 virtual reality (VR) tools to Google Arts & Culture app to allow teachers to keep offering students digital adventures as remote learning continues. Google announced on Friday (Nov. Google announced on Friday (Nov. There is no charge to use the app or take the virtual trips.

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JULY 12, 2020

Delivery startup Dunzo , India’s food and grocery delivery service backed Google , has suffered a data breach, The News Minute reported. Dunzo has launched an internal investigation, the online news service reported. The company operates in Bengaluru, Delhi, Gurugram, Pune, Chennai, Jaipur, Mumbai and Hyderabad, Money Control reported.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

New policy changes on Google Play will enable gambling apps to be available in its store in more countries effective March 1, extending availability to the U.S. Just four Google Play stores worldwide make gambling and betting apps available — Brazil, Ireland, France and the United Kingdom. Currently in the U.S.,

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In the post, titled “Powering economic recovery through retail,” Google is pitching the offer as a way to help small retailers follow their customers online as the coronavirus pandemic reshapes the global shopping landscape. After launching its free ad offer in the U.S. After launching its free ad offer in the U.S.

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MAY 18, 2017

Consumers can now use their Google credentials to make online and mobile payments via a stored credit card. The tech giant unveiled the tool yesterday, during its annual I/O developer conference in Mountain View, Calif.

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MAY 1, 2019

Google appears to be losing steam in the ongoing race to dominate the online advertising market, and competitors Amazon and Facebook are taking advantage of the stumbles. As revealed in Google’s first-quarter 2019 financials, ad clicks across the Google sites also decelerated to 39 percent, as measured in terms of paid clicks.

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MARCH 5, 2019

JD.com, one of the biggest eCommerce retailers in China, has teamed up with Google to launch a store on Google Express, according to a report by Reuters. . In June of last year, Google announced it was going to invest $550 million in JD.com in exchange for a 1 percent stake in the company.

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OCTOBER 2, 2017

Aiming to protect users from hackers and political operatives, Google is gearing up to enhance its online security tools. Google will continue to add new products to the suite on an ongoing basis to protect against new threats. The new security program means users will no longer need to have two-factor authentication.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Very soon, eBay shoppers will be able to choose Google Pay as their payment method when checking out. Shoppers who prefer to use Google Pay will be able to do so within the eBay app, mobile website and desktop site, regardless of operating system or device. The rollout officially starts in April.

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

EU antitrust regulators are probing Google to see how the search giant uses and monetizes the data it collects on users, Reuters reported on Saturday (Nov. An EU executive told Reuters that the European Commission wanted to know what methods Google uses to mine data and the reasons behind the collection. .

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

as well as 21 European Union (EU) countries — sent a letter to antitrust regulators asking that they throw the book at Google as fast as possible, according to a Reuters statement on Thursday (Nov. The joint letter to EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager was from 135 companies offering online services plus 30 industry associations.

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MAY 27, 2020

Regulators in India are looking at Google over antitrust issues amid charges that the tech giant is using its market dominance to unfairly pitch its mobile payments app. However, sources said the Commission told Google a couple days ago about the investigation, which was triggered in February. Google is still appealing.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

France Hits Amazon, Google With $164 Million in Penalties for Alleged Cookie Violations. million), while Google was told to pay 100 million euros (approximately $121.5 People who use Google expect us to respect their privacy, whether they have a Google account or not,” a representative for Google said, per the report. “We

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The probe is centered on whether Google’s monopoly of the online search world – and the ensuing advertising revenue it commands – represent an illegal form of market control. states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico formally launched an investigation into Google. Thus far, U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Google says that six months of COVID-19 restrictions have produced changes in shopping habits that in typical times would have taken 10 years to transpire – and the company today is touting offerings for brick-and-mortar small businesses as a way to help. Business owners can integrate the ads with inventory management systems.

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MAY 23, 2019

Google users can now place restaurant orders right from Google Maps, Google Assistant or Google Search. The function operates in Google Maps and Google Search through an “Order Online” button that shows up when consumers look for a supported restaurant.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

20) accused Google of “arm-twisting” startups that depend on the Android mobile operating system. The company complained about Google’s market power in a Sunday blog post that gave the company’s perspective on Google’s temporary removal of a Paytm app from the Android store. In an interview Tuesday (Sept.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Tech retail startup Pointy will be acquired by Google, the company announced in a blog post. Pointy is an easy way for merchants to get their products online and increase their web presence. Pointy said its product also helps a business with its online presence, as well as to show up in Google search results.

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JUNE 4, 2020

The eCommerce company is in the early stages of exploring a deal to take a $2 billion stake in Bharti Airtel , India’s third-largest telecom operator, Reuters reported , citing three sources with knowledge of the talks. Meanwhile, Google is exploring its own Indian telecom play. Amazon has already laid out $6.5

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

High-interest consumer loans — often known as payday advances — are now banned from having apps on the Google Play store, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Sunday (Oct. ” Google banned apps charging 36 percent or more, which now puts the tech giant in the middle of the overall fight against payday loans. .”

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple and Google executives may be wondering if there's an app for, "time to call the lawyers.". Issues to be examined include the use and sharing of data by apps, the extent of competition between Google and Apple’s app stores, and whether more pricing transparency is needed in Australia’s mobile apps market," the news release states.

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MARCH 14, 2019

The release of a new Google app development tool is among the latest steps to try to bring more mobile accessibility to people with disabilities — a push that’s been going on in the background of digital retail and associated areas almost since the beginning. So what does that actually mean in plain English?

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

In an effort to minimize future dependence on rivals Google and Apple, Facebook plans to develop its own operating system (OS), according to The Information. Mark Lucovsky, a former Microsoft engineer and co-author of the Windows NT operating system will lead the project. “We

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MARCH 20, 2019

Google has launched its cloud gaming platform, a service called Stadia , with the introduction coming as payments is commanding a bigger role in online and mobile games. That negates the need to have specific and often pricey gaming hardware — players need only to access games via the Google Chrome browser or YouTube.

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JULY 14, 2020

Google is adding more fuel to its drive into India’s tech industry with a bid to buy a $4 billion stake in Jio Platforms, a Reliance Industries subsidiary in which Facebook has invested $5.7 Sources told Bloomberg News that Google could announce a Jio deal in the next few weeks. billion people are currently online.

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MARCH 20, 2017

On Friday (March 17), Google announced plans to increase the amount of control companies have over their online ads, specifically though that appear on YouTube. The decision comes after some of Google’s top U.K. clients will no longer be advertising with Google, which includes major brands such as Domino’s Pizza Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

One of the latest examples of that comes from General Motors, which plans to add Google apps capability to its cars in 2021, according to a report. Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Cadillac vehicles will have in-car voice, navigation and other Google-enabled capabilities. Google Play. Amazon Move. Amazon is part of the game, too.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2018

A “link tax” might mean the end of Google News in the EU. He told the Guardian that the future of Google News in the region could depend on whether the EU was willing to make changes to the legislation. “We Gingras added that Spain enforced a similar tax in 2014, leading the company to shut down Google News in the country.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

How do consumers really want to search online ? That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. Social media platforms and other digital operators are scrambling to stay a step ahead of the wave. Weinberg, in the new interview, offers no utopian visions about being able to usurp Google in search.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Combine visual smarts with digital context and you’ve created an online shopping method that can respond to consumer impulses and discovery in ways that can feel pleasingly intimate – and can even lead to significant profit boosts. That’s one angle through which you can view a recent development involving Google Lens.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Russia’s biggest technology firm, Yandex NV, launched an online service that uses bike couriers to bring groceries to Moscow residents in 15 minutes, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Jan. The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital convenience market for items like toothpaste and condoms.

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MAY 24, 2018

PayPal said Thursday (May 24) that it has expanded its partnership with Google Pay, with a focus on the United States, where users can pay for Google services directly using PayPal. In a blog post, PayPal Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready said that “soon, users in the U.S.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

Excuse the hyperbole, but Google (and other search engines) dodged a bullet this week when it came to privacy regulations that come out of the European Union and then influence other jurisdictions. Google ran afoul of France’s national privacy regulator about three years ago for allegedly violating that right. Case Summary. Next Moves.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

For Google, a bit of backtracking. In the wake of controversy over its Chrome browser that dominated headlines this week, the search giant has said it will change some of the ways the web browser operates. Google’s response came through a blog post by Google’s Zach Koch, Chrome product manager, on Sept.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Here’s the latest news from Google and Facebook others, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulatory watchdogs, trade organizations and politicians globally. million) in annual operating income in Spain. Regulations . EU Regulators Plan New Rules For Big Tech .

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JUNE 29, 2018

Google is getting into the grocery delivery market, with NBC News reporting that it is testing a same-day delivery service that will bring food and other online orders to consumers’ doorsteps. If the test is successful, Google told NBC News it could expand into other markets. “We

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