Google says it will henceforth decrease the rank of mobile sites that force visitors to content with giant app install interstitials. “Starting November 1, sites that show app install ads that hide ‘a significant amount of content on the transition from the search result page’ will be penalized by losing their ‘mobile-friendly’ status,” TechCrunch reports. 

Apple’s forthcoming TV service will reportedly sell for as little as $149, in include Universal search. “Essentially, you’ll be able to search for a show or movie once, and see results from all sorts of different sources,” Buzzfeed reports, citing sources. “Instead of searching the catalogs of multiple video services one-at-a-time for a particular movie, you’ll now be able to search all -- or most of them -- at once.” 

The hotel industry is apparently sick of sites like Expedia and Travelocity eating up big commissions, and serving as middlemen between chains and consumers. In response, “major hotel chains are offering a host of benefits to lure travelers to book with them directly,” The New York Times reports. “The industry has been outspoken with regulators this year in an attempt to block a merger of two of the largest online booking companies, Expedia and Orbitz.” 

Apple is reportedly flirting with the business of original programming. “Sources indicate the Cupertino, Calif., colossus has held preliminary conversations in recent weeks with executives in Hollywood to suss out their interest in spearheading efforts to produce entertainment content,” Variety reports. “The unit putting out the feelers reports into Eddy Cue, who is Apple’s point man on all content-related matters.”