- Google Extends NBA Playoff Sponsorship For Google Pixel On ESPN
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Google is expanding its on-air TV ad presence with sports as its Google Pixel Android phone becomes the first presenting sponsor of the NBA Playoffs on ESPN for the 2021- ...
- Brave Replaces Google As Default Search Engine In Its Browser
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Brave will replace Google in the U.S., U.K. and Canada as the default search engine for its privacy-focused browser and will succeed DuckDuckGo in Germany, and Qwant in France. Oth ...
- Google Countersues Epic Games For Allegedly Violating Developer Agreement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Google claims the "Fortnite" game developer attempted to bypass Google Play store payment policies. ...
- Why The Weather Company Is Rethinking Subscriptions Tied To Artificial Intelligence
Data & Programmatic Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 11, 2021
The Weather Company is relying on artificial intelligence to augment the data lost from Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework. Here's how. ...
- Judge Sides With Google In Battle Over 'Passive' Android Data Transfers
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 7, 2021
Google has defeated a lawsuit by Android users who claimed the company misappropriated their cell phone data allotments by allegedly collecting app-related data. ...
- Google Seeks To Settle EU's Latest Advertising Antitrust Probe
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, September 24, 2021
Google is hoping to persuade the European Commission to engage in talks to settle a probe into alleged anticompetitive data practices in its digital advertising business, reports Reuters. ...
- Honda, Google Expand Collaboration On Connected Services
Marketing Daily, Tanya Gazdik - Thursday, September 23, 2021
Honda plans to begin integrating Google built-in with the all-new model that will go on sale in the second half of 2022. ...
- Google App Gets 'Personal Results' Search Setting On Android
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Personalized search results have been touted by Google for some time, but now there's a tab users can click on to see them, based on the person's personal account. ...
- Google Improves Gmail Filtering Options On Android Mobile
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Google said on Tuesday that the company has made it easier to filter email and search results on Android mobile devices to find one specific email or piece of informatio ...
- Mobile Purchases Rose 30% Through Apps
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, September 1, 2021
The Mobile Shopping Apps Report provides key insights into consumer purchase behavior -- suggesting that mobile retail is here to stay, regardless of store re-openings. ...
- Google Bans Tracking Tool That Sold Location Data
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, August 12, 2021
Google has banned SafeGraph -- a company that sold Android users' location data for COVID-19 mapping and other purposes -- and its tool. The ban means that any apps worki ...
- Gmail Users Will Soon Be Unable To Sign In To Google Drive On Old Android Phones
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Monday, August 2, 2021
Google is ending support for Gmail Drive account sign-in on devices running Android version 2.3.7. Soon users will get a “username or password error”
message. ...
- Automotive Goes Through Do-Over
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, July 22, 2021
Some of the do-overs come from Penske Automotive Group, Cox Automotive, and Google. ...
- States Sue Google Over Play Store Policies
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Attorneys general from 36 states and the District of Columbia have brought a new antitrust lawsuit against Google over its app store policies. ...
- Apple Says Tight Control Over Apps Boosts Security And Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Apple, which famously doesn't allow sideloading, says in its new report that doing so "would degrade the security of the iOS platform and expose users to serious security risks." ...
- EU To Investigate Google Over Ad-Tech Systems, Privacy Plans
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 22, 2021
"We are concerned that Google has made it harder for rival online advertising services to compete in the so-called ad tech stack," European Commission official Margrethe Vestager stated Tuesday. " ...
- Scripps Bows Statewide OTT News Network For Florida
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, June 16, 2021
The network will air real-time reporting from Scripps' six local TV stations in the Miami, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee and Fort Myers markets. ...
- Android TV's Growth Looks To Be Outpacing Roku, Amazon Fire TV
Advanced TV Insider, Karlene Lukovitz - Friday, June 11, 2021
According to new Google Play Store data, the YouTube app for Android TV recently surpassed 100 million installs -- double its install base a little over a year ago. ...
- Google To Stop Transmitting Mobile Identifiers When Users Opt Out Of Personalized Ads
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 3, 2021
Google plans to roll out an Android update that will make it harder for app developers to track users who want to opt out of ad targeting. ...
- Why Google Made Changes To Its Design Language
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, May 20, 2021
Design and color act as a first impression, especially for apps or website home pages. They influence people's decisions and behavior and can trigger emotion and prompt purchases. ...
- Google's Android TV Reaches 80 Million Active Devices, Surpassing Roku, Amazon
Digital News Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, May 19, 2021
That number appears to put Google past the last reported totals for Roku and Amazon. Most of Android TV's device accounts are in Asia, whereas most of Roku's are ...
- Apple Framework Isn't The End Of The Tracking World As We Know It -- Yet
Inside Performance, Joe Mandese - Thursday, May 6, 2021
One week into Apple's enforcement of its app-tracking transparency framework, only a fraction of developers have actually implemented it. Initial data suggests it's not the end of the identity tracki ...
- Consumers Will Pay A Premium For Privacy, Study Finds
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Those in the 25-34 age group and Android buyers are willing to pay the most. ...
- Google Sued For Allegedly Exposing COVID-19-Related Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Two California residents sued Google this week for allegedly exposing the sensitive medical data of people who used its COVID-19 contact-tracing app. ...
- HUMAN, Google, Roku Squash CTV Botnet After It Impersonates Billions Of Ad Requests
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, April 22, 2021
Chief scientist at cybersecurity firm HUMAN Michael McNally publicly called on the ad industry to implement standards and upgrade practices to prevent fraud in CTV devices after finding a sophisticat ...
- Google To Shutter Mobile Shopping App, Puts Focus On Web
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Google is discontinuing its mobile shopping app in favor of desktop -- an interesting spin, as it has been very vocal about being supportive of any service on mobile. ...
- Android Ad Identifier Violates EU Privacy Law, Activist Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, April 7, 2021
An Android device identifier used for ad targeting violates European privacy laws, Austrian activist Max Schrems alleges in a new complaint filed with the French data protection authority. ...
- Google Adds Animations To Gmail For Android Swipe Actions
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Google has introduced animations to its mail swipe features on Android. The additions are minor but delightful, 9to5 Google says. ...
- Google Play Apps Still Unlawfully Collect Children's Data, Advocates Tell FTC
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Google continues to mislead parents by representing that apps on the Play Store intended for young children under the age of 13 comply with a federal law regarding children's privac ...
- Google Says Gmail-Android Crash Issue Has Been Resolved
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 26, 2021
Google claims it has solved a problem that caused Gmail and other Android apps to crash. Users should go to Google Play to update Android System WebView and Google Chrome. ...
