- Google's Fitbit Purchase Hits Roadblock In Australia
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Google's proposed acquisition "further consolidates Google's leading position in relation to the collection of user data, which supports its significant market power in online advertising and is likely to ha ...
- Google, Mithril Capital Invest $145 Million In InMobi Subsidiary
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Growth in online service requires investments to build out India's infrastructure. Alphabet/Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently pledged to invest $10 billion in India through a mix of equity investments, partnership ...
- Twitter Fined In Europe For Delay In Disclosing Data Breach
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Regulators in Europe on Tuesday said they have fined Twitter around $546,000 for waiting too long to disclose a data breach that may have affected Android users. ...
- Apple's 25/65 Rule
Mobile Insider, Joe Mandese - Thursday, October 29, 2020
Apple has a 25% share of the mobile OS market, but controls 65% of app revenues -- interesting stats as federal regulators look at antitrust implications of Big Tech. ...
- Facebook Steps Into Cloud Gaming With Playable Ads
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, October 26, 2020
Facebook on Monday announced the beta launch of cloud-streamed games on Facebook Gaming, along with cloud playable ads and several gaming and advertising partners. ...
- Justice Department Sues Google For Search Anticompetitive Business Practices
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 20, 2020
The DOJ is expected to file the "most aggressive U.S. legal challenge to a company's dominance in the tech sector in more than two decades." ...
- Gmail Go Now Available For Android
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Friday, October 9, 2020
Gmail Go is now available for download on all Android devices via the Play Store. It allows emails to be swiped with customizable left and right actions. ...
- Google Assistant Opens, Searches, Completes Functions In Mobile Apps Using Voice
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, October 8, 2020
Google announced this week the ability to open and search in Android apps using "Hey Google" for all Assistant-enabled Android phones. The ability to do both could become a ga ...
- Publishers Concerned About Exclusivity In Search With Google News Showcase
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, October 2, 2020
Google News Showcase "gives an exclusivity to certain publishers over others," says Dominick Miserandino, CEO at news organization The Inquisitr. ...
- Microsoft Bing Wins Google Auction Search Slots On Android Phones In Key Countries
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
The Google auction for search slots on Android devices demonstrates that Bing has a following. ...
- Google Forces Android App Developers To Use Its Billing System
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Google will give Android app developers until September 31, 2021 to adopt its in-app billing system for apps distributed on the Google Play Store. The same rules will apply to i ...
- If Antitrust Claimed Google Maps, The Company Might Simply Recreate It
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Greg Sterling - Friday, September 18, 2020
When it inevitably comes, the U.S. vs. Google will be the most high-profile antitrust action since the U.S. vs. Microsoft in the late 1990s. In that case, the software gia ...
- Google's Answer To TikTok
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, September 15, 2020
The early version of YouTube Shorts initially launches in India -- no surprise, considering the billions of dollars and resources that Sundar Pichai said Google would contribute to the coun ...
- Google Kids Space On Android, A Lifetime Branding Experience
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, August 31, 2020
Can parents trust Google enough to commit to Kids Space -- meant to be a selling point for Android devices and create lifetime fans -- and buy into the servi ...
- Lawsuit Claims Google Monopolizes App Distribution Market
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 17, 2020
"Google intends to eliminate consumer choice, foreclosing competition in mobile app distribution," Illinois resident Mary Carr alleges in a 71-page class-action complaint filed Sunday in federal
court. ...
- Google Rolls Out New Gmail For G Suite Users
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, August 13, 2020
Integrated Gmail allows users to access Chat, Meet, Documents and other functions. ...
- TikTok Tracked User Data For 15 Months, WSJ Finds
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 11, 2020
TikTok "skirted a privacy safeguard" related to Google's Android operating system to collect unique data identifiers from millions of mobile devices -- information that allowed the app to track use ...
- Google's Search Preference Menus Could Drive Its Mobile Market Share Down
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Tests show people will scroll for options before making a search engine selection. DuckDuckGo analysis suggests Google could be placed on the last screen of any search preference menu. ...
- Google Launches Nearby Share, Years After Apple Releases Its Basic Feature AirDrop
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, August 4, 2020
Nearby Share shows users a list of devices nearby. Once the device is selected, the recipient will receive an alert to accept or decline the file. ...
- Does Google Tap Data Collected By Android To Boost It's Own Apps?
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, July 24, 2020
Google reportedly has an internal program called Android Lockbox that taps "sensitive" data collected by Android on how people interact with non-Google apps, according to Cnet, citing a report fr ...
- Google Seeks Dismissal Of Arizona Suit Over Location Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 23, 2020
"The only products Google allegedly sold to Arizona consumers are smartphones, and the complaint fails to allege a single deceptive practice connected to those sales," Google argues. ...
- Google Restores Twitter Carousel In Search After Hacking
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, July 21, 2020
Twitter accounts for Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Kanye West were hacked, along with some brand accounts such as Apple. The hack occurred on July 15. In response, Google temporarily removed t ...
- Microsoft's Life With Google
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 13, 2020
The Android Compatibility Program ensures that a device using the Android operating system is compatible and can run applications designed for the Android Execution Environment. Microsoft is in the process ...
- Google's New App Keen A Source For Referral Traffic, Search Interests
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Google's new app Keen curates content from across the web, allowing people to share their passions while providing Google with clues about their interests that drive searches. ...
- France Rejects Apple-Google COVID-19 Tracing App, Builds Its Own
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, June 2, 2020
France is rolling out a COVID-19 contact-tracing app, becoming the first major European country to deploy the smartphone technology amid privacy fears. StopCovid will run on Google Android and App ...
- Google's Experimental Sodar VR Tech Identifies Distance
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 1, 2020
An experimental technology from Google lets people know if they are standing too close to another individual. It’s called Sodar and uses augmented reality to overlay a digital guide th ...
- Google Sued Over Location Privacy By Arizona Attorney General
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Arizona's top law enforcement official has sued Google for allegedly duping Android users by misrepresenting its practices regarding the collection of location data. ...
- Android Users Battling Google Can't Seek Intervention By Appeals Court
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, April 16, 2020
A group of Android users have lost another round in a privacy battle with Google over alleged location tracking. ...
- Apple, Google Partner On COVID-19 Mobile Tracing Tech To Identify Those Infected With Virus
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, April 10, 2020
Apple and Google announced Friday they will team up to build software in smartphones to alert people who recently came into contact with someone with COVID-19. The technology will u ...
- Google App Vulnerable to Malware
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, February 28, 2020
Researchers have found that an Android malware strain can steal one-time passcodes generated through Google Authenticator, ZDNet reports. ...
