- Google Changes Android Licensing Terms In Europe Affecting Search
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Google announced changes to its licensing model in Europe for its Android mobile operating system, which comply with a major European antitrust ruling handed down in summer 2018. The chang ...
- Google To Oppose Record EU Fine, Appeal Could Take Years
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Google is set to launch an appeal against its record GBP3.8bn fine from the EU for abusing the dominance of Android. "The Telegraph" reveals that the appeal is being launch ...
- Has Android Become A Mobile Monopoly?
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, September 27, 2018
If Google designed Android with the intention of preventing mobile OS monopolies, The Verge suggests that the search giant has failed. “Android was made to fend off the possibility th ...
- Google Taps T-Mobile For More Accurate Emergency Calls
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, September 20, 2018
Thanks to a new partnership with T-Mobile, Google now promises to provide 911 operators with more accurate location information from Android users. “The company has partnered with T-Mobile and emergen ...
- New Mexico AG Sues Google, Twitter, Other Companies Over Children's Privacy
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 12, 2018
"Google knows that Tiny Lab's apps track children unlawfully," the New Mexico Attorney General alleges in a new lawsuit. "Google's bad acts are compounded because it represents to parents a ...
- Google, Samsung Will Bring RCS To Android Phones
Mobile Insider, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, September 13, 2018
Challenging Apple and its iMessages, Google and Samsung are expanding their joint efforts to streamline messaging across Android-powered devices. ...
- Google Assistant Tuned To Provide Good News
AI & IoT Daily, Chuck Martin - Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Google has just fine-tuned its digital assistant to provide good news. The new experimental feature is called Tell Me Something Good, which is also the phrase to use to g ...
- Google's Data Collection Difficult To Ignore, Research Claims
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, August 22, 2018
According to a Vanderbilt University study, a dormant Android phone sent location data to Google servers 340 times in one 24-hour period. The study claims 11.6 MB of data pass ...
- Missouri AG Expands Antitrust Probe Of Google
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 25, 2018
"If the European Commission's allegations are true, Google's conduct may have violated both federal and state antitrust laws," Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley states. ...
- 98% Of Smartphone Owners Reinstall Apps -- Are Measurement Techniques In Question?
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, July 25, 2018
The Tune report estimates 27% were prompted by an ad to reinstall an app, 3% by a promotion and 3% by a website. Tune CEO Peter Hamilton believes the hi ...
- Google Tried To Settle Android Case
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Bloomberg is reporting that Google tried to reform its Android operating system last year to avoid a potential fine in the EU case that last week culminated in a reco ...
- Senator Calls For FTC Antitrust Probe Of Google
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, July 18, 2018
"Google has been repeatedly caught abusing its dominance," Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said on Twitter soon after news broke that the EU fined Google $5.1 billion. ...
- Smart TV To Hit 70% Global Share, Streaming Boxes Tops In U.S.
Television News Daily, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Worldwide shipments of TVs with smart TV software keep growing -- with Android-based functionality grabbing the top share. ...
- Google Hit With A $5bn EU Fine
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, July 18, 2018
It's a new record. Google has been fined $5bn by the European Commission for insisting Android phone makers preload their handsets with its apps, the BBC reports. ...
- Europe Hits Google With $5 Billion Android Antitrust Fine
Digital News Daily, Joe Mandese - Wednesday, July 18, 2018
At a time when America's big digital media platforms are bracing for fines related to Europe's new consumer data privacy regulations, the European Commission has fined Google the old fashion ...
- Was Trump Right: 'Tax Lady' Effectively Makes Google A New EU Member State
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, July 18, 2018
He quipped the EU's Competition Commissioner was the "tax lady". He may just have a point. ...
- Google Braces For Huge Android Fine This Week
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, July 16, 2018
The Telegraph is warning Google its second EU fine is likely to land Tuesday or Wednesday and it is likely to be bigger than the GBP2.1bn it already faces f ...
- Google Could Receive Record EU Fine Wednesday
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, July 16, 2018
Reuters reports that Google is set to face a record EU antitrust fine Wednesday for its Android mobile operating system. The EU penalty is likely to exceed the 2017 fin ...
- Paid, Organic Show Equal Retention Rates
Digital News Daily, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, June 26, 2018
The average mobile gamer indulges in two to three sessions per day, yet there appears to be a difference between paid and organic installers over time. "Paid" users show ...
- Yahoo Mail Upgrades Its Mobile Web App, Android Go
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Yahoo Mail's mobile app is now available in a streamlined version as the email service provider attempts to extend its reach. ...
- Google's Mobile-Data Monitoring App Adds Features
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, June 18, 2018
Google’s mobile-data monitoring app Datally just added a few new features. “First up is Guest Mode, which lets you set a temporary limit on how much data guests can use,&rdqu ...
- Uber Booking Removed From Google Maps
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, June 18, 2018
Google no longer lets users book an Uber in Maps on Android devices. It follows the iOS version, which lost the feature last summer, which Android Police notes. Booking throu ...
- Google's Android Antitrust Decision Could Be Finalised Next Month
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, June 11, 2018
Politico reminds the digital marketing world that Google still facing as antitrust decision over its Android mobile operating system which could result in a fine even higher than the EUR2.4 ...
- Google Braces For Another Huge European Fine -- This Time For Android
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Monday, June 11, 2018
Google is just a month, and possibly two, from another large fine from Brussels -- this time over Android. ...
- Volvo Cars To Come With Google Assistant, Maps, Apps Built In
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Monday, May 7, 2018
Some cars will be coming with Google built in. The reality is that before self-driving cars hit the market at any kind of scale or mass acceptance, they will ga ...
- Google Assistant Adds App Reviews
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Google now allows users to post reviews on the Assistant app to help others determine the usefulness of the platform. For now, according to Android Police, users can only view ...
- Google Cofounder Cautions On The Use Of Artificial Intelligence
Inside Performance, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, April 30, 2018
Sergey Brin expressed caution in his annual shareholder letter this year, sharing his thoughts on the company's services and the ability of artificial intelligence to help computer systems learn witho ...
- Taboola Embeds Newsfeed On Android Phones, Wants To Be 'Apple News' Of Native Publishing
RTBlog, Joe Mandese - Monday, April 16, 2018
Native advertising and "content discovery" platform Taboola has an ambitious plan to help people discover even more content, specifically "news." The company, which is best known for enabling brands ...
- Reddit Launches Mobile Native Ad Unit
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 14, 2018
The native promoted posts unit, running on Android and iOS, will enable the same targeting as with desktop ads -- by interest, community, geography and device. ...
- Google Extends Gmail Inbox Options To Android
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Thursday, March 8, 2018
Android users will now be able to take advantage of Gmail's email options, Google announces. ...
