Google is moving all retailers to a new version of its Merchant Center. The change should happen by September, the tech giant wrote on its blog Wednesday (July 24), giving merchants “plenty of time to get acclimated and start benefiting from the updates before the...
Google’s years-long effort to remove third-party cookies on Chrome was once termed the “Cookiepocalypse.” Third-party cookies are small data files that track users across various websites, and have been a cornerstone of digital marketing campaigns and inbound and outbound sales. These cookies have enabled businesses...
British regulators are reportedly monitoring Google and the digital advertising industry after the tech giant said Monday (July 22) that it will continue to allow cookies in its Chrome browser, while allowing users to turn them on or off. Google had pledged in 2020 to...
Google is reportedly in talks to purchase cybersecurity startup Wiz for about $23 billion. That’s according to a Sunday (July 14) report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which pointed out that this would be Google’s largest-ever acquisition. The tech giant is in advanced talks...
Google Maps is reportedly extending to Apple’s iOS and CarPlay a speedometer and speed limits feature that it has long offered for its own operating system, Android. TechCrunch reported Tuesday (July 9) that it spotted the feature being available to iPhone users in India last week...
Google is adding its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, Gemini, to the side panel of Gmail. The rollout of this feature on both web and mobile began Monday (June 24), the company said in a Monday blog post. The AI assistant will be available to Google Workspace...
Google’s move to combine its AI teams has reportedly left employees feeling frustrated. As Bloomberg Businessweek reported Monday (June 17), about two dozen Google employees interviewed say the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) “super-unit” — aimed at improving commercial AI products and carrying out AI research —...
A judge denied Google’s motion to end U.S. antitrust regulators’ case focusing on its digital advertising. In a Friday (June 14) hearing, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google must face a trial, Reuters reported Friday. The Justice Department’s case claims that Google illegally dominates the online...
Google has reportedly shifted its focus from “moonshot” projects to core products like its search engine and artificial intelligence (AI) businesses. This change comes at a time of shrinking budgets and expanding chatter about AI, Bloomberg’s Julia Love told Big Take podcast host Sarah Holder,...
