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French regulators on Thursday fined Google and Facebook a total of more than 200 million euros ($226 million) for not making it as easy for people to opt out of online tracking as it is for them to accept it. The CNIL data privacy watchdog said its investigations found that while the U.S. online giants gave French…
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Alphabet’s Google reportedly told its employees they will lose pay and eventually be fired if they flout the company’s COVID-19 vaccine policy, according to leaked internal documents. A memo circulated by Google’s leadership that was seen by CNBC said employees had until December 3 to declare their vaccination status and upload documentation showing proof or…
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Google has temporarily locked down some Afghan government email accounts as the Taliban is attempting to access the former officials’ emails, Reuters reported. Google said Friday it was “taking temporary actions to secure relevant accounts,” but did not admit to a complete lockdown of the accounts. “In consultation with experts, we are continuously assessing the…
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American tech giant Google recently released the YouTube Music streaming service on its WearOS platform. As per The Verge, Google released a Wear OS app for YouTube Music, which could seem like welcome news for people who have been waiting for a way to play their music off Google’s streaming service after the company shut…
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In today’s business world, visibility is everything. Just like food and water replenishes our body, so the online presence in today’s competitive world. Listings on Google My Business permit your business information to appear before the first search result when potential customers are searching for your services. Google My Business (GMB) is a free tool…
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France’s competition regulator on Tuesday slapped Google with a 500-million-euro ($593-million) fine for failing to negotiate “in good faith” with media companies over the use of their content under EU copyright rules. It is “the biggest ever fine” imposed by the Competition Authority for a company’s failure to adhere to one of its rulings, the…
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As businesses struggle to shift from the traditional to the digital space given the current pandemic crisis, Google has released a new beta tool that lets you create short YouTube videos. Called Video Builder, the free tool animates static images, text, logos, with music from Google’s own library, the official blog explains. One can easily…
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Google has announced a new $800 million commitment to support small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), health organizations and governments, and health workers on the frontline of the global coronavirus pandemic. In a blog post published Friday, March 27, CEO of Google and Alphabet Sundar Pichai said $250 million will go to the World Health Organization…
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As part of its ongoing efforts to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Apple has released a new website and iOS/iPadOS app with a screening tool for coronavirus symptoms, along with updated information about prevention practices. In a statement this morning, Apple said the site arose out of a partnership with the Centers for Disease Control, the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, and the…
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Publish Long-form content An article is like a Mini-book. Google favors long-form content because Google wants to go the best of the content to the user, a single piece of content that solves multiple problems of the user. For a blogger, this helps him getting a low-bounce rate and more reading time. According to a Semrush…
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While interacting with the school students during his 59th edition of Mann ki Baat radio programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he used to read books but stressed that Google has spoilt his reading habit because it offers only a shortcut when you search for a reference. During the programme, Akhil-a student from Rohtak in…
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Google received a welcome victory in the European Union’s highest court in relation to the EU’s “right to be forgotten” rules. For the past five years, EU citizens have enjoyed the right to have search engines remove embarrassing or outdated information from their indexes. At the heart of the case was whether the right to…
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Did you know that unlike searching on DuckDuckGo, when you search on Google, they keep your search history forever? That means they know every search you’ve ever done on Google. That alone is pretty scary, but it’s just the shallow end of the very deep pool of data that they try to collect on people. What most people don’t realize is that even…
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In a bid to reduce its foreign tax bill, the world’s largest search engine giant Google is revealed to have moved billions to a tax haven in 2017. Documents filed at the Dutch Chamber of Commerce have revealed that the Alphabet-owned company moved $22.7 billion through a Dutch shell company to Bermuda during the…
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Google Hudson Square is coming to New York City, with an attaching price tag of more than a billion dollars. Google’s parent company, Alphabet Inc., is following in the footsteps of Amazon in choosing NYC to build a new campus comprising 1.7 million square feet. The mega campus will include leased properties at Hudson…
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When you’re done with this article, you may wish to ask Google if the general public has lost interest in biodiversity conservation or whether people are no longer interested in environmental issues which, you probably don’t know, has long been overshadowed by climate change alone. The answer to both questions, according to Google searches at…
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