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MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Google on Monday agreed to pay a nearly $8 million fine and open its Android mobiles to competing search engines in Russia in an antitrust settlement reached after two years. The deal with Russia’s antimonopoly service (FAS) came after Yandex, the country’s biggest search engine, complained Google had an unfair advantage by pre-loading its search engine on Android phones. “We are pleased to announce that we have now reached a commercial […]
by Sophie ESTIENNE Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google’s money-making foundation is strong enough to endure a current boycott by advertisers, but the movement could rattle the practice of software “programmed” ad placement, analysts said on Thursday. The internet giant’s core business of serving up advertising along with online search results appeared to be safe from the boycott, motivated by companies seeking assurances that their marketing messages won’t be displayed along […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — YouTube on Monday said that a billion hours of video is being watched daily at the Google-owned online viewing venue in “big milestone” for the service. “Let’s put that in perspective,” YouTube vice president of engineering Cristos Goodrow said in an online post announcing the achievement. “If you were to sit and watch a billion hours of YouTube, it would take you over 100,000 years,” he said. Online video […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Google announced Thursday it was launching voice-activated shopping from its artificial intelligence-powered Home speaker, in a direct challenge to Amazon’s Alexa devices. Users can simply tell the speaker to order items — diapers, paper towels, or trash bags, for example, and get delivery from any of dozens of participating retailers. “If picking up paper towels or stocking up on coffee is on your list, consider it done,” said Google Assistant […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has been named by TIME magazine as the “most googled person” in the Philippines this year. In its interactive map, Time described Mr. Duterte as “President of the Philippines known for waging a deadly war on drugs.” Time also named United States President-elect Donald Trump as the “top-trending person in 88 countries in 2016” based on the data that Google had provided to TIME. “People across the globe […]
by Nova Safo Agence France Presse CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — The families of three Orlando nightclub shooting victims have filed suit against Facebook, Twitter and Google accusing them of providing “material support” to the Islamic State group by allowing the spread of extremist propaganda that inspired the attack. The assault by gunman Omar Mateen, who pledged allegiance to IS, left 49 people dead and 53 injured at the Pulse nightclub in June, in the deadliest mass […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (October 25) – Google Pixel Smartphone has made a lot of news lately for being the first-ever smartphone produced by Google. The smartphone has many new technological features to offer. The Google Pixel has two variants just like the latest iPhone7. It comes in Pixel and Pixel XL – which resembles the iPhone6. But what makes it so special is that the design. The Pixel makes use of a glass design that gives it a […]
Google makes a new hardware push and attempts to take on apple with their pixel phone, complete with a 12.3 mega pixel rear-facing camera. https://youtu.be/AwYy7N9roow
US tech giant Google unveils its gift to France’s nougat capital Montélimar… a statue of the Android logo Bugdroid. The gift celebrates the launch of the new Android OS ‘Nougat’. https://youtu.be/wZOj7GVc_Do
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — Taiwan’s defence ministry has asked Google to blur images of a new development believed to be for military use on a disputed South China Sea island. Tensions remain high in the region over conflicting territorial claims, particularly over the strategically important Spratlys chain. Taiwan administers Taiping island, which is the largest in the Spratlys archipelago. The island chain is also claimed in part or whole by the Philippines, Vietnam and China. […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Pokemon Go mania has players armed with smartphones hunting streets, parks, rivers, landmarks and other sites to capture monsters and gather supplies. The free app, based on a Nintendo title that debuted 20 years ago, has been adapted to the mobile internet age by Niantic Labs, a company spun out of Google last year. Pokemon Go uses smartphone satellite location, graphics and camera capabilities to overlay cartoon monsters on […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Google’s newest mobile operating system will be called Nougat, continuing a tradition of naming Android software after sweet treats, the tech giant said Thursday. Google had invited people to send in suggestions at its annual developers conference in May, and revealed the winning Android name at a playful ceremony at its campus in the Silicon Valley city of Mountain View. Nutella was thought to be a favorite, but Nougat […]
