Google admits major underreporting of General Election ad spend November 20, 2019 Google has admitted to severely underreporting spending on UK political advertising ahead of the upcoming General Election, with errors affecting both the Conservative and Labour parties. Google’s weekly transparency reports on advertising spending by political parties and other organisations contain major discrepancies because heavy spending on search terms is not always recorded, The Guardian reported. [...]
Google Stadia responds to complaints over lag on gaming platform November 19, 2019 Google’s Stadia has responded to complaints that lag is affecting services on the new cloud-based game streaming platform. Early adopters have complained about latency – delays between when they press a button and that action being carried out in-game – on the new service. Read more: Google announces Stadia game streaming platform Google vice president [...]
Google to offer current accounts from next year November 13, 2019 Google will offer personal current accounts from some time next year in partnership with banks and credit unions, as the tech titan tries to take a bite out of the personal banking market. Citigroup and the Stanford Federal Credit Union will run the accounts for the project, which has been named Cache, the Wall Street [...]
Digital ad group the Ozone Project signs up Stylist as it fights back against tech giants October 31, 2019 Digital advertising marketplace the Ozone Project has announced a new partnership with the Stylist Group as it expands its roster of publishers. The female-focused lifestyle publisher, which will also represent the digital newspaper titles of parent company DC Thomson, will be the fifth organisation to join Ozone’s platform. Read more: Magazine publisher TI Media narrows [...]
Fitbit shares halted on reports of Google takeover bid October 28, 2019 Trading of shares in wearable device maker Fitbit was suspended today following a report that Google owner Alphabet has tabled a takeover bid. The Silicon Valley tech giant has held discussions with Fitbit, although there is no guarantee a deal will be secured, Reuters reported, citing people familiar with the matter. It is unclear how [...]
Google unveils new Pixel 4 phone as it looks to take on Apple October 15, 2019 Google has unveiled its new series of Pixel phones with a host of upgraded features as the tech giant looks to challenge the dominance of rival Apple in the smartphone market. Read more: Google Safari lawsuit: iPhone users win appeal to seek £3bn in damages The new Pixel 4 phones, which come in two sizes, [...]
OECD targets tech giants as it shakes up global tax rules October 9, 2019 Multinational tech giants will face a crackdown on their corporate tax bills under new rules outlined by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Tech titans such as Google, Facebook and Amazon have been accused of dodging taxes by booking their profit in low-tax countries such as Ireland, despite serving customers across the world. [...]
Google Safari lawsuit: iPhone users win appeal to seek £3bn in damages October 2, 2019 Google faces a potential £3bn bill after judges ruled that a Google Safari tracking lawsuit on behalf of 4m iPhone users can proceed. The Court of Appeal today overruled the High Court’s dismissal of a case alleging that Google secretly tracked the web activity of more than 4m iPhone users. Read more: Google turns 21: [...]
Google turns 21: US tech giant is now old enough to drink September 27, 2019 As Google turns 21 today, there can be no better time to review the last 21 years of the all-powerful search engine. On 27 September 1998, Sergey Brin and Larry Page launched an early prototype of what they called a ‘large scale search engine’ while studying for their PhDs at Stanford University. Read more: Google [...]
Google refuses to pay European publishers for news story previews September 25, 2019 Google will not pay European news publishers to show previews of their content in its search results, the tech giant has revealed. In a blog post published today, Google said its news search service in France will only display previews of articles when the publisher has given permission for it to be used for free. [...]