Guess what? Ad-blockers and related ad policies continue to be a very hot topic. Bloomberg wrote on Friday that “after seven months of work, the biggest digital advertising companies think they have a solution to the existential threat of consumers blocking online ads.” “Google, the biggest player in this world,… Read More
Google’s latest developments in India drew our attention in recent days. “Google has just released a new app on the Play store — Areo,” theandroidsoul.com wrote, adding that “the name itself doesn’t tell much about the app, but it’s about making it easier and faster for you to order food and home… Read More
Google was under the spotlight in recent days: Project Zero, ads policies, and PAX were some key highlights in a week during which ‘reputational risk’, and its side effects, continued to draw our attention tech-land and elsewhere — just ask PepsiCo executives what that means. In this context, does Unilever underestimate… Read More
“YouTube’s ad problems finally blow up in Google’s face” was the headline from wired.com on Saturday. The American website added that over the past week, “major advertisers — everyone from the British government to AT&T — have pulled their ad buys from YouTube after their banners appeared over videos posted by extremists.” “Google has apologised. But the company still… Read More
The biggest highlight of the week arguably was Intel’s purchase of Mobileye. Reaction in the stock market was muted, with the shares of the US-based behemoth essentially unchanged since the announcement, but it is possible to speculate that Intel stock remains undervalued at current levels. Surely, the acquirer paid a… Read More
The headline from Search Engine Land (SEL) was unequivocal this week. SEL wrote: “There appears to be a large Google ranking or algorithm update happening right now in the core Google web search results,” adding that “The Black Hat World forums and WebmasterWorld forums are the most active discussing it.” Here is a an excerpt… Read More
Uber, the most popular ride-hailing app, grabbed the headlines again this week, with The New York Times explaining how it deceived the authorities worldwide — but, arguably, the biggest event in tech-land was the IPO of Snap, which received a premium valuation on the stock market. That, some argue, is… Read More
Breaking news: Google will bring its digital assistant to smartphones running the latest versions of its Android operating system, Reuters reported on Sunday. “For the tech community, our findings emphasize the necessity of sunsetting SHA-1 usage,” Google noted this week. That is important, and I felt relieved after reading coverage of SHA-1 by a benchmark… Read More
Back to Apple: it patented an interactive display panel with IR diodes. Was that meant to steal Amazon parachute’s thunder? As the saying goes, you wait ages for a bus and then two or more come along at once. It isn’t any different with tech news — it often follows a… Read More
Microsoft’s Cortana? It looks a lot like the revisited, digital version of Jiminy Cricket To be sure, the trending tool section of our weekly wrap is by far the most fascinating this week, given that meaningful news related to Google remains thin on the ground while the closing of the earnings… Read More