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Google bans employees from using Zoom on computers
Google has banned its employees from using Zoom, one of the popular video conferencing app, on laptops and computers over privacy and security concerns. The news came after NASA and SpaceX restricted their employees from using Zoom as the U.S. law enforcement warned...
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YouTube ‘Shorts’ to rival TikTok
YouTube is working on a feature, called 'Shorts', that will allow users to make short videos like TikTok - a video-sharing app by China-based ByteDance. The 'Shorts' are expected to be a part of the YouTube mobile apps that will be available by...
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How bad COVID-19 has hit the tech industry
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 so far has a devastating impact on the U.S. and many other state's economies. As all the affected countries are trying to stem the spread of the virus, life seems to be slowly grinding to a halt. This grind...
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Google launches website for COVID-19 information and resources
Google's website for "COVID-19 Information and Resources" is finally out, which would be a complete novel coronavirus information center. The site intends to facilitate the U.S. public testing for the pandemic influenza and would help people answering the requested queries for coronavirus symptoms...
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Best Google Ads Bidding Strategies for Marketers 2020
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Nowadays, there exist billions of websites on the internet. The competition in organic search has increased, and 75% of users never visit the second page of Google! So, paid ads are a smart way for marketers to increase leads ratio through increased traffic. Marketers...
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Google asks staff in North America to work from home
Google asks all of its North-American employees to work from home (WFH), due to COVID-19 - coronavirus - outbreak, if their workload and situation allow it. The company extended the permission, through a memo, until April 10. Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter have...
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Google removed 600 Android apps from Google Play for Disruptive Ads and Disallowed Interstitial policy
Google has removed around 600 Android apps from the Google Play app store for violating disruptive ads policy and disallowed interstitial policy. The most popular operating system company has banned a few developers from their Google AdMob monetization platform along the way for doing mobile ad...
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Google’s head of HR, Eileen Naughton, quits amid employee tensions
Eileen Naughton, Vice President of People Operations at Google Inc, will step down from her position this year. She publicized about it later on Monday. Her decision might be an effect of the continuous unrest in the company among its management and employees who are...
Apps
Google Photos introduces an auto-print subscription for $8
Google introduces a new service to auto-print photos from Google Photos. For users who subscribe to this service, Google’s algorithm will select the best photos, print it and then will deliver it in 4x6 format. Once a month, Google will send a packet containing...
Business
YouTube ads made $15 billion in revenue for Google in 2019
Google is generating considerable revenue through ads, and recently the parent company of Google — Alphabet — released it's earning to $46.1 billion for the last quarter of 2019. For the first time, Google revealed how much it was making money only from YouTube. According to the financial report...
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In 2024, several AI systems encountered significant gaffes. Chatbots provided misleading information on sensitive topics, and AI generated racially insensitive images. These incidents demonstrated the potential for serious consequences when...