Italian regulators launched an inquiry on Wednesday into US tech giant Google over allegations it abuses its market position and disadvantages smaller companies in some fields of online advertising. The probe will focus on display advertising – online publicity that involves video, graphics or pictures rather than just text – which was worth 1.2 billion … Read more
Internet giant Google says Western Union will no longer be available when choosing a form of payment for Google AdSense. A statement from Google AdSense Team advised publishers to switch their payment options from Western Union. “As of August 10, 2020, you will no longer be able to select Western Union as a new form of … Read more
Almost all U.S. tech firms, from Google to Amazon, Twitter, and Facebook have condemned the latest visa ban announced by President Donald Trump. They said the freeze would make the US less competitive. Trump on Monday banned new H-1B visas, used by major companies to bring over highly-skilled engineers from abroad. Around 18,000 H1-B visas … Read more
Global tech giant, Google, recently said it was ensuring that credible sources of information were elevated on ‘search engine’ to tackle misinformation on Corona Virus (COVID 19). Google UK Public Policy Manager, Alina Dimofte, made this known during a virtual meeting on Google Meet with the theme ‘Trust, Safety, COVID-19 and the Fight Against Misinformation’. … Read more
Google is set to launch an emergency fund to help local news outlets struggling to maintain operations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The internet giant gave no specific figure for its fund, but said it would offer grants ranging from the “low thousands of dollars” for the smallest operations to “low tens of … Read more
Ringier Africa Digital Publishing in Nigeria is one of the seven news organisations that won the Google News Initiative (GNI) innovation challenge and among those to receive $1.93 million in funding. The countries that were awarded were Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Africa Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Google Communication Officer, West Africa, said … Read more
Google has assured to start a legal fight with the European Compensation this week as its attorneys appeal against €2.4bn (₤ 2bn) penalty. Ekohotblog understands that the search titan was handed three different fines by the EU since 2017 over claims that it favoured its very own shopping results over results from opponents, that its … Read more
Google parent company Alphabet has done something that very few U.S. companies have done: a $ 1 trillion valuation on the U.S. stock market (via the Wall Street Journal). Ekohotblog understands that Alphabet oversees all of Google’s related properties, including DeepMind, Verily, Wyze, and more. The new assessment marks a good start for the new … Read more
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have resigned their appointment as the Cheif Executive Officer of both the online giant’s organization and its parent company Alphabet.Inc. Ekohotblog understands that they will leave their respective roles as Alphabet’s chief executive officer and president but remain on the board. The parent company was intended to make … Read more
Keystone Bank Limited has entered into partnership with social media giant, Facebook (Rabbington Media) and Google (Innovation Growth Hub) to train entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals on how to leverage digital social media to achieve their business goals. The training took place in various states of the country, such as; Lagos, Benin, Enugu and Onitsha, Abuja … Read more
Google has denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s accusation that the hi-tech giant intends to control the flow of information to torpedo his re-election bid in 2020, U.S. media reported. “I watched Kevin Cernekee, a Google engineer, say terrible things about what they did in 2016 and that they want to ‘Make sure that Trump losses … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up his accusations against Google, claiming without offering evidence that the technology company worked to subvert his 2016 presidential campaign. He also warned he was watching it “very closely’’, ahead of the 2020 election. Mr Trump, in a series of early posts on Twitter, also slammed Google’s Chief … Read more
Global technology giant Google has sent gifts to a baby boy in Indonesia named after the company by the parents, local media reported on Wednesday. Google was born in November but his birth certificate went viral recently after his mother posted it on social media. Some online commenters quipped that he would find it hard … Read more
Google is scrapping an outside council set up to evaluate its artificial intelligence efforts after a dramatic outcry about the makeup of the panel. The Alphabet Inc. company introduced the group, called the Advanced Technology External Advisory Council (ATEAC), on March 26. Google asked the eight members to advise the company on knotty ethical questions … Read more