Google’s Looker gets a facelift to appeal to developers
Google is bringing major updates to a business intelligence platform it acquired last year (Looker) in a new release announced on Wednesday.
The release will have a developer portal, support for Microsoft Azure hosting, an interactive way to view APIs (application programming interfaces), and in...
Google’s challenge of $2.8 billion fine gets ruling on Nov. 10
Europe’s second-top court will make a ruling on Google’s challenge against a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.8 billion) EU antitrust fine on November 10. The case will be the first of three, according to people familiar with the matter.
The European Commission issued the fine on the world's biggest sea...
Google’s in-app billing enforcement is delayed due to US lawsuits
Google has been sued by dozens of state attorney generals over Play Store policies. The app store, run by Google, is now delaying the enforcement of one of its most significant recent changes, a requirement that all Play Store apps have to use Google’s in-app billing or get banned.
Developers ...
EU lawmaker’s proposals for tougher tech laws in the bloc gets backing
A pivotal EU lawmaker in the European Parliament leading the debate on stricter rules aimed at tech giants (Facebook, Google, Amazon) and other similar platforms, now has the backing to tighten the bloc's citizens' fundamental rights in the draft rules.
The Digital Services Act, which was propos...
Google announces consolidation of desktop file syncing apps into a singular app on Drive
Drive for desktop has replaced Drive File Stream, Sync, and Backup to provide all their popular features in one app to facilitate users.
Drive for desktop is Google’s latest attempt at making it easier for their users to use their famous features.
Google offered two syncing services for fil...
Gmail adds full support for BIMI standard to its app
Google provides full support to BIMI standard in Gmail Application to help email recipients know whether or not the message they are receiving is authentic.
What is BIMI?
Brand Indicators for Message Identification, or BIMI, is a specification that allows companies to display their logo next ...
Google plans to fight EU antitrust fine in court from September
Reuters reports that Alphabet’s Google will bring a case to overturn the record fine of 4.34 billion euro's (5.15 billion dollars) handed to it by the EU watchdog. The case against the fine will be heard in September over five days, at Europe's second-highest court. Google got the fine for anti-c...
U.S. takes a firm stand against Google’s Play Store monopoly
Thirty-seven total US district and state attorney generals have sued Alphabet's Google. There are several allegations against the tech giant surrounding unlawful preservation of the monopoly of their Play Store.
What are the allegations?
District and state attorney generals across thirty-seve...
Google Calendar lets users show how they will attend a meeting
With the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines, many businesses and offices are now requiring their workers to come into the office at least a few times a week. Few things can replace the hands-on experience needed for some industries.
However, it is common for most of these meetings to happen with ...
What you need to know about Google’s Page Experience Update
If you are managing a website, chances are that you've already implemented several strategies to enhance the effectiveness of your search engine optimization (SEO) efforts. This also includes staying on top of the latest Google updates that are released unannounced and hold power to bury websites i...
Android devs to hand over app-signing keys to Google by August
Google will start enforcing a rule requiring mobile developers to use an Android App Bundle for submitting apps to the Play Store, beginning August of this year. The goal is to optimize distribution and also requires Google to have the developer's private key.
Google Play product manager, Dom El...
Tech Leaders have a new strategy to create tech giants in Europe
Will they ever give Amazon, Facebook, Google and Twitter a literal run for their money?
As we reported yesterday, 2020 is proving to be a banner year for EU tech startups. European tech firms are seeing massive growth in funding, and that is also fueling growth. The performance in this sector is...