Tag: Google
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Google opens New York HQ built on renovated 1930s train terminal
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Google has opened a building serving its North American operations in New York City that is housed in a 1930s rail terminal restored and adapted by architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler. Developed by Oxford Properties, the 232-foot-tall (70 metres), 12-storey office building houses Google’s North American headquarters for global business organisation and is located on…
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Google and Amazon layoffs headline tech job cuts to start 2024
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There have been more than 7,500 layoffs in the tech industry in just the first 17 days of 2024, squashing hopes for an end to last year’s doom and gloom in the sector. Why one strategist believes Pfizer and two other stocks are buys | Smart Investing Technology firms are still feeling a comedown from…
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Nonexistent Google Map Trail Prompts Hikers’ Rescues in Canada
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A search-and-rescue group in British Columbia advised hikers to use a paper map and compass instead of street map programs after it said two hikers had been rescued by helicopter after likely following a trail that did not exist but that appeared on Google Maps. The group, North Shore Rescue, said on Facebook that on…
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Google opening Visitor Experience cafe, retail store, event space
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Google has opened its first west coast visitor Experience” center which is located by its Mountain View headquarters. Mark Wickens Google is opening a sliver of its main campus to the general public starting this week. The company opened its doors to what it’s calling its “Visitor Experience” center the public Thursday, following a ceremony…
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The Real Stakes of the Google Antitrust Trial
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The year 1998 was a pivotal one in the history of technology: Apple’s introduction of the iMac helped set the company back on the path to success after it nearly went bankrupt earlier in the decade; Google was founded by two Stanford students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin; and Microsoft introduced Windows 98, an improved…
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An antitrust lawsuit against Google goes to trial on Sep. 12
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Starting tomorrow (Sep. 12), Google, the world’s most-used search engine, has to prove that it is not using its pole position in the sector to cannibalize its competition. Kyra Sedgwick on creativity In October 2020, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a civil antitrust suit against Google for monopolizing search and search advertising. Two…
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Google Project Starline is a Holographic Video Chat System
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Google recognizes many of us are still working remotely and suffering from the same longstanding issues related to working together while not being physically within the same space. In 2021 the company revealed Project Starline as a possible answer to this dilemma, a concept merging hardware and AI-enhanced software to create a “magic window” where…
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Google gets EU antitrust charges on ad tech business – POLITICO
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Google may need to sell off part of its advertising business to prevent it from abusing its dominant position in the market and shutting out competitors, the European Commission said Wednesday as it sent antitrust charges to the search giant. Google “may have abused its dominant position by favoring its own ad tech business,” antitrust…
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Microsoft VP Yusuf Mehdi sheds light on the Bing vs Google rivalry
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If you’re thinking Microsoft is trying to make you change your go-to search engine from Google to Bing you’re thinking about it the wrong way. Even if you’re a Google loyalist, Microsoft is still finding ways into your daily life. During Microsoft Build 2023, Mashable spoke with corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi, the man behind…
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60 top Google Play apps infected with Android malware affecting millions
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Research from the team at McAfee has just revealed that a new Android malware which has been named Goldoson has attacked the Google Play Store and infected 60 different apps. The apps collectively have over 100 million downloads, and now all Android users must be extra cautious. Here’s what we know so far. What apps…
