Google is buying a new office building on Manhattan’s West Side for $2.1 billion, the most expensive sale of a U.S. office building since the pandemic started. From a report: The tech giant is already leasing a 1.3 million-square-foot building in Hudso…
Google’s updated iOS 15 apps support Focus Mode and iPad widgets
With iOS 15 now available to download, developers both big and small have started updating their apps to take advantage of the operating system’s marquee features. Google went big on iOS 15 features.
Google Meet will automatically adjust webcam brightness in your browser
The web version Google Meets can soon detect when someone is underexposed due to bad lighting. Meet will then increase the brightness so it’s easier to see yourself and your cohorts on calls.
Big tech companies snap up smaller rivals at record pace
“Pac-Man” buying spree comes as US regulators look to clamp down on some acquisitions.
Amazon bets on Hindi voice shopping to reach wider India
Speaking of Amazon — which is reportedly conducting an investigation to find whether its lawyers bribed government officials in India — the company announced today it plans to roll out the voice shopping experience feature in the Hindi language in the South Asian market ahead of the Diwali festival in early November. The e-commerce giant, […]
アップルとグーグルが、ロシアで反体制派の「投票支援アプリ」を削除したことの重み
ロシアの反体制派による投票支援アプリを、同国の下院選が始まったタイミングでアップルとグーグルがアプリストアから削除した。今回の判断を「政治的検閲に屈した」として批判する声も上がっているが、両社が今後ほかの要求にも屈する可能性を示唆している点で、重要な意味をもつ。
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The GoPro-ification of the iPhone
Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, we talked about some sunglasses from a company that many people do not like very much. This week, we’re talking about Apple and the company 1,600 times smaller than it that’s facing similar product problems. Thanks for joining in — follow my tweets @lucasmtny […]
Nike and Amazon among brands advertising on Covid conspiracy sites
Household names may have unwittingly helped spread fake news, investigation revealsDozens of the world’s biggest brands, including Nike, Amazon, Ted Baker and Asos, have been advertising on websites that spread Covid-19 misinformation and conspiracy th…
Google is getting caught in the antitrust net
One case in Turkey cuts to the heart of the search giant’s power.
Google abused dominant position of Android in India, antitrust probe finds
Google has abused the dominant position of Android in India to illegally hurt competitors in the world’s second largest internet market, a two-year antitrust probe by the nation’s watchdog has found. The Android-maker reduced device manufacturing firms’ ability and incentive to develop — and sell — devices running alternative versions of Android (more popularly known […]