Google Joins Adelaide’s Lot Fourteen Complex
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April 22, 2021
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Google is hanging a shingle for its Australian public sector cloud team at Adelaide’s innovation precinct, Lot Fourteen. The search giant joins... Read More
Google Speeds Up YouTube With Powerful New Chip
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April 22, 2021
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To keep viewers hitting the play button, YouTube has been given a hefty boost by Google, who has developed a new custom... Read More
Fitbit Lux Will Sport An OLED Screen (And Cost A Lot More)
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April 19, 2021
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WinFuture have published leaked pictures of Fitbit’s new ‘Lux’ tracker, which suggests the product will come with an OLED screen, stainless steel... Read More
Landmark Decision: Federal Court Finds Google Misled Millions of Australians
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April 16, 2021
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The Federal Court handed down a landmark ruling today, finding that Google misled millions of Android users with its collection and storage... Read More
Sony And Google Team Up To Bring 360 Reality Audio To Android
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April 15, 2021
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Since its launch in late 2019, Sony’s immersive 360 Reality Audio has been slow to infiltrate the market, launching with just 1,000... Read More
Google Top Secret Ad-Buying System ‘Project Bernanke’ Revealed In Court Documents
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April 13, 2021
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Google has been accused of running a top secret project that used information obtained from past advertising bids to benefit its own... Read More
Google Shuts Doors On Shopping App
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April 12, 2021
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Google will be shutting down its Shopping app – basically because users can already do everything it offers on the website’s Shopping... Read More
Google’s Third-Gen Pixel Buds: ‘A’ For ‘Affordable’
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April 6, 2021
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Whispers around Google’s next wireless earbuds are emerging, and the clue is in the name. According to 9to5Google, the new release will... Read More
Supreme Court Deems Java Fair Game; Oracle Loses To Google
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April 6, 2021
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A decade-long battle between Google and Oracle has finally reached its conclusion. The US Supreme Court ruled that Google didn’t commit copyright... Read More
Major Exhibitor Ditches MWC 2021 – Is The Show Done For?
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April 1, 2021
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Mobile World Congress Barcelona has suffered a huge setback, with Google pulling out of the in-person event. The trade show, scheduled for... Read More
Google Maps Is Getting A 2021 Refresh With New AI Functions
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March 31, 2021
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Google Maps is the most relied-upon app in Google’s suite, so it’s good news that the company has just announced plans for... Read More
Regulator ASIC Critical Of Google Over Alleged Misleading Ads
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March 25, 2021
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Australia’s corporate regulator has rapped Google over the knuckles, after a court found people were misled into high-risk investments after following sponsored... Read More
Google Cleans Up Its Android Crash
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March 24, 2021
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This week saw Android phone apps crashing for many users, with issues affecting apps such as Gmail, Facebook, Amazon and banking apps.... Read More
Android Apps Crash In Major Overnight Outage
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March 24, 2021
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Android users experienced a major service outage overnight, with many apps crashing or showing error messages. A number of customers with Android-powered... Read More
Google Follows Apple, Slashes App Store Fees By 50%
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March 17, 2021
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Google has followed in Apple’s footsteps after announcing it will slash the service fee it charges developers on the app store by... Read More
Google Faces US$5B Lawsuit Over Tracking Incognito Users’ Data
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March 15, 2021
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Despite its attempts to shut it down, the tech giant is officially deep in a lawsuit alleging that it still collects users’... Read More
Facebook Asks Court To Toss Out Breakup Lawsuit
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March 11, 2021
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Facebook has formally asked a federal judge to toss out a U.S antitrust case against the social media giant, claiming the government... Read More
ACCC Turns Spotlight On Google
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March 11, 2021
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Google is under the ACCC’s microscope, with the consumer watchdog investigating whether default options for browsers and search reduce competition. The tech... Read More
Epic Games Files Lawsuit Against Google In Oz
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March 10, 2021
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App developer Epic Games, famous for suing Apple, is now bringing Google to court after filing a lawsuit against the search engine... Read More
New Google Features To Mark Chromebook’s 10th Birthday
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March 10, 2021
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Google’s Chromebook is celebrating 10 years since it was first launched, and the laptop is getting some fresh features to celebrate. The... Read More
Google Stops Selling Ads Based On Individual Browsing History
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March 4, 2021
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Google has announced it will stop selling advertisements based on a person’s individual browsing online, an enormous move which will have major... Read More
French Say Google Broke Rules Over News Talks
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February 25, 2021
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PARIS: French antitrust regulators have accused Google of failing to comply with the competition authority’s orders on how to conduct negotiations with... Read More
Google Quits Major Project
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February 24, 2021
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An ambitious smart city project funded by Google’s sister firm Sidewalk Labs has been scrapped. The project aimed to track the mobility... Read More
New Google Android Capabilities Rolling Out
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February 24, 2021
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Google has announced a suite of new features for Android users, including the never-before-seen ability to schedule text messages. The six new... Read More
Apple TV Comes To Chromecast
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February 22, 2021
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The Apple TV app has arrived on Chromecast with Google TV, and is expected to come to more Google TV devices over... Read More
Fitbit Products Now Sold At Google Store
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February 19, 2021
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Fitbit smartwatches and health trackers are now available for sale at Google’s online store after the search engine giant’s $2.1 billion acquisition.... Read More
News Corp Joins Google News Showcase In Three-Year Deal
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February 18, 2021
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Rupert Murdoch’s media giant News Corp is the latest outlet to join Google’s News Showcase, in a deal which will see the... Read More
Google, Nine Strike $30m News Deal
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February 17, 2021
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Nine Entertainment Co has followed Seven West Media in inking a $30 million deal with Google for news content, the outlet confirmed... Read More
Seven West Signs Up For Google News Platform
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February 15, 2021
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Google’s News Showcase has received big backing with Kerry Stokes’ giant Seven West Media signing on to provide content to the platform.... Read More
MS Chief Urges US To Follow Aust. In Pay For News
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February 15, 2021
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REDMOND, USA: On the eve of legislation to be tabled into the Australian Parliament over online media laws, Microsoft president Brad Smith... Read More
Google News Showcase Won’t End Payments Row
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February 9, 2021
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SYDNEY: In a bid to fend off Australia’s watchdog, the ACCC and Scott Morrison’s media bargaining code, Google’s launch of its News... Read More
Google Launches News Showcase In Oz, Will It Dodge Bargaining Code Fees?
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February 8, 2021
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Google has launched its News Showcase platform in Australia, billing it as a way to pay news providers for journalism. News Showcase... Read More
Oz Watchdog Not Swayed By Google’s Latest News Service
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February 8, 2021
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SYDNEY: The competition watchdog the ACCC said Google’s newly-launched News Showcase ignores the main tenants of the Australian Government’s proposed media bargaining... Read More
Which Industries Will Be Hit Hardest By A Google-Free Australia?
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February 8, 2021
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The threat of Google officially revoking the search engine in Australia may have opened the door for the underappreciated Microsoft-owned Bing. But... Read More
Google Brings Android TV In Line With Chromecast
Google has updated its Android TV smart-TV platform with a new interface resembling Google TV, as seen on last year’s Chromecast. Android... Read More
BREAKING: PM Talks To Global Google Boss
Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke with Sundar Pichai (pictured), CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, this morning. The PM had a conversation... Read More
Google’s Engine Not So Hot
MELBOURNE: Australians trying to stay up to date with the news by searching online may be better off ditching Google and using... Read More
Bing The Alternative As Life Without Google Looms
Microsoft has thrown its weight behind the Australian government’s proposed News Media Bargaining Code, in the hopes its Bing search engine will... Read More
Search, YouTube Fuel Strong Finish To 2020 For Alphabet
Google parent company Alphabet has reported almost $57 billion USD in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2020, driven by a recovery... Read More
Google’s Australia Exit Could Really Hurt CE & Appliance Retailers
Google’s potential exit from Australia could be very harmful to retailers that depend on traffic coming from the search engine giant. The... Read More
Google Teams Up With Ford, What Happens If It Leaves Oz?
Auto giant Ford has signed a six-year deal with Google to provide in-car entertainment software, as well as cloud services for its... Read More
Google Quadruples Chromebook Sales In Q4
Google’s Chromebook enjoyed a blockbuster 2020, with sales quadrupling from the previous period due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to analysts, the... Read More
Aussies Battle Google Click Fraud
SYDNEY: Australian small businesses are also on a collision course with Google, claiming the tech giant is turning a blind eye to... Read More
ACCC Calls For Action To Slash Google Domination
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) – a major Australian Government agency – has again singled out Google for heavy criticism... Read More
Google Tipped To Launch News Site In Australia Amid ACCC Battle
Google is reportedly reviving plans to launch its own news website in Australia very soon. The search engine giant – who is... Read More
Google Rolls Out Chromebook Update Highlighting CES Releases
With new Chromebooks announced at CES 2021, Google has updated Chrome OS with improvements billed as making the netbooks “as seamless as... Read More
BREAKING: Google Threatens To Shut Down In Australia
Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia entirely if the News Media Bargaining Code goes ahead as is. The... Read More
US Urges Australia To Reconsider Forcing Facebook & Google To Pay For News
The Trump administration has added its two cents to the ongoing battle between Australia, Facebook and Google, urging the Federal government to... Read More
ACCC & DoJ Not Happy With Google-Fitbit Deal, Legal Action Looms
Google has indicated its lucrative Fitbit acquisition is all but complete – but it seems Australia’s consumer watchdog isn’t letting it go... Read More
Google Hides Results From Oz News Outlets In Protest Of News Media Bargaining Code
Google is trialling pushing down search results for commercial news outlets in Australia as part of its ongoing campaign against the News... Read More