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Google Pay team reportedly in major upheaval after botched app revamp

Google Pay is apparently just as much a disaster internally as the app transition has been externally. That’s the big takeaway from a recent Business Insider article detailing an exodus of executives from Google’s payment division, lower-than-expected app adoption, and employees frustrated with the slow movement of the division. Business Insider spoke with ex-employees and learned that “dozens of employees and executives have left” the… Source link

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Google finally talks about new YouTube Music features

In recent months, YouTube Music has seen a slew of tweaks that refine the app but don’t fundamentally change the experience. That’s par for the course at Google, but what’s been incredibly odd is how the YouTube Music team has not meaningfully talked about any of these new features until last week. YouTube Music’s last major feature launch that warranted a blog post from the company was the addition of the Home feed activity bar and availability of personalized My Mixes in… Source link

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Google disbands health unit as chief departs for Cerner

Dive Brief: Google is dissolving its health division, Google Health, after three years as the head of the unit, David Feinberg, departs to become CEO of health IT vendor Cerner. Google is splitting its health projects and teams across several other divisions of the company, according to an Aug. 19 internal memo to employees from Jeff Dean, the head of Google’s research division, obtained by Insider. Alphabet’s Google created the Google Health division in 2018 to… Source link

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Google seeks to block release of antitrust suit details

With help from Leah Nylen Editor’s Note: Morning Tech is a free version of POLITICO Pro Technology’s morning newsletter, which is delivered to our subscribers each morning at 6 a.m. The POLITICO Pro platform combines the news you need with tools you can use to take action on the day’s biggest stories. Act on the news with POLITICO Pro. — Hitting pause: Google is heading to court this week in a bid to block “highly sensitive information” about its business from being revealed in… Source link

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Google says health projects will continue even as it unwinds dedicated health division

Google says it is ramping up its investments in health-focused initiatives even as it dissolves its single unified health division. From consumer-facing products like sleep tracking tech with its Nest Hub smart home devices and Fitbit wearables to clinical initiatives like its Care Studio EHR search tool and its health AI work, Google has intensified its focus on health tech and expanded its reach into the healthcare market. But those projects will now be split across Google’s myriad… Source link

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For Small Businesses, Mastering Google’s AI Is A Better Investment Than Paid Ads

Flower Boutique Taras Zaluzhnyi via Unsplash SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, has become increasingly popular over the past few years among e-commerce businesses exploring new marketing efforts – primarily due to the inconsistency and unprofitability of modern-day paid advertising. This strategy seeks to help businesses rank higher in search engines (like Google) to increase both the quality and quantity of traffic to their website. The problem with most advertising strategies… Source link

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Google Dismantling Health Division

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 29: A person wears a face mask outside Google’s offices in Chelsea as … [+] the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on September 29, 2020 in New York City. The fourth phase allows outdoor arts and entertainment, sporting events without fans and media production. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images) Getty Images According to an internal memo obtained by Insider, an initiative to… Source link

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Take 30% off a Google Nest Mini speaker for a smarter home

Discover startups, services, products and more from our partner StackCommerce. NY Post may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Setting up a smart home gives you incredible opportunities to make the way you live more convenient. Using a smart device to connect your home to the internet – and many other devices to your smart device – makes your life more modern. With many features that you can discover, including sound, alerts,… Source link

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