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The Parler social media app on Apple’s App Store. Stephen Shankland/CNET Google and Apple are… Source link

Parler is one of the hottest apps in the world, a social network that has attracted millions of conservatives over the past year with its hands-off approach to policing users’ posts. And with the news that President Trump had been kicked off Twitter and Facebook, Parler was the odds-on bet to be his next soapbox. But just as it was gaining new clout, Parler is now suddenly faced with an existential crisis. On Friday, Apple told the company that it had to step up its policing of the… Source link

Text size Jackpongstock/Dreamstime.com I’ve always been skeptical about the push to sue, legislate, and regulate social media companies toward better… Source link

By Elizabeth Culliford, Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Friday suspended the Parler social networking service from its app store, citing posts inciting violence and demanding “robust” content moderation from the app favored by many supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump. FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar Apple Inc on Friday also gave the… Source link

Google Assistant driving mode in Google Maps lets you make calls, send texts, and play music using your voice while driving. To use Google Assistant driving mode in Google Maps, enable it in your phone’s Google app, and then start using Google Maps’ usual driving navigation feature. Google Assistant driving mode is only available on Android phones in the US, and you have to be speaking English to use it. As time goes on, more and more people are throwing away their old GPS devices, and… Source link

TipRanks Oppenheimer: These 3 Stocks Could Spike Over 80% Wall Street’s best firms don’t just look at the stocks, they look at the big picture, too. And Oppenheimer’s chief investment strategist, John Stoltzfus, is particularly adept at showing us the macro view. In his first note of the new year, Stoltzfus notes a series of factors that are going to impact the markets. The big news, of course, the 800-pound gorilla that cannot be ignored, is the ongoing COVID epidemic. The disease is… Source link

FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is shown at one of the company’s office complexes in Irvine, California, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust case against Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday he had directed his financial advisers to immediately sell mutual funds he owns that hold Google stock. Judge Amit Mehta said he learned that “some of our mutual fund holdings do contain two different classes of Alphabet… Source link

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) – The judge hearing the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust case against Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday he had directed his financial advisers to immediately sell mutual funds he owns that hold Google stock. Judge Amit Mehta said he learned that “some of our mutual fund holdings do contain two different classes of Alphabet stock” and directed their sale. Mehta said “neither my wife nor I directed the purchase of these particular funds; they were… Source link

Alphabet Inc. workers launched a union this week with a few hundred members, about 2% of the Google parent company’s workforce, raising questions about what such a small union can do for a largely well-paid group that enjoys world-famous perks. Actually, quite a bit, labor experts say. The Alphabet Workers Union says it cares about working conditions, especially for the company’s temps, vendors and contractors, or TVCs, who don’t enjoy the same level of pay, benefits and… Source link

Google’s proposed digital advertising tool is being investigated over competition concerns, adding a new weight to the burden of antitrust issues facing the technology giant and its peers like Facebook FB, -0.44% and Amazon AMZN, +0.65%. The Competition and Markets Authority, or CMA, a U.K. regulator, will assess whether a new digital advertising technology proposed by Google, owned by Alphabet GOOGL, +1.32%, … Source link