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The Justice Department filed suit against Google on Tuesday for illegal monopolization of the search and ad markets, kicking off one of the largest antitrust cases in US history. As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the case focuses on search and search-focused advertising, rather than the company’s broader targeted ad business. “Countless advertisers must pay a toll to Google’s search advertising and general search text advertising monopolies,” the complaint reads,… Source link

As an anti-tracking company and the creator of a privacy extension for the web, you’d think Ghostery would be all about the elimination of third-party cookies. But Jeremy Tillman, president of Ghostery, is wary of Google’s motivation for phasing out third-party tracking in Chrome. “You have to think about the second-order effects of these types of changes,” Tillman said. “What is better for privacy and the user experience from one perspective, can be not so good for… Source link

Google has discontinued its Google Nest Secure alarm system, the company first confirmed to Android Police. And sure enough, if you visit the Nest Secure’s page on the Google Store right now, there’s a big button right at the top that says the product is no longer available. “Google Nest will no longer be producing Nest Secure, however we will continue to support our security users in all the same ways,” a Google spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge. Google introduced… Source link

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – An associate of embattled singer R. Kelly was arrested for allegedly setting fire to a vehicle outside of a Central Florida home after federal authorities identified him through Google search history records, recently unsealed court documents show. Michael Williams, a relative of Kelly’s former publicist, has pleaded not guilty to charges of arson and witness tampering that stem from the June 11 incident at the Polk County home of Azriel Clary, the musician’s former… Source link

It has happened to everyone at one time or another. There’s a song stuck in your head but you can’t remember the words or even the musician who sang it. It’s Google to the rescue, once again. If you can hum a few bars of the song, Google will search for it. Searching online has come a long way. Remember Ask Jeeves? He was the fictional, at-your-service butler that debuted in 1997 to answer people’s questions. Now we can hum to search. Google unveiled the new search feature Thursday… Source link

The new Nest Audio gives you an excuse to expand your Google Home collection so you can Broadcast to every corner in your house. Juan Garzon/CNET Apple… Source link

(CNN) — If you’ve ever had a song stuck in your head but can’t remember enough lyrics to search for it, Google has a solution: hum to search. Google unveiled a new search feature Thursday that lets users search for songs by humming a few bars, in an attempt to help you identify music. The feature is now part of Google’s mobile app and Google Assistant, where you can say “what’s this song?” (add a “Hey Google” first on Google Assistant) and then hum, whistle, or sing… Source link

Google reveals what are the most popular Halloween costumes this year, according to trending search data in the United States. Google’s data can be useful to marketers who work in related verticals and are looking to get high-value products in front of last-minute shoppers. These are the costume ideas people are searching for most, which can give you some insight into customers’ purchase intent. If you have an opportunity to promote any costumes, clothing, or accessories related to these… Source link

The UK competition regulator has told the government to set up a digital regulator within a year or his agency will take action against Facebook and Google. Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority, told the Financial Times he was preparing to mount investigations into the two internet giants if the government did not act fast enough to curb their powers. In his clearest statement of intent yet, Mr Coscelli said the watchdog would give the… Source link