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NEW YORK (AP) — When asked about Google, Bryan Clayton voices a familiar lament among small business owners. “You keep… NEW YORK (AP) — When asked about Google, Bryan Clayton voices a familiar lament among small business owners. “You keep getting squeezed further and further down the search results page,” says Clayton, CEO of GreenPal, a company that operates an app to help homeowners find lawn care. “As a startup, you don’t have a million-dollar… Source link

NEW YORK (AP) — Monopoly or not, small business owners’ biggest complaint about Google is that its advertising policies favor companies with big marketing budgets. Companies covet the top spots in Google search results _ the first page of rankings, and the top of subsequent pages. But if too many companies are interested, the cost of one of these spots can jump out of reach for a small business, just like the price for… Source link

Google Home can play audiobooks, which are perfect for listening to while you do chores. Chris Monroe/CNET … Source link

VCG via Getty Images If the surprising new Huawei speculation is to be believed, it could be a nightmare scenario for Google. It’s clear now that the world’s second largest smartphone maker, with some 600 million users on its ecosystem, has declared battle with Android. This, it says, it a “fight” it will win. Until now Google has been fairly ambivalent—the U.S. has cut Huawei’s access to premium chipsets, signalling a steep decline in Huawei… Source link

Microsoft’s Edge has just announced a brilliant new feature that beats Google Chrome. Microsoft’s Edge has just announced a brilliant new feature that beats Google Chrome. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Microsoft’s Edge browser has been releasing new features like crazy as it tries to beat market leader Google Chrome. Now, Microsoft has just announced a brilliant new feature that beats Google Chrome—Vertical Tabs, which moves the tab bar… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]‘Horror movies’ most Halloween related Google search in Oklahoma, study says  KOKH FOX25 Source link

Democratic strategist Christy Setzer and ‘ Outloud with Gianno Caldwell’ host Gianno Caldwell discuss voting in the presidential election. The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog is calling for California’s Senate Elections Committee to investigate why Google algorithms gave voters looking for answers from the state’s official election guide a biased take on ballot measures, including Proposition 24. In searches of the Golden State’s 12 ballot proposals, officials found that seven measures had… Source link

Google is introducing custom backgrounds for its Meet videoconferencing platform, the company announced in a blog post. If you use Meet in Google’s Chrome browser you should be able to access the feature in Chrome OS as well as on Windows and Mac laptops and desktops. The feature is “coming soon” to mobile, Google says. There’s no browser extension needed to activate custom backgrounds; you should be able to add a background image from your own photo collection or from a library… Source link

Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN We may not know who will become the next American President until Election Day, but Google “the next American President” and you’ll find the search engine already has an unexpected idea. On Google Images, the faces of the incumbent President Donald Trump or Democratic hopeful Joe Biden do not appear first. Instead, monochromatic collages in red, white and blue, filled with stars and floral motifs, are ranked over former nominees including Elizabeth Warren,… Source link