Tag Archives: Customers

Microsoft thinks stuffing Bing ads into Google Chrome is offering its customers ‘choice,’ except it really isn’t that

Microsoft thinks stuffing Bing ads into Google Chrome is offering its customers ‘choice,’ except it really isn’t that

What you need to know Microsoft finds itself at the heart of more controversy with Windows users reporting ads popping up inside Google Chrome for Bing and Copilot AI.  Some were concerned it was actually malware, but Microsoft has since confirmed it is deliberate and intended behavior.  This isn’t the first time Microsoft has hit the headlines for interfering with Google Chrome, with a recent issue concerning Edge hijacking Chrome data.  Please, just stop it, Microsoft.   Oh, Microsoft,… Source link

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Google Play Judge Calls $700 Million Settlement Bad for Customers

Google Play Judge Calls 0 Million Settlement Bad for Customers

(Bloomberg) — A federal judge appeared skeptical of Alphabet Inc.’s $700 million proposed settlement with states and consumers to resolve claims that the Google Play app store abuses its market power. Most Read from Bloomberg At a hearing Monday, US District Judge James Donato said the accord seems to give short-shrift to consumers both in the overall compensation it provides and the broad release it gives the company from future lawsuits. “Right now I’m not saying it’s a bag of… Source link

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Google vows not to charge data transfer fees when cloud customers exit

Google vows not to charge data transfer fees when cloud customers exit

“Starting today, Google Cloud customers who wish to stop using Google Cloud and migrate their data to another cloud provider and/or on premises, can take advantage of free network data transfer to migrate their data out of Google Cloud,” Amit Zavery, a Google cloud vice president, wrote in the post. “This applies to all customers globally.”  While Zavery didn’t name any specific vendors, data transfer fees are a profitable source of revenue for tech companies and can serve to reduce churn… Source link

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