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I am writing this letter in hopes someone more senior may be able to help me with an issue Triller currently has with a listing by Google causing serious confusion in the marketplace. Specifically, we have spent significant time and money putting together an event the Mike Tyson Roy Jones Junior fight for this Saturday, November 28, an event we have learned is one of the most anticipated events of the year. As we have been getting a flurry of inbound calls and emails asking why the fight… Source link

Reuters Temple kissing scenes stir trouble for Netflix India An Indian state on Sunday asked police to investigate after a member of the country’s ruling party objected to scenes in the Netflix series A Suitable Boy, in which a Hindu girl kisses a Muslim boy against the backdrop of a Hindu temple. The series is based on an English novel by one of India’s leading writers Vikram Seth and follows a young girl’s quest for a husband. “It has extremely objectionable scenes that have hurt the… Source link

When Google says some of its controversial tracking features are “opt in” only, do you realize you’ve actually agreed to let them snoop on you? Take, for instance, Google’s new Pay app. The company is encouraging people to try it out and let Google monitor their finances and purchases in exchange for personalized offers, on a three-month trial.  For instance, if Google knows you eat at Burger King, it says it could hit you up with specific BK offers, as opposed to generic restaurant deals in… Source link

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You can create a Google Site for personal or business use simply by heading to the Google Sites website. When you create your Google Site, you’ll be offered templates to help you bring your site to life, even if you lack web-building skills. Before you publish the Google Site, you’ll be asked to choose its URL, or input a URL that you already own. Visit Business Insider’s Tech Reference library for more stories. If you’re running a business and want to promote… Source link

From left: Google’s Sundar Pichai, Facebook’s Mark Holliday, and Factory_OS’s Rick Holliday and Larry Pace (Getty; Factory_OS; iStock) Tech giants Facebook and Google are pulling out their checkbooks to back a modular housing startup. Factory_OS, which aims to build apartments more efficiently and for less money, announced the Series B Friday. The $55 million round was led by Lafayette Square Holdings, with participation from Autodesk, Citi and Morgan Stanley, along with Facebook… Source link

Vallejo modular housing startup Factory_OS has raised $55 million from tech giants Google and Facebook, the software firm Autodesk, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and asset manager Lafayette Square Holding. The money will enable Factory_OS to increase production at its second Mare Island factory and expand to Los Angeles, the company said Friday…. Source link

Global internet companies Facebook, Google and Twitter and others have banded together and threatened to leave Pakistan after the South Asian nation granted blanket powers to local regulators to censor digital content. Earlier this week, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan granted the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority the power to remove and block digital content that pose “harms, intimidates or excites disaffection” toward the government or in other ways… Source link

Google Assistant is now available on Samsung’s 2020 TVs in the UK, France, Germany, and Italy, and will be available in 12 countries by the end of the year, Samsung has announced. This follows the launch of Google’s voice assistant on Samsung’s TVs in the US last month. Samsung says it’ll roll out in Spain, Brazil, India and South Korea by late November. The voice assistant is available alongside Amazon’s Alexa and Samsung’s own Bixby voice assistants. According to Samsung,… Source link

A Google building in South Lake Union, Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / James Thorne) Google’s footprint in Seattle just keeps on growing. The Alphabet-owned tech giant signed an agreement to purchase land at a car dealership site in Kirkland, Wash., a spokesperson confirmed Thursday. Business Insider and Bloomberg reported the news last week. King County records obtained by GeekWire show a sale of nearly 10 acres of land at 11845 NE 85th St., home of Lee Johnson car… Source link