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Slack surprised Microsoft with a competition complaint in Europe yesterday. After arguing for months that Microsoft Teams isn’t a true competitor to Slack and is more akin to Zoom, Slack finally admitted what was clear all along: Microsoft Teams is a competitor, and Slack is finding it hard to compete with Microsoft. It’s not a surprising admission, but if Slack is finding it hard to compete with Microsoft, then it’s going to face even greater headaches once Google finally gets its… Source link

If you’ve followed my ramblings for long, you know how I feel about Inbox — Google’s short-lived experiment with reinventing the way we experience email. Inbox, built atop Gmail’s foundation, was a wildly different approach to managing messages. At its launch in 2014, the service was described as being “years in the making” — a “completely different type of inbox, designed to focus on what really matters.” Google told us Inbox was “designed for the problems… Source link

Google is getting serious about competing with Amazon in online shopping — just like it did in 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2019. But in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to grip America, the push to create an online shopping marketplace to compete with Amazon has taken on new urgency as consumers are avoiding stores and turning to the internet to fill more of their shopping needs. On Thursday, Google announced that it would take steps to bring more sellers and products onto its shopping… Source link

Google is the undisputed king of the internet. Alphabet‘s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) breadwinner not only fields 90% of the world’s web searches, according to GlobalStats statcounter, its Android operating system powers about three-fourths of the world’s smartphones. Android can be monetized in multiple ways,… Source link

Apple cofounder and Silicon Valley legend Steve Wozniak is suing YouTube and Google for allowing fraudsters to use his name and likeness in bitcoin giveaway scams. The scams resemble those used by Twitter hackers who last week hijacked some of the social network’s biggest accounts to promote bitcoin giveaways. MORE FROM FORBESExclusive: Twitter Hackers Could Have Stolen A Whole Lot More BitcoinBy Billy Bambrough Steve Wozniak, who cofounded iPhone-maker Apple,… Source link

Even in the context of all the things that are happening in the country right now, Monday is going to be a pretty big day. The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will testify before the House Judiciary Committee as part of Congress’ antitrust investigation.   It’s the first time all four have appeared together and the first time Jeff Bezos has shown up. All four companies are variously accused of using their size and dominance to kill competition. But like… Source link

Rounak Jain / Business Insider India Public is another video streaming service and is developed by InShorts, which is known for its news delivery service. However, unlike other short-video services, Public is slightly different – it is a newsy app that shows short videos of the latest happenings in your neighbourhood. Download Public – Indian Local Videos on the Google Play store. Source link

Google is reported to be signing up businesses to an unannounced upgraded version of a Google My Business profile. The new service, apparently in testing phase, costs $50/month. It appears to be trust-related badging that can help businesses earn more clients. Local Search expert, Tom Waddington (@tomwaddington8), tweeted about an offer from Google to upgrade a clients Google My Business (GMB) account. The offer was to upgrade it to a $50/month plan that would promote a refund guarantee and… Source link

The Singapore government and Google have announced a new jobs and skills training initiative for 3,000 local entry-level and mid-career job seekers. The initiative, called Skills Ignition SG – A Grow With Google Program is aimed at boosting job seekers’ employment, employability outcomes and providing vital industry experience amid a challenging labour market during Covid-19. It will be led by the Economic Development Board (EDB), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SkillsFuture… Source link

There are two new entrants —two telecom companies—in the Indian market trying to upend video-conferencing. After the initial euphoria around video-conferencing apps, more particularly Zoom, died down, many new players started experimenting with new features. Zoom hasn’t changed much since, but it has reinvented its security, Microsoft Teams has introduced virtual backgrounds and Google Meet has been experimenting with Artificial Intelligence (AI) to reduce ambient noise. There are two… Source link