Tag Archives: Removing

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google removing links to California news websites as part of test in response to pending legislation  CNBC Source link

Image Credits: Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Microsoft has revealed that it, too, will allow business customers to transfer data out of its Azure cloud infrastructure with no “egress fees” attached, following hot on the heels of similar moves by cloud rivals AWS and Google. While Microsoft positions the announcement as a voluntary pro-customer move, the fact that it was quietly revealed with little fanfare via a short blog post might suggest… Source link

A total of 17 features will be removed from Google Assistant in February 2024. But that’s not all—Samsung is actually removing Google Assistant from all of its smart TVs. This unprecedented change takes place on March 1st. In a support article, Samsung explains that a “change in Google’s policy” is responsible for the depreciated Assistant support. The policy change in question is unknown. Samsung goes on to say that Bixby and Alexa are still supported on its TVs. “Due to a change in… Source link

The Phone by Google (as it’s officially named) app is losing a “Nearby Places” feature that “allowed business name search queries entered into the Phone app to provide local business phone number results beyond just your personal contacts.”  Google says “only a very small number of people use this feature” as the “vast majority of users go to Google Search or Maps when seeking business-related phone numbers.” Some people liked this capability for… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Removing Crawl Rate Limiter Tool From Search Console  Search Engine Journal Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Removing All Canadian News Sites From Searches After Law Requires Payments For Outlets  Forbes Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Anglers praised for removing massive carp from Oklahoma lake  Yahoo Sports Source link

South Korean messaging giant Kakao confirmed today it will remove an external payment option after Google blocked the South Korean company behind KakaoTalk from issuing updates.  The South Korean company continued using an external payment link in its Android app against Google’s new in-app payment rules. While the app’s updates were suspended on June 30, the local reports about the KakaoTalks’ updates being blocked on the Play Store only emerged last week.

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr wrote to Apple and Google on Tuesday, requesting the companies to remove TikTok from their app stores for “its pattern of surreptitious data practices.” This comes after BuzzFeed News reported last week that TikTok’s staff in China had access to US-based users’ data up until January. “As you know TikTok is an app that is available to millions of Americans through your app stores, and it collects vast troves of sensitive data… Source link

Image: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images Russia’s biggest tech company, Yandex, announced on Thursday that it’s removing all borders from its maps app. The move comes as the invasion of Ukraine still rages on, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin openly talks about expanding the country’s borders, and Ukrainians fear Russia will use sham referendums to annex parts of the country.  “Yandex Maps is a universal service that helps people find organizations and places nearby, choose… Source link