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Russia’s Yandex Is Removing Borders From Its Maps App

Russia’s Yandex Is Removing Borders From Its Maps App

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

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Google starts removing ‘Movies & TV’ tab from Play Store

Google starts removing ‘Movies & TV’ tab from Play Store

As announced in March, Google Play users on Android are starting to see the Movies & TV store disappear from the app. On mobile, Google no longer wants people to browse, search, buy, or rent television shows and movies from the Play Store application. Instead, Google TV is the intended replacement where you can also see your library, while it was recently updated with a “Highlights” news feed. As part of this change, there are now changes to past purchases, family sharing,… Source link

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Google removing support for some video and image sitemap extension tags

Google removing support for some video and image sitemap extension tags

On August 6, 2022, Google will no longer support some video and image sitemap extension tags. Gary Illyes from Google said it is removing support for those sitemap extension tags to simplify sitemap extensions and to help “reduce complexity of your codebases” by making sitemaps “less cluttered in general.” What is being removed. The following sitemap extension tags are no longer going to be supported: Within image sitemaps: caption geo_location title license Within video… Source link

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Google is removing the Movies & TV section from the Play Store

Google gave its TV app an overhaul last year, redesigning its interface and turning it into a hub for your streaming needs. In the near future, it will also serve as Google’s official home for movies and TV shows you can rent or purchase. While you can already do those now within the TV app, you can also still find movies and TV shows to buy from within the Google Play Store. In May 2022, though, Google will remove the Movies & TV tab from the Play Store menu at the bottom of its interface… Source link

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Google is removing its Play Movies and TV app from every Roku and most smart TVs

The Google Play Movies and TV app will no longer be available on any Roku set-top box or any Samsung, LG, Vizio or Roku smart TV starting July 15th, Google has announced (via 9to5Google). If you have movies or TV shows purchased or rented through the service, you’ll still be able to access them through the “Your movies and shows” section of the YouTube app on those devices. This change will also affect you if if you used the Movies and TV app to access Movies Anywhere, the service… Source link

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Removing Blog Comments May Impact Search Rankings

Google’s John Mueller advises site owners that removing all comments from a website may adversely impact search rankings. Mueller offers this advice during the Google Search Central SEO hangout recorded on February 5. A question is submitted by a site owner asking whether blog comments are factored into Google’s search rankings. They want to remove comments from their site and ask if that can be done without losing rankings. The short answers are: Yes, Google factors comments into the… Source link

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