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Good golly, gang, Google’s done it again. Just when I thought the G-team had made its messaging service strategy as convoluted as humanly possible, Le Googlé has managed to inject even more messy confusion into its suite of messaging products. This, my fellow earthlings, deserves some serious recognition. Achieving levels of perplexity this high is a rare feat, and you’d better believe it ain’t easy. Our latest confounding twist comes courtesy of an announcement… Source link

The logo of Google is seen on a building at la Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo June 17 (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.O) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud on Thursday said Google will offer cloud computing services based on AMD’s newest data center chip, a move likely to intensify AMD’s push to grab market share from rival Intel Corp (INTC.O). Cloud computing providers such as… Source link

Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google is moving parts of its popular YouTube video service from the advertising company’s internal data center infrastructure to the company’s cloud service, the head of Google’s cloud said. The effort indicates Google is looking inward as it seeks to expand its share of the growing cloud-computing market and become less reliant on advertisements appearing on its web search engine and other properties. Historically, Google… Source link

Waymo One, the ride-hailing service that uses driverless vehicles in the suburbs of Phoenix, can now be accessed and booked through Google Maps. This will be the first fully autonomous ride-hailing option available in the app, which will roll out first to Android users, Waymo said Thursday. The team-up not only brings together two Alphabet companies, it signals Waymo’s push to become more visible and accessible to the public. Waymo has abut 600 vehicles in its U.S…. Source link

Google I/O wraps today, leaving developers to digest a wide variety of new product, service and feature announcements, ranging from a managed machine learning platform and other artificial intelligence-fueled advances to Google Workspace updates to new Multitask Unified Model technology. The livestreamed conference, held virtually after being cancelled last year amid coronavirus restrictions, fielded registrations from some 200,000 developers from 181 countries,… Source link

PHOTO: Brian Harro | unsplash Think about the last time you tried to find a plumber. Did you use Google to find a national provider and then use their website to find a local provider? Probably not. Did you search for “best plumber in (my town)?” That’s more likely. But even more likely is you looked for “plumber” and Google did the rest, automatically reading your location and presenting you with a list of ads and organic results of plumbers in your area. This system, which… Source link

When it comes to Google My Business’s rules and guidelines there is a lot of room for improvement. Yes, they have rules written down, but those guidelines are vague in many areas and contradictory in spots. That makes things confusing for even the smartest marketer or business owner. Trying to understand some of GMBs guidelines is almost like trying to solve a Rubik’s Cube in a dark room. And the rules pertaining to Service Area Businesses (SABs) seem to be the most confusing. In this… Source link

Bloomberg Brookfield Aims to Raise $100 Billion for New Flagship Funds (Bloomberg) — Brookfield Asset Management Inc. said it plans to raise $100 billion for its next round of flagship funds after it delivered first-quarter earnings buoyed by share sales and asset divestitures.The Toronto-based alternative asset manager sold $13 billion of assets during the quarter, resulting in $6.4 billion in profit for Brookfield and its clients, the company said Thursday. Brookfield’s share amounted to… Source link

The Google logo is seen on on the company’s European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, February 27, 2021. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne Google (GOOGL.O) has won a deal to provide cloud services to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which has launched a slew of Starlink satellites to provide high-speed internet, it said on Thursday. SpaceX will set up ground stations within Google’s data centers that connect to the Starlink satellites, enabling fast and secure internet services via Google Cloud, the search giant… Source link

Bloomberg Cameron Saw No Fraud, Knew About Gupta Risk: Greensill Update (Bloomberg) — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron denied being motivated by personal gain when he lobbied government ministers and Bank of England officials on behalf of collapsed lender Greensill Capital.Cameron faced lawmakers over his text and email lobbying efforts, which were aimed at convincing U.K. policy makers to include Greensill in a program of state-backed lending.The former premier is giving oral… Source link