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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

May 13 (Reuters) – Google 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 said. This service is expected to be available in the second half of 2021 for enterprise customers, the company said. The… Source link

It’s pretty rare that I stumble onto a new service and think, “Whoa! This is exactly what I’ve been missing. And I didn’t even know I was missing it.” Well, my fellow efficiency-obsessed earthlings, I’m ecstatic to report that that magnificent moment just happened — and the service in question is a little somethin’ called Hitsnag. Hitsnag? Hitsnag. (I’m assuming that’s meant to be read as “hit-SNAG” and not “hits-NAG,” but I’ll leave that up to your own… Source link

Adrien Henni, chief editor, East-West Digital News Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian tech major, is preparing to launch its express e-grocery delivery service in Western Europe—after successful deployment in Russia and Israel. According to a company spokesman cited by AFP, the first target is France, where Yandex registered a local company earlier this month and started hiring. Initially covering the central districts of Paris, the service will operate under the international… Source link

Receiving a Google Assistant Broadcast on a phone. On the left is a notification. On the right is an individual message. Google … Source link