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UPDATE 1-India tribunal declines Google’s request to block Android antitrust ruling

UPDATE 1-India tribunal declines Google’s request to block Android antitrust ruling

(Adding details from the hearing, background) By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (Reuters) – An Indian tribunal on Wednesday declined a request by Google to block an antitrust ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform, dealing the U.S. firm a setback in a key growth market. In October, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined Alphabet Inc’s Google $161 million for exploiting its dominant position in markets such as online search and the Android… Source link

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Your Google Pixel Phone’s First Update of 2023 Arrived

Your Google Pixel Phone’s First Update of 2023 Arrived

Welcome to a new year and also to the first Google Pixel update of the year. Google kicked off 2023 by releasing the January Android security patch and update for the Pixel 4a up through the Pixel 7. I know this may seem like a day late and a weird Tuesday release, but there was an observed holiday in there. Since this isn’t a big quarterly update, we aren’t actually expecting much in this build. Since we got a Pixel Feature Drop in December that brought to public a Quarterly… Source link

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UPDATE 2-Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

UPDATE 2-Russia’s Yandex co-founder Volozh pens farewell message to staff

(Adds background, Kudrin detail) By Alexander Marrow MOSCOW, Dec 30 (Reuters) – The co-founder of Russian internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, said goodbye in an internal message to staff on Friday ahead of a corporate restructuring that could see ownership of many of the firm’s core services change hands. Volozh stepped down as CEO and left the board of directors after the European Union included him on its list of sanctions against Russian entities and individuals in June. Volozh called the… Source link

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Ranking data during the December 2022 Google helpful content update and link spam update

Ranking data during the December 2022 Google helpful content update and link spam update

Google is now rolling out two different Google search algorithm updates simultaneously, the December 2022 helpful content system and the December 2022 link spam update. The helpful content update started on December 5th, and the link spam update started on December 14th. Both updates are not finished rolling out, in fact, Google said that the helpful content update “is going to take longer” to complete than the two-week timeline previously… Source link

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Google Home’s Wear OS app gets a useful update for apartment dwellers

Google Home’s Wear OS app gets a useful update for apartment dwellers

A new list view will make controlling your smart home devices easier The Google Home app has become increasingly cluttered over the years as it has grown in features to control more smart home devices — including additional support for devices under the company’s Nest brand. To address this, Google announced a redesigned Home app, which was made available to members of the Public Preview program in October. The revamp also includes a Google Home app for… Source link

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Google says don’t expect a new core update by year-end

Google says don’t expect a new core update by year-end

With the Google December 2022 link spam update and helpful content update both still rolling out, SEOs are worried that Google may have one more Google algorithm update up its sleeve before the year’s end. Well, it will not happen, said John Mueller from the Google Search team. No more core updates this year. John Mueller said on Twitter, “FWIW, just to be clear, there’s no core update lined up for the rest of the year.” Rankings might… Source link

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Google December 2022 Link Spam Update Rolling Out Now

Google December 2022 Link Spam Update Rolling Out Now

Google confirms an update to its spam detection system, called the December 2022 link spam update, is rolling out now and will take up to two weeks to complete. Today, with our December 2022 link spam update, we’re leveraging the power of SpamBrain to neutralize the impact of unnatural links on search results. The update launches today & will take about two weeks to rollout. Learn more: https://t.co/ACO2Ut8wmi — Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) December 14, 2022 What’s In… Source link

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Google releases December 2022 link spam update

Google releases December 2022 link spam update

Just when you thought the Google Search updates were done for the year, Google has rolled out a December 2022 link spam update. This update will take about two weeks to roll out and is a global update. What Google said. Google wrote, “Our launch today, which we refer to as the December 2022 link spam update, will take about two weeks to fully roll out. Ranking may change as spammy links are neutralized and any credit passed by these unnatural links… Source link

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Google helpful content system update rolling out now

Google helpful content system update rolling out now

Google has begun to push out an update to its helpful content system, this is the first big update to this update since it launched in August 2022. The update started yesterday, December 5th but it is now noticeable on December 6th, which is why Google announced this update today. What is new. Now the helpful content update (aka system) is a global update, impacting all languages and not just the English language. This will help Google’s systems… Source link

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Security Expert Warns ‘Update Google Chrome Now’ As CISA 0Day Deadline Revealed

Security Expert Warns ‘Update Google Chrome Now’ As CISA 0Day Deadline Revealed

December 6 Update below. This post was originally published on December 4 Google has confirmed yet another zero-day vulnerability impacting the Chrome web browser client, the ninth this year. In a posting to the official Chrome releases blog, Google states that users of Chrome on the Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms as well as Android, are impacted by the high-severity CVE-2022-4262 0day security vulnerability. An urgent update has started rolling out across all platforms, and Google is… Source link

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