Tag Archives: Updates

This shouldn’t have any real impact on SEO, or Google usage more broadly, but Google has announced a couple of changes to the display of Search results, in order to provide more clarity and transparency within its listings. First off, Google’s adding site names to search results on mobile, so that users can more easily identify the website that’s associated with each result at a glance. As you can see in these examples, now, you’ll see the website name and URL for each result,… Source link

Saturday was a huge day for boxing, with a pair of scintillating women’s bouts in London, opening it up. Claressa Shields defeated Savannah Marshall to become undisputed super middleweight champion, thereby becoming the only fighter to have undisputed titles in three weight classes. In the co-main event, Alycia Baumgardner edged Mikaela Mayer via split decision to become the IBF-WBC-WBO super featherweight champion. Now, it’s the men’s turn, with two more cards. In the main event of a… Source link

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by the pandemic has slowed down. But overall, the app economy is continuing to grow, having produced a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and… Source link

Google has now rolled out all of the promised Lock Screen widgets for its iPhone apps, including the Google app, Gmail, Google Maps, Chrome, Google News, and Google Drive. The rollout was completed today with two Lock Screen widgets for Maps, following five widgets for the Google app that were released on Wednesday. In version 233.0 of the Google app, the widgets include the following descriptions, with two widget sizes for Search: Search: Access Google Search from your Lock Screen Voice… Source link

Apple and Google said Wednesday they will roll out software updates to enable 5G support on their respective handsets in India, the world’s second-largest wireless market, just days after local bureaucrats began pushing the phonemakers to expedite their efforts. Reliance Jio and Airtel, India’s two largest carriers, have started to offer 5G services in select Indian cities in recent weeks, but many popular handsets in the nation currently don’t support the local airwaves. These… Source link

U.S. stock futures started the week on a downbeat Monday as Wall Street steered into third-quarter earnings season and braced for a batch of inflation reports. Futures tied to the S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.3%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) ticked down 0.2%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) off by 0.4%. Meanwhile, the CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX), which measures short-term expectations for market turbulence, spiked 1.6 points to near the 33 level. Treasury… Source link

Consumers are hunting for values this holiday season as the final quarter of the year gets underway. Microsoft hopes to make it easier for marketers to connect with consumers by releasing several new updates in October. One builds on Google Import, so marketers can duplicate Google Performance Max campaigns as … Source link

  U.S. equity futures zigzagged Monday morning after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed out their first three-quarter losing streak since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and the Dow its first such time since 2015. Futures tied to the benchmark S&P 500 index nudged up 0.2%, while Dow Jones Industrial futures jumped 100 points, or around 0.4%. Meanwhile, contracts on the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped by about 0.2%. Sizeable moves in energy markets kicked off the week, with oil… Source link

At Google’s annual Search On conference, the company announced seven new features and updates to local search. These updates will significantly enhance how people explore neighborhoods, businesses, and restaurants in Google Search. The local search changes rolling out soon include: Search for restaurants by dish Discover restaurant specialties More support for digital menus Enhancements to Google Maps’ Live View Aerial views of famous landmarks Immersive view Neighborhood vibe… Source link

Google is revamping its Play Store in an effort to help users better discover and install apps to other devices via their phone. The company announced a series of changes to the Google Play Store that will enable cross-device discovery and new tools to help developers better showcase their non-phone apps, it says. Among the new features now coming to the Google Play Store phone app is the addition of homepages dedicated to non-phone devices. Google notes that Android users today are in… Source link