Fahad HSep 3, 20192 min readAndroid 10 (formerly Q) is rolling out for Pixel phones today, later for othersAndroid 10 (formerly named Q) begins rolling out now to Google’s Pixel phones. Non-Pixel Android devices are supposed to get the update...
Fahad HMay 22, 20192 min readA year after GDPR, mobile notifications are up, location sharing is downIn the wake of GDPR and a constant drumbeat of largely negative privacy news in Europe and North America, consumers and marketers are...
Fahad HDec 11, 20183 min readMarketers say Time Well Spent movement isn’t influencing social media plansFeatures like Facebook and Instagram’s user activity dashboards and YouTube’s reminders to “take a break” are responses to the movement’s...
Fahad HNov 27, 20184 min readFoldable screens: No big deal for marketers or potential game changer?Recently, Google announced that its Android OS will natively support foldable screens on smartphones. Coupled with Samsung’s promise of a...
Fahad HNov 27, 20183 min readEU consumer groups accuse Google of violating GDPR with location historyLocation-tracking illustration from Norwegian consumer advocacy organization, Forbrukerrådet. Characterizing smartphone location...
Fahad HOct 17, 20182 min readHow will Google’s new Android app licensing rules in Europe impact Chrome and search?On Tuesday, Google took action to comply with the European Commission’s (EC’s) antitrust decision requiring it to de-couple Google Play...
Fahad HOct 9, 20182 min readGoogle appeals record $5 billion EU antitrust Android fineEarlier today Google filed an appeal of the European Commission’s (EC’s) record €4.3 billion (roughly $5 billion) antitrust fine. The...
Fahad HSep 12, 20182 min readReport: Arizona attorney general investigating Google location trackingRoughly a month ago AP reported that Google continues to collect location data when ‘Location History’ is turned off. The company...
Fahad HAug 30, 20182 min readGoogle expands Assistant device network, adds polyglot supportGoogle Assistant devices have an advantage over Echo in international markets. Seeking to capitalize and expand on that, the company is...
Fahad HAug 22, 20181 min readChrome browser to update to material design ‘across all operating systems’Based on Google Chrome enterprise release notes, The Verge reported that Google’s browser will get a “new design across all operating...
Fahad HAug 17, 20182 min readReport says Google to launch own smart display in time for holidaysOut of more than 50 million Alexa devices sold, fewer than 500,000 have been the Echo Show, according to Canalys. That’s partly because...
Fahad HAug 14, 20183 min readAP: Google collects location data when ‘Location History’ is turned offYesterday, the AP reported that Google collects user location data regardless of user Location History settings: Google wants to know...
Fahad HAug 1, 20181 min readReport: Smartphone shipments down globally, Huawei pushes Apple to #3 positionInternational Data Corporation (IDC) reported that Q2 smartphone shipments were down just under 2 percent annually. According to the...
Fahad HJul 23, 20182 min readUS market becoming a smartphone duopolyLast week, Google received the largest antitrust fine ever imposed by the European Commission (EC). At the highest level, that fine is...
Fahad HJul 20, 20182 min readReport: Smart speaker ownership driving voice adoption on smartphonesNPR and Edison Research have released a new “smart audio” report. It’s the third installment of research that began in 2017, intended to...
Fahad HJul 18, 20182 min readFTC says it will take a ‘close look’ at EU antitrust fine against GoogleMark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com Following today’s record antitrust fine imposed on Google parent Alphabet in Europe, US Federal Trade...
Fahad HJul 18, 20183 min readGoogle hit with largest-ever $5 billion antitrust penalty in Android caseIt’s the largest antitrust fine ever imposed by the European Commission (EC) and nearly double the last antitrust fine Google received...
Fahad HJul 12, 20181 min readThird-party app store owner files EU complaint about being blocked by GoogleAs the European Commission (EC) reportedly prepares to slap Google with another multibillion-dollar antitrust fine over its requirements...
Fahad HJul 9, 20182 min readReport: Second big EU antitrust fine against Google coming next weekReports out today from the The Washington Post and Reuters say that the European Commission (EC) is readying a second multibillion-euro...
Fahad HJul 9, 20182 min readAnalyst firm: Smart speaker market will reach 100M units by year-endAnalyst firm Canalys is projecting that the global smart speaker market will reach 100 million units by the end of 2018. It further...
