Android 10 (formerly Q) is rolling out for Pixel phones today, later for others
Android 10 (formerly named Q) begins rolling out now to Google’s Pixel phones. Non-Pixel Android devices are supposed to get the update...
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A year after GDPR, mobile notifications are up, location sharing is down
In the wake of GDPR and a constant drumbeat of largely negative privacy news in Europe and North America, consumers and marketers are...
Marketers say Time Well Spent movement isn’t influencing social media plans
Features like Facebook and Instagram’s user activity dashboards and YouTube’s reminders to “take a break” are responses to the movement’s...
Foldable 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...
EU consumer groups accuse Google of violating GDPR with location history
Location-tracking illustration from Norwegian consumer advocacy organization, Forbrukerrådet. Characterizing smartphone location...
How 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...
Google appeals record $5 billion EU antitrust Android fine
Earlier today Google filed an appeal of the European Commission’s (EC’s) record €4.3 billion (roughly $5 billion) antitrust fine. The...
Report: Arizona attorney general investigating Google location tracking
Roughly a month ago AP reported that Google continues to collect location data when ‘Location History’ is turned off. The company...
Google expands Assistant device network, adds polyglot support
Google Assistant devices have an advantage over Echo in international markets. Seeking to capitalize and expand on that, the company is...
Chrome 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...
Report says Google to launch own smart display in time for holidays
Out of more than 50 million Alexa devices sold, fewer than 500,000 have been the Echo Show, according to Canalys. That’s partly because...
AP: Google collects location data when ‘Location History’ is turned off
Yesterday, the AP reported that Google collects user location data regardless of user Location History settings: Google wants to know...
Report: Smartphone shipments down globally, Huawei pushes Apple to #3 position
International Data Corporation (IDC) reported that Q2 smartphone shipments were down just under 2 percent annually. According to the...
US market becoming a smartphone duopoly
Last week, Google received the largest antitrust fine ever imposed by the European Commission (EC). At the highest level, that fine is...
Report: Smart speaker ownership driving voice adoption on smartphones
NPR and Edison Research have released a new “smart audio” report. It’s the third installment of research that began in 2017, intended to...
FTC says it will take a ‘close look’ at EU antitrust fine against Google
Mark Van Scyoc / Shutterstock.com Following today’s record antitrust fine imposed on Google parent Alphabet in Europe, US Federal Trade...
Google hit with largest-ever $5 billion antitrust penalty in Android case
It’s the largest antitrust fine ever imposed by the European Commission (EC) and nearly double the last antitrust fine Google received...
Third-party app store owner files EU complaint about being blocked by Google
As the European Commission (EC) reportedly prepares to slap Google with another multibillion-dollar antitrust fine over its requirements...
Report: Second big EU antitrust fine against Google coming next week
Reports out today from the The Washington Post and Reuters say that the European Commission (EC) is readying a second multibillion-euro...
Analyst firm: Smart speaker market will reach 100M units by year-end
Analyst firm Canalys is projecting that the global smart speaker market will reach 100 million units by the end of 2018. It further...
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