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Google’s Connected Economy Efforts, Overshadowed By Antitrust Suit?

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News Tuesday (Oct. 20) that Google faces an antitrust suit from the Department of Justice — focused on the core search business — makes us wonder what, if anything, might happen to other business lines that, though nascent, represent bids to join and at the same time foster the connected economy. buy products) those efforts.

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Is YouTube The Next Amazon? Google Hopes So

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Google is experimenting with new features to drive online shopping dollars to YouTube and is encouraging some creators there to tag and track any products used in their videos. Sources familiar with the situation told the news outlet that the hope is that YouTube’s millions of videos can be turned into shopping opportunities.

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Today In Payments: Google Reports Resurgence In Pandemic Hacking; Tech Cos Make M&A Deals

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In today’s top news, Google reported a resurgence of hacking and phishing attempts in April, and tech companies are making deals at their fastest pace since 2015. Plus, Samsung and SoFi have partnered to offer a new mobile money management tool. Google Reports Resurgence in Pandemic Hacking, Phishing.

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Google Lens Brings Style Inspiration To Shoppers

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With a redesign of Google Shopping, the platform is receiving multiple new features such as options to track prices, shop local stores and come across style inspiration via Google Lens. With an image of an outfit that consumers like, Google Lens can now pull up other “style ideas” from the internet. search field.

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Google Makes Assistant Easier For Developers To Love

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Google has announced an array of new Assistant features for app developers, including new push notifications, daily updates and additional language support. According to the news release, the added features are designed “to make it easier for users to find, interact and re-engage with your app.”.

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Apple Stock Spikes On Fake News That Google Was Buying It

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Fake news alert! 10), claiming that Google was buying Apple for the unbelievable bargain price of $9 billion. While the $9 billion price tag should have been a red flag to human traders, Apple did briefly see its stock rise to $158 before settling back down to around $156. Google did announce last month that it will pay $1.1

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eBay Makes Conversational Commerce Leap

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Online marketplace eBay has launched a new service in partnership with Google , according to news from Chain Store Age on Wednesday (Nov. Through the collaboration, Google Assistant users can now shop on eBay by saying “Ask eBay…” The command will launch a search through the eBay Shopping Assistant on Google Home devices.