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Inside the Apple Google Search Disruption: AI Rivals, Safari Shake-Up, and $150B Fallout
This unfolding saga within the tech rivalry between Google and Apple is about the shifting user behavior in mobile search.…
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Kenyans’ interest in AI surges by 150%, according to Google Search report
Kenyans’ interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has more than doubled soaring by 150 per cent compared to the same period…
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Huduma Number and Nipsey Hussle top Google searched items by Kenyans in April
Huduma Number and the death of popular American hip hop artist, Nipsey Hussle were among the top Google searched items…
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Five things you didn’t know you could do with Google Search
Since the launch of Search 20 years ago, Google has built in several useful features and tools to help make…
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Sports betting, Kobi Kihara and Riparian Land among the most Google searched items in August
Google has released top trending searches for the month of 2018. Sports betting platforms such as Sportpesa, betpawa, betika, betin…
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Google Search now gives Swahili users more detailed results of things they care about
Google Search has now made it possible for Swahili users to get more intelligent and contextualized results of people, things,…
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Croatia President and Lunar eclipse among top trending Google searches in July
Google has released top trending Google search trends for the month of July 2018 in Kenya. The World Cup dominated…
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World Cup 2018, Kanze Dena Among List of Trending Kenyan Google Searches in June
In the month of June, Kenyans principally searched for information on the FIFA World Cup 2018, according to the top…
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Here are the top Google Search Trends by Kenyans in the month of May
Google has today released top trending searches for the month of May 2018. Top on the list was the wedding…
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Google and Twitter team up to bring real-time tweets to google search
Google has teamed up with twitter to bring real-time tweets to Google Search. The two companies had a similar deal previously,…
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Google Expands AI Search to 13 African Languages, Including Kiswahili and Somali
Google has expanded its AI-powered search features to support 13 African languages, marking a significant step toward making artificial intelligence…
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Google Integrates Nano Banana AI Image Creator into Search via Lens
Google has officially rolled out its powerful Nano Banana generative AI model directly into the Google app, making advanced image…
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Google AI Mode and the New Search Behavior Shift
The search box hasn’t changed shape, yet the experience around it no longer feels static. What looks like a small…
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Google’s AI Search Summaries Face Lawsuit as Publishers Warn of Revenue Collapse
Google’s AI Overviews feature is facing its first major legal test. Penske Media Corporation — owner of Rolling Stone, Variety,…
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Google and Apple Search Deal Ruling: $20 Billion Partnership Survives as Court Blocks Breakup Demands
The most lucrative partnership in Silicon Valley has survived its biggest legal test yet. A federal judge has cleared the…
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Google AI Mode Search Rolls Out in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, Transforming How Users Explore the Web with Advanced Reasoning
Google has introduced AI Mode in Search for users in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, ushering in a new era…
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Apple AI Search Shift: How Replacing Google Could Reshape the Web
In a courtroom in San Francisco, packed with lawyers, journalists, and tech insiders, and speaking first, Eddy Cue dropped a…
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Why Google’s Market Share Decline Might Be the Beginning of a Major Shift in Search
For a long time, there has been no competition for Google when it came to holding the hegemony in the…
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Google’s Year in Search 2024: What Captivated Kenyans?
Each year, Google releases what Kenyans searched on their platform. The trends ranged from news, personalities, sports, entertainment, culinary interests,…
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African Businesses Can Now Harness Google AI to Simplify Search Advertising
Following its initial announcement in January, businesses across Africa can now use Google’s Gemini AI-powered chat-like tool for Search Ads.…
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Google expands generative AI in Search to Kenya and other countries in Africa
Google has announced that is rolling out its Search Generative Experience (SGE) in the SSA region. The AI-powered experience is…
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Then & Now- 5 ways Google is improving Search in Africa
There’s a lot that goes into building a search engine. While it seems simple enough — you type a question,…
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Google introduces new privacy tools in Search
Google has announced new privacy tools in Google Search to give its users more control of their personal information, privacy,…
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Ex-Google employee launches a tracker and ad-free search engine
Sridhar Ramaswamy, an Indian-born software engineer who worked in Google’s advertising division for 16 years has launched his own search…
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Instagram and TikTok overtake Google as preferred search tools
New ideas often disrupt the marketplace, particularly when they resonate well with the younger generation. This is proving to be…
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Sophos Research Reveals Top Ways Cyberscammers and Malware Operators Abuse Google Forms
Sophos has published a new research, “Phishing and Malware Actors Abuse Google Forms for Credentials, Data Exfiltration,” describing how cyber…
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Google Pays Apple Loads of Cash to Maintain Search Monopoly
Search monopoly has come under fire from the UK Competition and Markets Authority. In a recent report published by the…
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Google Agrees to Let Rival Search Engines Bid to be Default on Android
In a bid to stay in compliance with EU’s scrutiny over the company’s anti-competitive practices, Google is finally letting go…
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Google is Redesigning the News Tab on Desktop Searches
Google has issued a sneak peek on their upcoming update to the News Tab in desktop searches. In a tweet,…
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Year in Search: What Kenyans Searched for on Google in 2018
Google yesterday released Year in Search 2018, an overview of the searches and questions that drove Kenyans online throughout the…
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Google wants to let you post directly to search results – Starting with U.S Presidential Candidates
It looks like Google wants to go the Twitter way. The internet giant is testing a new Twitter-like feed that…
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Twitter teams up with Google to make tweet updates more searchable online
Twitter has teamed up with Google to make tweet updates more searchable online. This means tweets will now start being…
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LIST 0F KENYA’S TOP SEARCHES ON GOOGLE IN 2014
Top 10 Searches OLX EPL (English Premier League) HELB (Higher Education Loans Board) KRA (Kenya Revenue Authority) GHRIS (Government Human…
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Kenya’s Top Searches on Google in 2014 Ebola, World Cup among Trending Searches
Google on Tuesday released the annual Year in Search 2014, which highlights unique searches that grabbed attention of Kenyans throughout…
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Google adds Hindi voice search to the Google Maps app for iOS in India
Google has quietly added Hindi voice search to the Google Maps app for iOS in India. The release notes…
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Google exploring a way to search bodies for cancer, heart disease
Google Inc is exploring a way to search inside people’s bodies for early signs of deadly illnesses such as cancer…
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Google’s updates search engine to crack down on piracy websites
By Nixon Kanali, Nairobi Google is rolling out a new version of Google Search engine to help combat piracy across its…
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Google’s search to revolutionise car industry with the launch of driverless car
GOOGLE are set to revolutionise the motor industry with the launch of a driverless car that has no steering wheel,…
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Google will now tell you when a Searched for Item is Sold Nearby
Do you shop online by searching for items using google? Ever thought of searching for that item and google automatically…
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The African Union Walks Into the AI Arena With Google at Its Side
When the African Union Commission signed its strategic partnership with Google to expand artificial intelligence across public administration, education and…
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Inside Google I/O 2026 Where Android Steps Back and AI Steps Forward
Google I/O 2026 arrives at a point where artificial intelligence defines the company’s direction rather than sitting alongside it. The…
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Political Speech Sits at the Center of Kenya’s Dispute With Google
Google rejected 61.9 percent of content takedown requests from Kenya in the six months to June, declining 26 of 42…
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Google Opens Applications for 10th Cohort of Startups Accelerator Africa
Google today announced the opening of applications for the 10th cohort of the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa. This milestone…
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Google and African Partners Launch WAXAL to Map 21 Languages Into the AI Future
Google, in collaboration with a coalition of leading African research institutions, has announced the launch of WAXAL, a large-scale, openly…
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Google Can Afford to Say No to Ads in Gemini, for Now
Davos does strange things to conversations. People arrive sleep deprived, guarded, and oddly candid at the same time. In one…
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The Story of How DeepMind Moved From Experimental Projects to the Machinery That Keeps Google Running
DeepMind began with the idea that intelligence is a learnable process rooted in broad principles rather than human exclusivity. That…
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Google Launches Gemini 3, its ‘Most Intelligent’ AI Model
Google has announced the global launch of Gemini 3, its most capable and intelligent AI model yet, which promises to…
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Apple and Google’s Uneasy Alliance: How Gemini Slipped Into Siri’s Bloodstream
Apple’s plan to pay roughly $1 billion a year for access to Google’s Gemini model is more than a technical…
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Google Offers Free Access to Advanced AI Tools for University Students Across Africa
Google today announced a major initiative to support higher education across Africa by offering its premium AI subscription, Google AI…
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Wired for Tomorrow: How ITU, Google, and will.i.am Are Rewiring Africa’s Future with AI and Robotics
In a world where artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are reshaping economies and societies, Africa stands at a pivotal crossroads.…
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Google Expands Africa Investments with New Subsea Cables, AI Tools for Students, and $9M Fund
Google has reaffirmed its commitment to Africa’s digital transformation with a new set of investments focused on connectivity, education, and…
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Inside Google’s Gemini Strategy: How One AI Architect Is Changing Everything
When Google named Koray Kavukcuoglu as its first Chief AI Architect, the move barely registered outside tech circles. But inside…
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Google AI Gemini Growth Pushes Back Against OpenAI and Meta’s Talent Moves
Google’s AI ecosystem is expanding across products and user bases. The company’s Gemini app now reports over 450 million monthly…
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Google Announces $37M in Cumulative Funding and New AI Community Center in Accra
Google has outlined a wave of AI support across Africa, representing $37 million in cumulative funding — including previously committed…
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Android’s Circle to Search Just Got Smarter with Gemini AI
Google is blurring the lines between apps, search, and AI with powerful AI upgrades for Circle to Search, reshaping how…
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Why Google’s I/O 2025 AI Tools Felt More Like Hype Than Help: Powerful Tech, Limited Real-World Impact
At the launch of Google I/O 2025, the company announced a strong suite of AI tools. However, for the average…
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AI Max: New Google AI Tool Empowers African SMEs
Google has announced the global beta rollout of AI Max for Search Campaigns, an upgrade to its Search Ads platform…
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Is Gmail’s AI Search a Game-Changer or a Privacy Nightmare?
On March 20, 2025, Google unveiled its new AI-powered Gmail search feature, promising faster and more relevant email retrieval. Rather…
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AI Search’s Broken Promise: How Chatbots Are Failing the Open Web
AI-powered search engines had promised an accelerated, improved way of finding information. Yet while applications like ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Gemini,…
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AI Models 2025: The Latest Breakthroughs from OpenAI, Google, and China’s Top Startups
AI development has accelerated with phenomenal speed recently, and tech giants like Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, along with a host…
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Google Drive Boosts Video Accessibility with Transcripts
With the introduction of searchable transcripts, Google is today making significant strides in enhancing video accessibility and usability within Google…
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20 Years of Google Maps: 20 Game-Changing Features
Twenty years have already passed, since Google Maps set out to help users move from Point A to Point B.…
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Google TV Gets Smarter With Gemini AI
Google TV is getting upgraded and will feature AI-powered Gemini bringing enhanced voice control, search, and YouTube integration. This new…
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Google added $900M to Kenya’s economy in 2023
Google has revealed that its products and services provided an estimated $900 million of economic activity for businesses, nonprofits, publishers,…
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Google Adds 15 African Languages to Voice, Text Tools
Google has today announced the addition of 15 African languages on Voice Search, typing with voice on Gboard and voice…
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Google Deepens African Investment With Sh 748 Million for AI Training
Google President of EMEA Matt Brittin has announced a $5.8 million ( Sh 748 million) in Google.org funding to support…
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How to Be Cautious When Downloading Google Play Store Apps
While Google attempts to remove harmful apps from its Play Store, some still manage to appear, access user information, and…
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Vodafone, Google in Billion Dollar Deal for Cloud, Cybersecurity, Devices
Vodafone and Google have today announced a ten-year billion-dollar strategic expansion of their existing partnership to bring new services, devices,…
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Google’s Open Buildings 2.5D Temporal Dataset Supports Urbanization, Aids Governments and NGOs in Disaster Response
Google’s Open Buildings 2.5D Temporal Dataset is today enabling African Governments and NGOs to track how buildings have changed over…
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Prudential partners with Google Cloud to advance insurance with AI
Prudential plc (Prudential) and Google Cloud are betting big on AI to revolutionize insurance through a strategic partnership announced on…
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Google Expands Wildfire Boundary Tracker to Kenya and 16 Other Countries
Google has announced the expansion of its Wildfire Boundary Tracker to 17 new countries, including Kenya. The AI-powered tool is…
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Two Kenyan startups selected for the Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health Program
Google for Startups has announced 24 startups selected for the 2024 cohort of the Growth Academy: AI for Health program.…
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Google project to assist sight and hearing in Kenya
A research project launched recently in Kenya, India, and Brazil, could eventually benefit millions of people with vision, hearing, and…
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Google flood alerts now covers 23 countries in Africa
Google on Monday announced that it has expanded its Flood Hub platform in 80 countries worldwide. The expansion covers a further eight countries…
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Google has introduced Bard, a rival product to ChatGPT
Google has announced the introduction of its conversational AI chatbot, a direct rival of the now-viral ChatGPT created by OpenAI.…
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Google working on an AI tool to take on ChatGPT
Google is certainly not sitting unbothered by all the buzz about AI chatbot ChatGPT, created by San Franciscan-based startup OPenAI.…
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Google’s revenue hit $69 billion Q3 2022, but profits are still shrinking
Google released its Q3 earnings last week and reported its earnings at $69 billion. Out of this, profits were estimated…
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Google Pixel 7 Preview
The Google Pixel mobile phone range has proved to be extremely popular. The most recent editions of the phone have…
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SA Competition Commission questions Facebook and Google’s dominance
All big tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Uber and Airbnb have taken a dominant spot in nearly all the…
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Google and Apple raise concerns over an Italian spyware sold to governments
Google and Apple have voiced their concerns over the increased use of spyware for their Android and Apple smartphones. A…
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Google to offer e-commerce training to 1000 SMEs in Kenya
Google has partnered with Coursera to develop an online course for Small and Medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Kenya. Coursera is…
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Google to open its first African product development center in Kenya
Tech giant Google has announced plans to open its first African product development centre in Nairobi, Kenya. This comes months…
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Google Has Developed a Tool to Detect Queries from People In Danger
Google has introduced a new AI tool called MUM (Multitask Unified Model) to help deliver more accurate and precise answers…
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CYBER SECURITY
Conti Gang Encrypts Karma’s Extortion Notes in Dual Ransomware Attack, Sophos Research Reveals
Sophos today released findings of a dual ransomware attack where extortion notes left by Karma ransomware operators were encrypted 24…
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Google found guilty of abusing dominant position of Android in India
After two years of investigations, which began in 2019, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) has found search giant Google…
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Twitter now allows one-step sign-ins with Google and Apple ID
Twitter is now making it possible for users to sign in or sign up to the platform using their Google…
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Nokia Phones Are the Industry’s Most Trusted, Counterpoint Research
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, leads the smartphone industry in trust rankings. The statistics come from Counterpoint Research’s…
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Huawei Petal Search Engine Gets a Massive Upgrade
Huawei Petal Search engine is getting a massive upgrade, improving important aspects of the app. The new updates makes the…
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Update your Google Chrome Browser ASAP
Google has released an update to its ubiquitous browser Chrome, which tags along with an important security patch. Chrome 88,…
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Google Play Store Identified as the Primary Channel for Android Malware Distribution
The official store for Android users to download apps has been identified as the main distribution vector for malware. This…
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Google Announces Initiative to Solve Security Issues in non-Pixel Phones
In the past three years or so, Google has ramped up Android updates and security patches to third-party vendors. The…
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BUSINESS
Google to pay news publishers for their content
Google has made its first serious attempt in compensating publishers for their hard work. In a recent blog post, Google…
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Nokia Phone Maker HMD Global raises $230 million funding from Google, Qualcomm and Nokia
HMD Global, the company behind new Nokia phones, has secured $230 million in new funding from its strategic investor partners…
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CYBER SECURITY
Google Deletes Hundreds Of Chrome Extensions Involved In Malvertising
Google has axed a slew of Chrome browser extensions that were part of a malicious advertising network. The malicious extensions…
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Google Chrome Will Start Blocking Intrusive Video Ads In August
Google Chrome will start cracking down on intrusive video ads starting August as they try to become compliant with the…
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Here Is How Much Revenue Google Makes From YouTube
For the first time since Google acquired YouTube in 2006, we have the real figures that the company makes from…
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Google Will Now Charge Law Enforcement Agencies For User Data Requests
User data requests by government agencies have increased immensely in the past. Google now believes it is time that the…
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[Updated: OKash Compliance] Opera’s Predatory Loan Apps With Crazy Interest Rates Still Exist On Google Play Store
Opera’s main browser business has not been doing well. Since it went public, the company’s browser market share has immensely…
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Avoid These 100 Malicious Apps Listed On Google Play
New Android malware has been spotted online and has infected over 100 apps available on the Google Play Store. This…
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