Google will give boost to articles for newspapers’ paying readers …
Toronto Star–17 hours ago
New York—Google users who subscribe to newspapers will find articles from those publications appearing higher in their search results, part of the tech giant’s efforts to help media companies find and retain paying readers, according to people familiar with the matter. The Alphabet unit will also begin …
Bitcoin Drops to Month Low After Google Bans Crypto Advertisements
Bloomberg–Mar. 13, 2018
Facebook Inc., Google’s primary rival for ad dollars, banned ads for cryptocurrencies in January. Google’s updated policy came with the release of its annual “bad ads” report, a review of the number of malicious, deceptive and controversial ads Googlescrubs from its massive search, display and video …
YouTube will start displaying Wikipedia articles next to conspiracy …
CNNMoney–14 hours ago
This isn’t the first time the company said it would use Wikipedia articles to fact-check videos. Last month, Google-owned YouTube (GOOGL) said it would add a label to videos from state-funded media outlets, and include a link to the Wikipedia articleabout that news source to give viewers more information.
The Bitcoin Fad Is Fading—for Now
Bloomberg–11 hours ago
Online searches for “bitcoin” fell 82 percent from December highs, according to Google Trends. Tweets that mention the coin peaked Dec. 7, at 155,600, and are now down to about 63,000, BitInfoCharts says. And the number of bitcoin transactions is off 60 percent from its record on Dec. 13, according to …
‘Right to be forgotten’: high court hears second Google case
The Guardian–Mar. 12, 2018
NT2 argues his conviction is legally spent and he has a right to be forgotten. Googledisagrees and is resisting his request to take down the links to website articles, including several published by national newspapers and media. The articles included reports on the claimant’s financial affairs, his conviction …
Look out, Wiki-geeks. Now Google trains AI to write Wikipedia articles
The Register–Feb. 14, 2018
A team within Google Brain – the web giant’s crack machine-learning research lab – has taught software to generate Wikipedia-style articles by summarizing information on web pages… to varying degrees of success. As we all know, the internet is a never ending pile of articles, social media posts, memes, …
Brand Rankings Give Two Different Views of Apple, Google
Barron’s–14 hours ago
Apple and Google both dropped out of the top 10, reflecting growing sentiment among thousands of consumers polled that they have not introduced as many eye-catching products as they have in past years, such as Google Docs, the iPhone, and the iPad, Harris Poll CCO John Gerzema told Reuters.
The Simple, Serendipitous Joy of Browser Extensions
New York Times–5 hours ago
… like Firefox and Safari) that you can easily download and try. Just click through, follow the directions to install, and a little bit of web code will leave these Easter eggs of joy and efficiency for you to find while you write your emails, read articles, work in Google docs or do anything else within your browser.
Inside Google’s plan to make the whole web as fast as AMP
The Verge–Mar. 8, 2018
In many ways, Google’s success or failure in this endeavor will play a major role in shaping how the web works on your phone. If you’re unfamiliar, AMP is Google’sattempt to make webpages as fast and portable as other “instant articles” (like what you might read on Facebook or Apple News). The idea is …
Google and Microsoft Are Shaping Energy Markets
Greentech Media–Mar. 13, 2018
This week, we’re talking with two leading buyers of renewable energy, Google and Microsoft. We’ll talk with Neha Palmer, Google’s head of energy strategy, about hitting 100 percent renewable energy. Then, we’ll talk with Brian Janous, Microsoft’s general manager of energy, about how deals around the …
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