We’ve previously reported that Drive File Stream was being tested with some of G Suite’s early adopter crowd. Well, apparently the beta went well. Now, Google has taken it to global launch stage. New cloud streamers With Drive on the way out, G Suite customers should be on ‘Drive File Stream’ by the end of […]

The September release of iOS 11 will see Apple implement a tweak to how certain links display. Stripping AMPs When iOS 11 detects an AMP link in a shared URL, it will strip out the Google-defined data and revert it to a canonical link. So, iOS users will go to the original published source of

B2B Marketing automation specialists Marketo has become the latest major firm to partner with Google for online services and distribution. Strategy and infrastructure Earlier in 2017, Marketo partnered with Infor, a developer of cloud-based apps for business and industry. That partnership seems to have been a strategic one aimed at providing more holistic market research

Google Maps and the ubiquitous Google Search are both getting a new feature: a Q&A section that will be appended to listings. Users ask Searching for the location on Google Maps or Search often leads to a local listing. Soon, they’ll each include a Q&A section. At launch, the section will appear at the foot

Google has released guidance for publishers to steer the internet into a less annoying place, led by better advertising. Avoid the annoyance: pop-ups Number one on the list of annoyances for regular web users is pop-ups ads, accounting for 97% of standards violations for desktop browsers and 54% on mobile. Half of those surveyed said

Snapchat’s Discover may yet be cloned again, with search-giant Google now coming to the party. Stamp: Google’s visual news If the rumours are true, the new service will let publishers create stories as text, images and video on a series of cards, with users swiping from one to the next. So far, the new service

Android apps in the Google Play store are now subject to AI-led quality tests, that will contribute to how often they’ll show up in searches. Algorithmic method In the same way that Google search famously ranks websites, the Android app store—Google Play—calculates uses a search and discovery algorithm to rank apps. Recently, that algorithm has

The Google app—available on both Android and iOS—is getting ‘a new feed experience’, but it’s less a Facebook clone than you might first expect. First feeds Google has been tentatively pushing the appeal of its customised feed capability since December 2016. Back then, they claimed that ‘the more you use Google, the more tailored and

Google is making plans to launch a new search engine format delivering results with custom posts for businesses. Googling local The internet juggernaut has recently stated that 82% of users are turning to the popular search engine for local information, even when they are already familiar with a given establishment. Posts will be able to