In September, I was fortunate to be invited to the Google APAC Display Network Summit held in Google's new Singapore head office. The Summit was the first time Google has ever held a Summit focusing entirely on the Display Network. The announcement that really stood out was Google's new offering of Machine Learning applied to […]

Google has removed its ‘first click free’ rules, shaking up online media subscriptions and paywalls. How ‘first click free’ hurt For years, Google favoured news sites that gave readers access to a few free articles before putting up a paywall. They called it their ‘first click free’ rule. Complying outlets got more exposure and a

Wearables are taking another step to the mainstream, with Levi Jeans launching a Google-connected fashion jacket. Functional fashion Levis boast about their history of product innovation. Now, it’s partnering with Google to deliver a ‘first of its kind in wearable technology’. It specifically intended to be a fashion item ‘that keeps users connected… without missing

Google is bringing a ‘Community Updates’ feature to News, giving an AI-driven hyperlocal edge to the feed experience. Personalised to the postcode, or more As Google’s feed gets more and more personalised, it will surprise no-one to hear that they’re now also looking to provide content that is geo-targeted to a super-detailed degree. The objective,

Google is testing video on their popular Maps app. Test screening As of now, only a select crew (of around 30 million users) can upload video to Google Maps. But the moving pictures they put online as portraits of map-worthy places will be visible to everyone. Google has made their Google Maps ‘Local Guides’ the

Google recently added a new Trending Searches feature for its search app on iOS, showing you the most popular searches when tapping the search box. Know what others are seeking The new feature of popular searches is coupled with predictive answers as well, so you can type a question or get instant info before even

A simplified Google business listing dashboard is now accessible to admins directly through the ubiquitous Google Search interface. Logged and locked Google business listing administrators can now edit and update their business listings directly from Google Search. If they search for their own business name, the admin will see the search results, but at the

Google now offers an app signing service via Google Play. This promises to help app developers and administrators if they ever lose their key, or discover it has been compromised. Security issues, somewhat fixed Until now, losing a key meant devs could not update their published apps. Even worse, a compromised app key would mean

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