Tag: Google
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Google highlights YouTube channels for e-learning
Google on Friday, highlighted five YouTube channels for e-learning with schools in Nigeria closed, due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, Communication Officer Google, West Africa, said in a statement that e-learning had become the new normal. Kola-Ogunlade said that this had left many parents stressed as they had to juggle their own…
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Maps: Google announces another addition
Google on Friday, announced a new addition in Google Maps ‘Plus Codes’ to help locate difficult or no fixed address. Mr Kola-Ogunlade, Communication Officer, Google, West Africa, said in a statement that the Plus Codes helps to locate people without a fixed address or difficult locations in rural areas to be located in emergency Kola-Ogunlade…
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Google Community Mobility Report reveals response to lockdown in Nigeria
Google on Monday said that Data from its newly-released Corona Virus (Covid-19) Community Mobility Reports showed that traffic to transit, retail and recreation locations in Nigeria reduced in the wake of the lockdown. Jen Fitzpatrick, Google’s Senior Vice-President, Geo, said that traffic to transit locations, reduced by 34 pee cent and to retail and recreation…
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Coronavirus: Facebook, Google direct staff to work from home
The managements of Facebook Inc and Google have urged their San Francisco Bay area employees to work from home to minimize the risk of spreading Covid-19. Earlier, Facebook had announced that its Seattle office be shut down after one of its contractors got infected. Facebook said it is “strongly recommending that all Bay area employees…
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Google Doodle honours Amaka Igwe on 57th posthumous birthday
Late veteran Nollywood filmmaker, Amaka Igwe, has been honoured with a Google Doodle on her 57th posthumous birthday. A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages intended to commemorate holidays, events, achievements and notable historical figures. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the doodle went live on…
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France fines Google 150 million euros
France’s Competition Authority, on Friday fined U.S. tech giant Google 150 million euros ($167 million) for using unclear rules related to advertising. According to the French regulator, Google has abused its dominant position in the search advertising market by adopting opaque and difficult to understand operating rules for its advertising platform Google Ads, by applying…
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Google kicks off certification training for digital marketers
Google kicked off its certification training programme for digital marketing agencies based in West Africa on Thursday in Lagos. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Google kicked off the programme with up to 400 marketers in Lagos with subsequent Google certification training sessions for digital marketers scheduled in Accra, Ghana on July 18, as well as in Abuja,…
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Google targets Nigeria with massive project that will connect Africa with Europe
Internet search giant, Google has introduced Equiano, its new private subsea cable that will connect Africa with Europe, with its first branch expected to land in Nigeria. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Google made the announcement on Friday, stating that once the project is completed, Equiano will start in Western Europe and run along the West Coast…