Tag: Google
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Google to discontinue popular service
Google has announced, starting March 30, 2019, it will discontinue its uniform resource locator (url) shortener service, goo.gle, while beginning a transition process March 30, 2018, to replacing it with Firebase Dynamic Links (FDL). The Internet giant announced the development in a blog post, while stressing that it will turn down support for goo.gl url…
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Zuckerberg’s net worth falls by N5 trillion as Facebook shares drop by 18%
Worlds’ fifth richest person and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, valued at $71 billion (roughly N25 trillion) has reportedly lost about $14 billion (roughly N5 trillion) of his net worth. This is as a result of 18% fall in Facebook market shares especially after Zuckerberg agreed to testify before Congress on the recent crisis rocking…
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Like Facebook, Google; Twitter bans cryptocurrency adverts
Twitter Inc is to ban most advertising of cryptocurrencies on its platform, joining Facebook and Google in a clampdown on the nascent industry, the company said in a statement. The San Francisco-based firm will this week launch a policy that prohibits advertising of initial coin offerings (ICOs), a form of crowd funding used to raise…
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Google ranks 3rd in world’s most reputable companies
Internet giant, Google has emerged in third position in Reputation Institute (RI) Global RepTrak 100 Research ranking of the world’s most reputable companies of 2018. RI said, by tracking and analyzing stakeholder perceptions in 25 industries across 40 countries for more than 7,000 companies, “we unleash the power of reputation to enable leaders to build…
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Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa kicks-off in Lagos, 12 developers make list
Google on Monday announced the start-ups that would participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class in Lagos to build the digital ecosystem in the country. The Country Director of Google Nigeria, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor disclosed this while unveiling the start-ups with 12 developers making the list. She also announced a partnership with Udacity…
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Google: Android Wear gets new name
Google has said it is changing the name of its wearable technology from Android Wear to Wear OS, a name the technology giant said resonates with the company’s vision, and the people who use its watches. Dennis Troper, Director of Product Management, Android Wear (Wear OS by Google), made this known on Thursday. “Android Wear…
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Google pulls out 3.2b bad ads from sites
Google pulled out 3.2 billion bad ads from sites in 2017, an official, Ms Jessica Stansfield, said in Lagos on Wednesday. Stansfield, the Head of Global Product Policy, Monetised Products, Google Trust and Safety Europe, the Middle East and Africa, gave the figure during a video conference. She said that Google pulled out the bad…
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Google pays content publishers N4.5 trillion in ads
Google’s Director of Sustainable Ads, Scott Spencer, has revealed the internet giant paid content publishers on its advertising network, who use AdSense to monetize their website, a total sum of N4.5 trillion in the year 2017. Scott made this known in a statement pledging the search giant commitment to make the advertising ecosystem work for…
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Anti-Semitic propaganda on Google triggers outrage in Sweden
Google has revealed it is taking measures to address criticism for allowing the spread of anti-Semitic propaganda through various search results, which had triggered outrage in Sweden. A search on Google for the Holocaust showed an anti-Semitic blog post high up containing information about Swedish Jews. With their names, pictures and occupations listed, dozens of…