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Google Employee Diagnosed With Coronavirus

Despite limiting travel, an employee at Google’s Switzerland offices has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. According to a report by Business Insider (BI), Google informed employees via email that an employee in the Zurich offices had tested positive for the virus. However, the...
Posted On 29 Feb 2020
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Google Cloud Reorganizing, Eliminating Roles

Google Cloud is undergoing a reorganization and is eliminating some roles as it works to better compete with its rivals. Google currently sits a distant third among U.S. cloud providers, but CEO Thomas Kurian has made no secret of his goal to become at least the number two...
Posted On 17 Feb 2020
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Google Chrome Will Start Blocking Insecure Downloads

Google announced in a blog post today that it is taking the next step toward protecting users from insecure downloads. Over the last couple of years, more and more websites are using HTTPS to secure traffic to their websites. One potential attack vector is when downloadable files...
Posted On 08 Feb 2020
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Google Cloud & Sabre Partner ‘To Build The Future Of Travel’

Google Cloud and Sabre announced a 10-year partnership that will see Sabre move to Google Cloud and the two companies work “to build the future of travel,” according to a press release. Sabre is a travel company that was originally created by American Airlines in 1960. In 1996,...
Posted On 22 Jan 2020
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Yet Another Analyst Believes Microsoft Could Unseat Amazon, Cites ‘Paranoia’ Surrounding AWS

Business Insider is reporting that RBC Capital Markets Managing Director Alex Zukin believes Microsoft could unseat AWS as the dominant cloud player. AWS currently holds a commanding lead in the market, with some 47.8% market share. In spite of that, Amazon’s status as a leading...
Posted On 21 Jan 2020
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Google Cloud Partners With Lufthansa In Bid To Ease Impact of Flight Delays

Google Cloud scored a big win as German airline Lufthansa has selected the platform to help ease the impacts of flight delays, according to CNBC. Lufthansa plans on migrating its assorted IT systems to Google Cloud, providing much needed uniformity to their processes. This should...
Posted On 20 Jan 2020
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Google rolls out organic ‘Popular Products’ listings in mobile search results

The listing are powered by product schema and retailer feeds submitted to Google Merchant Center. Several years ago now, Google made the significant move to turn product search listings into an entirely paid product. Shopping campaigns, as they’re now called, have accounted for...
Posted On 16 Jan 2020
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Google Finds A Way To Profit From EU Antitrust Ruling—At Bing’s Expense

Last March Google was fined a record $5 billion by the EU over antitrust charges related to the company tying its browser and search engine to the Android OS. It appears the company has found a way to abide by the law while charging its competitors at the same time, according to...
Posted On 10 Jan 2020
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Microsoft Introduces Bing Pages To Help Individuals & Companies Manage Their Brands

First reported by MSPoweruser, Microsoft has unveiled Bing Pages, a new way “for brands to manage their public personas on Microsoft products like Bing and Outlook.” When searching for a well-known or popular person, company or brand, Bing will often display enhanced search...
Posted On 09 Jan 2020
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Google Chrome Will Get Error Codes To Help With Troubleshooting

According to ZDNet, Google’s Chrome web browser will soon receive error codes similar to those shown on the Windows blue screen of death (BSOD) display. The feature was proposed by Eric Lawrence, a software engineer working on the Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge. The...
Posted On 03 Jan 2020
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