Digital Intelligence

YouTube is reportedly rolling out a “Breaking News” section in people’s feeds across all mobile and web platforms, as Google continues to tailor custom content playlists to users logged into Google Accounts.

21/08/2017  |  Full story...

Google Allo is now supported on the web, letting users carry on chats on a laptop or desktop without having to pick up their mobile.

17/08/2017  |  Full story...

Google has launched a new initiative to help reduce annoying advertisements online, by telling websites if they serve ads that people tend to find annoying.

11/08/2017  |  Full story...

Google and Facebook recently announced quarterly income totalling £27 billion and their dominance is highlighted by the fact they account for one in every three and a half minutes of the time Britons’ spend online, according to new research.

09/08/2017  |  Full story...

Google Play has started down ranking poorly performing apps, making them harder to find on the app store.

08/08/2017  |  Full story...

Google's homepage is undergoing the biggest overhaul in its 20 year history, as the web giant aims to offer users a more personalised experience.

31/07/2017  |  Full story...

Waymo, the self-driving car project run by Google, recently spent some time with the Chandler Police and Fire in Arizona for an "emergency vehicle testing day."

12/07/2017  |  Full story...

The use of personal assistant apps on mobiles is stagnating, partly as people start to use standalone home devices such as Amazon’s Echo, according to new research.

12/07/2017  |  Full story...

The use of personal assistant apps on mobiles is stagnating, partly as people start to use standalone home devices such as Amazon’s Echo, according to new research.

12/07/2017  |  Full story...

There is a big appetite for voice search in the UK, with 42% of new adopters now using voice commands daily, compared to 25% four years ago, according to new research from Google.

28/06/2017  |  Full story...

The European Commission has forced Google to pay a record fine of £2.1bn (€2.42bn) for abusing its dominance as a search engine.

27/06/2017  |  Full story...

Boston Dynamics, known for its robots such as Atlas and BigDog, has been sold by Google to Japanese telecoms giant Softbank for an undisclosed sum.

09/06/2017  |  Full story...

Google has created a new web-based game designed to teach the fundamentals of internet safety to children.

07/06/2017  |  Full story...

Google is to start filtering out "annoying ads" from next year on its Chrome browser, and is giving publishers a new way to pay for advertising in the process- by charging customers using ad blockers.

05/06/2017  |  Full story...

Google is rolling out new analytics tools for marketers, designed to help them link online and offline behaviour, including attribution modelling, credit card data insights and YouTube ‘store visits’.

24/05/2017  |  Full story...

This week Google held its annual I/O conference for developers, talking up the web giant’s latest milestones and unveiling new products, including a smarter camera, a revamped Google Home and a lighter Android Go OS for emerging market.

19/05/2017  |  Full story...

Google has announced two updates to its AdSense network for publishers that aims to increase transparency and ensures minimum disruption.

16/05/2017  |  Full story...

Google is making traditional TV ad inventory available to buy in DoubleClick Bid Manager.

25/04/2017  |  Full story...

Google is reportedly developing its own ad blocking software that will be part of the Chrome web browser, as the web giant looks to tackle to rise of ad filtering software.

24/04/2017  |  Full story...

Google has refreshed its Earth app and website, adding detailed 3D imagery and new "tours" that give people a guided look at exotic locations.

24/04/2017  |  Full story...

McDonald’s is experimenting with an unconventional marketing campaign that doesn’t mention the brand once- instead urging viewers to search for a phrase instead.

19/04/2017  |  Full story...

Fast food giant Burger King thought it was being funny when it aired a 15 second commercial that purposely triggered viewers Google Home devices- but many didn’t see the funny side of the privacy intrusion.

18/04/2017  |  Full story...

The Google Image Search app for Android is getting a new “similar items” feature offering users a selection of products to buy related to their search.

13/04/2017  |  Full story...

Amazon still leads the way as the top advertiser on Google in the USW, but retail sites are making way for travel sites, according to new research.

12/04/2017  |  Full story...

Google has updated its Assistant smart speaker with greater inegreation with its Home app, signalling a move away from its Keep note app.

11/04/2017  |  Full story...