Similar to voice and traditional search, Google views vision and images as fundamental shifts in search and computing. This year at the Google I/O event, the company announced a new version of Maps that goes beyond simple directions, and an updated version of Lens that will change search. The For You tab in the new […]
Consumers live multi-device lifestyles, and decide many times a day which device to use for specific digital tasks. Understanding this “allocation” of activities provides insights into consumers, and guides strategies for connecting with them more effectively. Obviously smartphones use has been growing for many years, but there is still more room for expansion. Statcounter reports […]
A trending topic at the Facebook, Google and Microsoft developer conferences this month has been responsibility. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg barely had time to update his status after testifying on Capitol Hill about privacy and security on the social media site before the company’s conference May 1 and 2. Facebook has come under intense scrutiny […]
Verizon is following Facebook in dropping out of a coalition opposing a sweeping California ballot proposal aimed at enhancing privacy rights. “Verizon has decided not to continue with the coalition so that we can focus our efforts on creating a national framework for privacy and related issues — and not a state-by-state approach,” a spokesman says. Full article […]
Microsoft’s chief executive Satya Nadella has issued a vocal defence of people’s privacy, a move that distances the company from the recent data scandals to hit other technology companies such as Facebook. “Privacy is a human right,” Mr Nadella told an audience at the company’s annual conference in Seattle. Full article published on The Telegraph and […]
Four media industry trade associations want Google to adjust its position when it comes to privacy and data protection. The controversy is centered on the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which the EU will begin enforcing May 25. The letter, sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai on April 30 from four trade associations […]
Europe must continue to establish itself as the global regulator of digital technology serving Europeans and respond to growing pressure from online platforms, write Mariya Gabriel and Mounir Mahjoubi. Mariya Gabriel is European Commissioner for the economy and the digital society and Mounir Mahjoubi is French secretary of state to the prime minister, in charge […]
CEO Sundar Pichai tried to quell investor fears over how Google’s advertising business will be affected by Europe’s upcoming privacy legislation during the company’s Q1 earnings call. The gist of his comments: Google is hyper-prepared and it will have little effect on its cash-cow search advertising business. The General Data Protection Regulation, which is known […]
An Introduction to the Right to Monetize (RTM) by Isabella de Michelis di Slonghello – CEO ErnieApp and Luca Bolognini – Chair, Istituto Italiano per la Privacy e la Valorizzazione dei Dati Without Internet users, consuming on line services and applications, the digital economy would not exist. Its expansion and diversification would not flourish. Each […]
Congresswoman Kathy Castor, U.S. Representative for Florida’s 14th congressional district, asks Mark Zuckerberg whether Facebook is collecting personal information on users even when they logoff the platform and browse on a website that contains Facebook share button.