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What you need to know Google has added a new banner on its store to welcome Fitbit to its family. Google hasn't started selling Fitbit wearables on its store yet. The banner redirects users to the Fitbit online store. Earlier this month, Google announced that its Fitbit acquisition had finally been completed. Google had bought the wearable brand for $2.1 billion in November 2019, but the acquisition was held up by an antitrust investigation by the EU. Since Fitbit is now officially part of Google, the company has added a banner on its online store to welcome the brand to its family (via

A Google sign is seen during the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference (ChinaJoy) in Shanghai, China August 3, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song Google officially announced today that it will significantly support the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines. According to the company, it will provide an additional $100 million in advertising. These advertisements will be for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation, World Health Organization (WHO), and non-profit organizations around the world. In addition, an additional $50 million will be invested to provide vaccine-related inform...

Google is considering switching off its search function for Australian users if a proposed media bargaining code becomes law. The tech giant's Australian managing editor Mel Silva said it was prepared to take the drastic action over a proposed media bargaining code. The legislation aims to force digital platforms to pay media companies for news content, and follows a 12-month review into Google and Facebook by the competition watchdog. "If the Code becomes law, Google would have no real choice but to stop providing Search in Australia. That's a worst-case scenario and the last thing we want t...

Search engine DuckDuckGo has set a new record Internet search engine DuckDuckGo is known for its privacy. It does not collect user information and has over 400 sources including Wikipedia. As of last August, it was performing an average of 65.2 million searches per day. Some of the search results (“Instant Answers”) appear at the top of the search page and are designed to respond to a query without clicking on a link. User searches are not tracked and personal data is not shared with third parties. DuckDuckGo makes money by advertising on the Yahoo-Bing search alliance network. In 2018, D...

Google's acquisition of Fitbit raises user privacy concerns. Google is prohibited from using Fitbit's data for targeted advertisments