In an about-face, the UK has announced it is instituting a complete ban of Huawei equipment from its networks. The US has engaged in a campaign to gets its allies to ban Huawei, as it has done. There are widespread Read More
SoftBank May Sell or IPO Arm Holdings
SoftBank is considering selling off Arm Holdings, or taking the chip designer public. Arm designs the chips used in a wide array of phones and tablets, including Apple’s iPhone and iPad. Apple recently announced it would transition the Mac from Read More
Verizon Hits the Ground Running With Zoom Competitor BlueJeans
Verizon has announced a slew of new features for BlueJeans, its videoconferencing Zoom competitor. Verizon announced a deal to purchase BlueJeans in April, as the coronavirus pandemic was gaining momentum. Zoom had established itself as the go-to option for remote work and education, as Read More
Google will now notify GMB account owners by email when local listings suspended
Seen as a major step forward, the notice still won’t say explain why. Based on a new European law that just went into effect, Google will begin notifying businesses, globally, of local listings suspensions. Historically, businesses found out their listings Read More
Investors Betting On Teams Over Slack
As the battle for corporate messaging clients heats up, investors and traders are beginning to choose whom they believe will be the winner. Slack helped revolutionize the corporate messaging market and is still considered the market leader, in terms of Read More
Microsoft Goes All-In On Android, Brings Development In-House
With the upcoming, Android-powered Surface Duo, Microsoft is bringing Android development in-house. Microsoft shocked the industry with its announcement of the Surface Duo, a foldable device running Android. The Surface Duo appears to address many of the issues other foldable devices have Read More
Microsoft Rolls Out Together Mode to Improve Teams Meetings
Microsoft has rolled out Together mode to Teams in an effort to significantly improve video conferencing. As social distancing and remote work have become standard, video conferencing and communication tools have become critical components for individuals and businesses alike. Whether Read More
Google Ads app supports manager accounts
Get an overview of all your accounts on your mobile device. Oddly enough, the Google Ads app didn’t support manager accounts until now. As of yesterday, when you sign into the app, you’ll see any manager accounts at the top level. The Read More
How to track free Shopping traffic from Surfaces across Google [Video]
Combine UTM parameters and Google Analytics to see how shoppers behave after they click through on your Shopping listings. Surfaces across Google enables merchants to display their product listings for free in Google Search, Google Images, the Shopping tab, Google Maps Read More
Youtube brings products to YouTube for action ads
YouTube is continuing to make more ads more shoppable. YouTube says the number of advertisers using TrueView for action, the ads designed for performance advertisers with calls-to-action, increased by more than 260% last year. Now it’s bringing product selection to these Read More