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Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Why trust us? Google Wallet was announced at Google I/O 2022 earlier this year, and now it’s finally starting to roll out to the public. Although there was plenty of initial confusion about how the app…

The Government of India is expected to soon take a call and make the big tech Silicon Valley companies such as Google (owns YouTube), Meta (owns Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram), Twitter and Amazon pay the local Indian publishers as well as digital publishers', a share of the revenue for the original…

Modern life. (A screenshot from the Samsung ad.) Chris Matyszczyk/ScreenshotThere are moments in each day when you may not like yourself so much. Some of those moments may be wrapped in the realization that you are now a tool of technology. You don't control it half as much as it…

Google Play enforcement bots are on the case — Let's hope nobody lies about what permissions their app uses. Ron Amadeo - Jul 15, 2022 4:52 pm UTC Scroll down on a Google Play app listing and you'll soon see this new privacy section. Google Tap on it and you'll…

South Africa’s Competition Commission has this week released the provisional report of its online intermediation platforms inquiry. The inquiry sought to identify market features that adversely affect competition amongst these platforms and businesses using them. The report identified several leading online platforms, scrutinised their operations and how they were hindering…

This could be a big help in developing new creative assets for your ad campaigns. Today, Google has announced that its Ads Creative Studio tool is now available to all businesses, providing a streamlined way to construct new ad content from your existing assets. Initially launched in beta mode last…

The Google-Samsung relationship has improved a great deal in recent years with the latter often appearing at the former’s keynotes, while there have been joint ad campaigns. The latest highlights a slew of Google services running on Samsung hardware. Update 7/14: The Google and Samsung #MakeItEpic campaign continues with a…

        | Updated: Thursday, July 14, 2022, 16:49 Google started rolling out the Android 13 beta update for a slew of eligible smartphones. Initially, the Pixel smartphones were eligible to get the latest iteration of these smartphones. Later, it was rolled out to devices from other OEMs…

Perhaps you, unlike me, are an orderly person. You never open more than 10 tabs at a time, and when you do, you finish reading through all of them and close up shop, returning your window to a tidy state. I’m a tab hoarder. Partially because I read and research…

Settings Services has been updated on the Play Store since 2018 Google recently added a ‘Setting Services’ app to Pixel smartphones, but until now, it’s been unclear what the app’s purpose is. Google says the Settings app uses ‘Setting Services’ as a “core system software.” This enables users to setup,…