Google LLC is an American multinational corporation and technology company focusing on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI). It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" by the BBC and is one of the world's most valuable brands due to its market dominance, data collection, and technological advantages in the field of AI. Alongside Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft, Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc. is one of the five Big Tech companies. Wikipedia
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- Jan 16: Working on an ad campaign for a client? Acast’s Ross Adams shows off how they helped promote the Google Pixel.
- Jan 15: Radio and podcast directory service TuneIn has apparently made another 25 layoffs this week. Earlier this month, TuneIn erroneously removed a number of radio stations in the UK; and as Podnews covered in December, the company hasn’t accepted new podcasts for almost twelve months after multiple rounds of layoffs. Along with the TuneIn app, companies like Amazon, Apple, Google and many auto manufacturers rely on TuneIn’s directory.
- Jan 9: Google launched Daily Listen, an automated “podcast” giving you a news recap. It’s available in the Google app, if you sign up to Search Labs.
- Dec 27, 2024: Fresh from closing Google Podcasts earlier this year, Google has broken another thing: this time, “Hey, Google, What’s The Latest News” from an Android phone. That used to be a way to get Podnews to play, but now, thanks to Gemini, a bad voice reads news headlines badly. Podnews reader James Hart blogs on how to fix it. A Nest speaker continues to work, until Google breaks that, too.
- Dec 25, 2024: Some beer names are so ridiculous, they would make a good movie. (Our Editor's beer advent calendar makes that clear). The show Beer Me That Movie finds silly beer names and makes movies from them; and to keep the feed alive over the holiday period, here’s a neat idea - they're getting Google NotebookLM to analyse past episodes, too. Cheers!
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