Google has bowed to pressure from regulators to allow its rivals to compete to be the default search engine on Android devices in Europe for free. The move expands on a previous pledge to European Union authorities that competitors could pay to appear on the “choice screen” of devices, where users select their preferred search engine. Google’s Android mobile operating … [Read more...] about Google No Longer Default Search Engine
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Google Cookies Obsolete
Google is planning to "render obsolete" a key tool advertisers use to track people around the web, increasing user privacy but also disrupting the marketers and publishers who rely on the search giant’s ad products. Over the next two years the company intends to stop supporting third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, Google said in a blog post on Tuesday. Cookies are … [Read more...] about Google Cookies Obsolete
Stop, Breathe and Think before Clicking
CHRISTMAS shoppers should think before they click as fraudsters come out in force during the nation’s busiest shopping period of the year. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s deputy chair Delia Rickard has warned consumers “to stop, breathe and think before clicking on things” . “It’s a difficult time because we want to get our work finished for the year, … [Read more...] about Stop, Breathe and Think before Clicking