#google

#GWB - 20 Jahre YouTube: Googles Videoplattform feiert 20. Geburtstag – zeigt jetzt neue Zahlen und Eastereggs - https://www.googlewatchblog.de/2025/04/20-jahre-youtube-googles-videoplattform-feiert-20-geburtstag-zeigt-jetzt-neue-zahlen-und-eastereggs/ #geburtstag #youtube #Google

I'm going to go (again) on the record here and state that in my opinion, efforts to split off the #Chrome browser from #Google (i.e. as part of antitrust actions) would be an utter disaster for the security and privacy not only of Chrome users but for those people around the world who don't even use Chrome. It's an utterly misguided and dangerous concept. The recent suggestion by #OpenAI that they'd be willing to take on Chrome should fill you with existential dread. I'll probably have to write a formal blog post about this.

Создатели ChatGPT могут купить Chrome, если правительство США обяжет Google продать его
https://www.unian.net/techno/software/sozdateli-chatgpt-mogut-kupit-chrome-esli-pravitelstvo-ssha-obyazhet-google-prodat-ego-12986982.html
#unian #ChatGPT #чатгпт #openai #google #google_chrome #гуглхром #хром #чатгптгугл #чатгптихром

Cybercrime: Komplize Google

Google unterstützt alle Arten von Cybercrime auf vielfältige* Weise. Darüber habe ich schon häufig berichtet. Das Motiv der Firma dürfte finanzieller Natur sein. Direkt nimmt die Firma Geld ein, indem sie Daten auch an SPAMmer verkauft oder Werbeplätze an Betrüger oder Malware-Verbreiter. Indirekt

https://www.pc-fluesterer.info/wordpress/2025/04/23/cybercrime-komplize-google/

#Allgemein #Empfehlung #Hintergrund #Warnung #betrug #cybercrime #google #Microsoft #phishing #UnplugTrump #vorbeugen #werbung #wissen

Google sagt exzessiv energieverbrauchenden Android-Apps den Kampf an | heise online
https://heise.de/-10353687 #Google #Android #Apps #Energieverbrauch

Google korrigiert wieder kritische Sicherheitslücken in Chrome

Ihr habt sicher schon darauf gewartet, denn heute ist Mittwoch und Mittwochs korrigiert unser aller Datenkrake ihr Flaggschiff: https://kantel.github.io/posts/2025042301_chrome_update/ #Google #Chrome #Update #Security

Blue Shield of California shared the private health data of millions with #Google for years - https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/blue-shield-of-california-shared-the-private-health-data-of-millions-with-google-for-years/ "used Google Analytics to track how its customers used its websites, but a misconfiguration had allowed for personal and health information to be collected as well"

Google recua e mantém os cookies de terceiros no Chrome
 https://tugatech.com.pt/t65711-google-recua-e-mantem-os-cookies-de-terceiros-no-chrome

#NoticiasdeSoftware #chrome #google #online #Privacidade

#BigTech is often claiming that you shouldn't regulate them because #innovation would stop.
This is a wild lie. think about it.
#AI at #Google: bought: #DeepMind.
#Microsoft #Edge: bought
#Excel: bought
#Instagram and #WhatsAoo: bought
Google #Maps: stolen
#YouTube: bought
The last time most of these companies have been innovative was in the last century.

OpenAI pode estar interessada na compra do navegador Chrome à Google
 https://tugatech.com.pt/t65709-openai-pode-estar-interessada-na-compra-do-navegador-chrome-a-google

#NoticiasdaInterneteMercados #ChatGPT #chrome #google #internet #online #OpenAI #tecnologia

In 2005, Google paid $50 million to a software engineer called Andy Rubin, together with his team for a dying phone company giving away their FREE software.

Critics called it the "dumbest acquisition ever."
Today, that "dumb decision" is worth over $500 BILLION and is the reason why you are holding a less expensive but quality phone that is not an iPhone

Here's how Google saw the future before anyone else: and built the world's most used mobile device - Android phones

It all started with a tiny company called Android Inc.

Founded by 4 top tech entrepreneurs and business executives, Led by Andy Rubin.

Their goal?
To create smarter mobile devices
that are more aware of their owner's location and preferences, and an operating system that is completely free & open-source.

Any manufacturer could use, modify, or make it their own. But at this time, this seemed insane.

Because the company was struggling financially:

No products.
No revenue.
Just 4 guys and a dream.
To make it worse, the mobile phone industry was locked down tight by software giants:

• Nokia controlled its software
• Microsoft charged for Windows Mobile
• BlackBerry kept everything in-house

The idea of giving away a free Mobile phone Operating system (OS) was Laughable.

But Google, just as they saw the future of YouTube, saw something much bigger - Mobile phones would become the primary way people access the internet. With that google search engine will be irresistible

They weren't buying software.
They were buying the future of computing.

To protect their search engine business, they pushed to buy

This was the real threat:
If Microsoft or Nokia dominated mobile, they could:
• Block Google Search
• Push their own services
• Control the future of digital advertising

Google couldn't let that happen.

So they made their boldest move yet. Buy out the entire company, not just the product.

But they didn't just buy Android. They kept it open-source.
Why?
This was genius because they wanted:
• To give Phone makers free software,
• help Android developers get a free platform
• Help Users have more choices.

Result? Companies like Samsung, Huawei, HTC can distribute their Android devices freely

Everyone won...

Except Google's competitors.
Blackberry
Nokia
Microsoft
Because within 10 years of Android's free open-source purchase, their company was gone.

wondering why you have not seen them again today.
Cos' everyone prefers an open-source free phone where you don't have to pay for anything after the initial purchase.

That's the masterstroke
In 2008, the first Android phone was launched;

The HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1)

It wasn't pretty.
It wasn't smooth.

But it was the beginning of a revolution...
Because Google did something unprecedented:
They gave manufacturers complete freedom:

• Change the interface
• Add new features
• Customize everything
This sparked an explosion of innovation...

Companies like Samsung, HTC, LG, and others could now compete with Apple without building an OS from scratch.

The result?

Android powers 71% of all smartphones worldwide.

That's billions of devices running Google's software.
But here's what makes this truly genius:

In everything Google builds, it always finds a way to monetize.

How does Google make money from its $50 million investment?

The truth is, Google doesn't make money from Android directly.
Instead, they make money from:
• Play Store fees
• Google Search
• Digital advertising
• User data
The platform is free, but the ecosystem is priceless.

This $50M bet didn't just transform mobile.
It transformed how we:
• Connect
• Shop
• Work
• Live

The lesson?
Sometimes the biggest opportunities look like the riskiest bets.
Google's Android gamble teaches us:
The best investments aren't about what something is today.
They're about what something could become tomorrow.
And sometimes, giving away value is the best way to capture it.

Source FB

#TechStories #Android #OpenSource #Alphabet #Google #Nokia #GSM #Linux #POSIX #BlackBerry #HTC #LG

#GWB - YouTube Music: Songtexte mit anderen Nutzern teilen – neue Funktion erstellt schicke Grafik aus Text (Video) - https://www.googlewatchblog.de/2025/04/youtube-music-songtexte-mit-anderen-nutzern-teilen-neue-funktion-erstellt-schicke-grafik-aus-text-video/ #youtubemusic #Google

More and more data studies show that AI Overviews really harm the click-through rates on Google Search https://www.seroundtable.com/ai-overviews-hurt-google-click-through-rates-39282.html via @ahrefs @amsiveagency @MordecaiDarrell @Similarweb

#google #googleaioverviews

Google Local Service Ads has new terms you have to agree to by June 5th or your ads won't serve and some of those terms are pretty overreaching... https://www.seroundtable.com/google-local-service-ads-new-legal-terms-39286.html via @anthonyhigman @MenachemAni

#googleads #googlelocalserviceads #googlelsa #ppc #google

Des-googleliza tu vida
#google #proton #tuta #newpipe

Google Analytics made some updates to how it handles campaign data quality and attribution reporting including the new "Data not available" label https://www.seroundtable.com/google-analytics-updates-39281.html

#googleanalytics #ga4 #google

Google won't be doing away with its third-party cookies in Chrome after all of that... https://www.seroundtable.com/google-third-party-cookies-back-39285.html

#cookies #google #chrome