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Judge rules Google has illegal monopoly in Internet search

Robert Imoh — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:17:09 +0000

A Federal judge from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that Google has violated the U.S. antitrust law by maintaining a monopoly in the online search market. Judge, Amit Mehta on Tuesday agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that Google has a monopoly in “general search services” and the […]

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Afrobeat star, “Asake”, is Nigeria’s most searched artiste on Google

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:07:27 +0000

Afrobeat star, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has topped the list of the most-searched artistes on Google in Nigeria in 2023. According to the list of 10 Most Searched Topics and Persons in Nigeria in 2023 released by Google, Asake’s song: “Lonely at the Top’’ also topped the most searches from Nigerians. Singers Khalid […]

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Google empowers 15 Nigerian SMEs with N75m

Gbemi Banks — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 06:54:57 +0000

The country Director, Google West Africa, Mr Olumide Balogun, said this at the Google Hustle Academy graduation on Thursday in Abuja. Balogun said the event was also to celebrate not only 5,300 graduands but the 10,000 businesses across Africa and 4,400 business in Nigeria that had been empowered so far by the academy. He said […]

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Google announces 11 African Startups for AI First Accelerator programme

Gbemi Banks — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 16:58:54 +0000

Google on Thursday announced 11 African startups for the first cohort of its “Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First” program. The Head of Startup Ecosystem, Africa, Folarin Aiyegbusi, said in a statement that the 11 startups were picked from a vast pool of innovative talents using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI). He said that these start-ups […]

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Google celebrates 25th anniversary with doodle

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:27:23 +0000

To mark its 25 birthday, Google is celebrating on its site with a new Google Doodle, where it put ’25’ in place of the two O’s to spell G25gle Google was launched in Sept. 27, 1998 by co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. In the last 25 years, Google has changed the way we use […]

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Google announces new updates on its AI chat service, Bard

Gbemi Banks — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 06:22:41 +0000

A multinational technology company, Google on Wednesday announced new updates to Bard, its experimental, conversational, Artificial Intelligence (AI) chat service. Google’s Communication and Public Relations Manager, West Africa, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, said in a statement that the company was rolling out “a most capable model of the Bard.” He said that this updated model integrated with […]

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Google announces ‘AI first Accelerator Program’ for African Startups

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:13:18 +0000

Google on Tuesday unveiled the “Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First”, an initiative aimed at supporting African startups looking to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve local challenges. Folarin Aiyegbusi, Head, Startup Ecosystem, Africa said in a statement that this program recognizes the transformative role that AI is playing across the world, innovating industries and […]

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Google expands flood alerts to 80 countries

Gbemi Banks — Tue, 23 May 2023 15:24:09 +0000

Google on Tuesday announced the expansion of its Flood Hub platform to cover 80 countries worldwide, adding eight new countries in Africa. Yossi Mattias, Vice President Engineering & Research and Crisis Response Lead, said in a statement that 23 African countries were on its Flood Hub. Mattias said this expansion came as part of Artificial […]

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Google introduces generative AI for smart compose in workspace

Gbemi Banks — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:16:19 +0000

Google says it has introduced generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that will help users with smart compose, replies and summaries in the workspace. Johanna Voolich Wright, Vice President, Product, Google Workspace, said in a statement on Wednesday that AI had been transformational in building products that had earned a valued place in people’s lives. The […]

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Google celebrates New Year 2023 with doodle

Gbemi Banks — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 16:01:11 +0000

Search engine giant Google is wishing everyone a Happy New Year 2023 and it is celebrating it with a special animated doodle on its website. To celebrate the new year, upon visiting Google website, the doodle shows 2022 turning into 2023 as firecrackers burst around Google’s logo. Upon clicking on the new year doodle, a […]

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U.S. Supreme Court divided over Google privacy settlement

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 04:09:24 +0000

United States (U.S.) Supreme Court justices, in an internet privacy case involving Google, disagreed on Wednesday over whether to rein in a form of settlement in class action lawsuits. The lawsuit awards money to charities and other third parties instead of people affected by the alleged wrongdoing. The $8.5 million Google settlement was challenged by […]

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Google unveils Google Go to support one gigabyte RAM

Freedom Reporter — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:03:40 +0000

Google on Thursday unveiled Google Go, a new app built to support Android devices with one gigabyte Random Access Memory (RAM) and below. The Country Director of Google, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, unveiled the app in Lagos. According to Ehimuan-Chiazor, the Google Go is available as at today in 26 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa through the […]

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12 developers make list as Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa kicks-off in Lagos

Femi Adewale — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:22:28 +0000

Google on Monday announced the start-ups that would participate in the first Google Launchpad Accelerator Africa class in Lagos to build the digital ecosystem in the country. The Country Director of Google Nigeria, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, disclosed this while unveiling the start-ups with 12 developers making the list. She also announced a partnership with Udacity […]

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Google pulls out 3.2b bad ads from sites

Femi Adewale — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:14:27 +0000

Google pulled out 3.2 billion bad ads from sites in 2017, an official, Ms Jessica Stansfield, said in Lagos on Wednesday. Stansfield, the Head of Global Product Policy, Monetised Products, Google Trust and Safety Europe, the Middle East and Africa, gave the figure during a video conference. She said that Google pulled out the bad […]

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Soyinka’s ‘threat’ to drop Green Card dominates Google search

Roland Edwards — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:20:42 +0000

Prof. Wole Soyinka’s widely reported threat to tear his Green card if Donald Trump wins U.S. presidential elections, trended on Google search this week with mixed reactions from internet trolls. Mr Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, the Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone West Africa, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos. “Google search in the […]

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