Mobile

Google brings ‘Interpreter Mode’ language translation to the Assistant on smartphones

The capability was introduced previously on Google Home and smart displays....

Greg Sterling | Dec 12, 2019 at 12:18 pm ET

Privacy-focused, rewarded ads browser Brave tops 10M monthly active users

MAUs have doubled in the past...

Ginny Marvin | Dec 6, 2019 at 3:20 pm ET

Google’s ‘Duplex on the web’ enables the Assistant to buy movie tickets for you

The move is part of a much larger strategy to host the transaction. ...

Greg Sterling | Nov 21, 2019 at 3:01 am ET

A story of a loyalty app: How mobile applications can keep improving your customer experience

The key to exceeding your customers' expectations is in their...

Sponsored Content: Comarch | Nov 12, 2019 at 7:30 am ET

Google ramps up investment in wearable technology, enters deal to buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion

Fitbit-successor wearables will be Assistant-centric devices, supported by...

Greg Sterling | Nov 1, 2019 at 10:16 am ET

Voice assistant study: Microsoft’s Cortana offers most answers, Google Assistant proves most accurate

Perficient Digital ran 5,000 queries on seven devices including Alexa, Cortana, Google Assistant (Home, smartphones) and Siri....

Greg Sterling | Oct 25, 2019 at 2:22 pm ET

The future of search begins with a ‘V’

Voice and visual search will ultimately become significant drivers of query volume beside text input....

Greg Sterling | Oct 17, 2019 at 9:34 am ET

7 new trends for better email and mobile marketing

Join us on Thursday, October 24, at 1:00 PM ET (10:00 AM) for this live...

Digital Marketing Depot | Oct 14, 2019 at 1:19 pm ET

Apple accused of favoring its own properties in App Store results

Apple says it has now adjusted its algorithm to reduce the visibility of the company's apps in key categories....

Greg Sterling | Sep 9, 2019 at 11:04 am ET

Google’s Assistant-everywhere strategy reminiscent of old site search playbook

Google Assistant "syndication" is a way to battle Amazon Alexa and expand its reach for later...

Greg Sterling | Sep 5, 2019 at 5:30 pm ET

Google search lets you swipe left and right on shows and movies

Google is launching a new way to find tv shows and movies in...

Barry Schwartz | Sep 5, 2019 at 9:35 am ET

Voice assistant usage now at ‘critical mass’ as Google Assistant crowned smartest

Google Assistant scored 93%, Siri 83% and Alexa got 80% of answers right in a recent study....

Greg Sterling | Aug 19, 2019 at 11:38 am ET

Ecosia says it will boycott ‘search choice’ auction on Android in Europe

Will other European search engines also reject Google's antitrust remedy?...

Greg Sterling | Aug 12, 2019 at 12:20 pm ET

Google to offer mandated ‘search choice’ to EU Android users in 2020

However, use of an auction for inclusion on the choice screen has some search rivals complaining....

Greg Sterling | Aug 2, 2019 at 11:08 am ET

Google expands App campaigns search inventory on iOS browsers

Conversions won’t be available via third-party...

George Nguyen | Jul 2, 2019 at 5:15 pm ET

New app rating formula headed to Google Play will favor newer reviews

Recent ratings will carry more weight to reflect the current state of your...

George Nguyen | May 9, 2019 at 5:51 pm ET

AMP WordPress plugin now supports Stories

Latest update lets publishers create Stories without HTML, CSS or JavaScript...

George Nguyen | Apr 18, 2019 at 2:31 pm ET

Some cheers, a few sneers for Google’s URL solution for AMP

Solution addresses one of the most prominent AMP criticisms, but its implementation doesn’t come without controversy....

George Nguyen | Apr 18, 2019 at 10:00 am ET

AMP to support custom JavaScript with amp-script

To be announced in more detail next week at the AMP Conference, Google is adding JavaScript support to...

Barry Schwartz | Apr 11, 2019 at 2:38 pm ET

Apple extends Search Ads support to 46 more countries

Apps marketers also get the ability to group multiple regions into one...

George Nguyen | Mar 27, 2019 at 4:15 pm ET