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2022
Browser developers join Interop 2022 initiative
Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla joined the Interop 2022 initiative to work on interoperability between web platforms.
2022
Google introduces document previews for Cloud Search
Google introduced document previews for Cloud Search, allowing customers to preview search-result documents before opening them.
2022
Google Pixel 6 Real Tone Super Bowl commercial airs
A Google Pixel 6 Super Bowl commercial featuring Lizzo’s song introduced Google’s Real Tone camera and highlighted camera technology’s representation of darker skin tones.
2022
South Korea fines Netflix, Google and other OTT services over subscription practices
South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission decided to impose a combined 19.5 million won fine on Google, Netflix and three other OTT providers, finding that they hampered paid subscribers’ attempts to end memberships through falsified information or by not allowing online cancellation. The regulator also ordered corrective action.
2022
Google introduces C2D compute-optimized instances
Google introduced C2D, a compute-optimized virtual machine instance type using third-generation AMD EPYC processors.
2022
Google partners with organizations on campaign security training
Google launched a bipartisan effort to provide tools and training to candidates and campaign workers ahead of the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, working with organizations including Veterans Campaign, Collective Future, Women’s Public Leadership Network, LGBTQ Victory Institute, Center for American Ideas, the University of San Francisco, Emerge, and Latino Victory.
2022
PriceRunner sues Google for alleged search-result manipulation
PriceRunner said it filed a lawsuit against Google in Sweden seeking compensation for profits it says it lost in the UK, Sweden and Denmark. The claim alleges Google manipulated search results.
2022
Senate committee advances app-market restrictions bill
A bipartisan U.S. Senate committee advanced the Open App Markets bill, which would bar Apple and Google from requiring app developers to use their payment systems and would require them to allow third-party app stores. The article reports the bill's progress, not an enacted restriction.
2022
Google offers web calculator for iPad users
Google offers iPad users a calculator in the form of a web app, which requires an internet connection to load and can then be used offline.
2022
Purdue Research Foundation sues Google over patent
Purdue Research Foundation filed a lawsuit alleging that Google infringed a Purdue University patent related to detecting power-management bugs in code. The suit seeks royalties and damages; the allegations are not established as a court finding in the source.
2022
Google launches free Workspace Essentials Starter
Google announced the free Google Workspace Essentials Starter service, which includes productivity and collaboration tools but does not include Gmail.
2022
Google plans an expanded Chrome picture-in-picture mode
Google was planning a major change to Chrome's picture-in-picture mode so users could open non-video content in the picture-in-picture window; the article describes the update as planned, not completed.
2022
Google proposes Topics API to replace FLoC
Google proposed Topics API as a new solution and is replacing its FLoC approach with it.
2022
Google announces Topics advertising system
Google announced Topics, a new online advertising system intended to replace its previous proposal and block third-party trackers in Chrome. Google said testing would begin in the first quarter of 2022.
2022
Arizona court allows lawsuit against Google to proceed
An Arizona judge denied Google's bid to end the State of Arizona's lawsuit alleging that Google used deceptive practices to access users' location data. The judge said the allegations should be weighed by a jury; the court rejected a separate accusation that Google retained location data to help sell ads.
2022
Sibros closes $70 million Series B funding
Sibros announced that it closed a $70 million Series B funding round led by Energy Impact Partners, with participation from other investors. The company said the funding would support expansion and large customer deployments of its connected vehicle platform.
2022
Google appoints James Manyika as senior vice president
Google appointed James Manyika as its first senior vice president of Technology and Society.
2022
Google partners with Majorel to support Accra office opening
Google announced a partnership with Majorel to support the opening of a new Majorel office in Accra, which will provide specialised support for Google services. The project was expected to scale to more than 100 open roles during the year, and the site was on track to be fully operational by the end of January 2022.
2022
Google sues South Korean regulator over fine
Google filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Korea Fair Trade Commission's decision to fine it over alleged restrictions on smartphone makers' use of rival operating systems.
2022
Texas attorney general files lawsuit against Google over Pixel 4 radio ads
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit alleging that Google had radio DJs give false first-hand endorsements of Pixel 4 phones they had not used. Google said the allegations appeared to misrepresent what occurred and that it would review the complaint.