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2021
News Corp and Google reach multi-year news partnership
News Corp said it reached a multi-year partnership with Google to provide journalism from its news sites around the world in return for significant payments. The deal includes premium content for Google News Showcase and additional work on subscriptions, advertising revenue, audio journalism and video journalism.
2021
Google agrees to pay €1.1 million in France over hotel ratings
Google agreed to pay €1.1 million to the French government over hotel ratings generated by Google Maps using its own scoring system instead of official tourism-department data. The report says the system violated French law.
2021
Google becomes Python Software Foundation’s first Visionary Sponsor
Google expanded its support for the Python Software Foundation and became its first Visionary Sponsor, including a commitment of more than $350,000 for projects and continued Google Cloud infrastructure support.
2021
Google agrees to €1.1 million fine over hotel rankings
Google Ireland and Google France agreed to pay a €1.1 million fine amid a probe that found Google's hotel rankings could be misleading for customers. The report says French rules reserve the establishment of such ratings systems to the government and state.
2021
France fines Google over hotel rankings
France fined Google €1.1 million over hotel and tourist accommodation rankings. A French consumer watchdog and finance ministry investigation found that Google had replaced the official Atout France ranking with its own criteria while using the same one-to-five-star system, which the authority said was confusing consumers.
2021
YouTube updates its iOS app with privacy disclosures
Google updated the YouTube iOS app on Friday. The App Store page listed the data YouTube uses to track users and information that may be collected and linked to their identity; the release notes cited bug fixes and performance improvements.
2021
Google launches Grow With Google: Black Women Lead partnership program
Google launched the Grow With Google: Black Women Lead partnership program with Dress For Success and other organizations to provide Black women with career development and digital-skills assistance; the program aims to reach more than 100,000 women by 2022.
2021
Google launches an App Quality section for developers
Google launched a new App Quality section on its dedicated website, offering developers a checklist for building engaging apps and covering privacy, security, functionality and visual experience.
2021
Google introduces bare-metal solution for large SAP workloads
Google launched a bare-metal solution with SAP-certified hardware options to support large SAP workloads, including workloads too large for standard virtualized environments.
2021
Google begins UK rollout of News Showcase
Google began rolling out its News Showcase service in the UK, offering personalised news content through Google News and Discover.
2021
NextBillion AI partners with Google on data pipelines
NextBillion AI partnered with Google to run datasets and algorithms on Google Cloud services, including Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, and Google Kubernetes Engine.
2021
Google announced an initial Australian rollout of News Showcase
Google announced that it would roll out an initial version of News Showcase in Australia for users and publishers, with a particular focus on leading regional and independent publishers.
2021
Mikula Web Solutions sues Google over digital display ad practices
Mikula Web Solutions filed a class-action complaint against Google, alleging anticompetitive practices in the digital display advertising market and seeking class certification, equitable relief, and damages. These are allegations in the complaint.
2021
Ford and Google announce technology partnership
Ford is partnering with Google on in-car technology, including Android-powered infotainment for future Ford and Lincoln vehicles and work to improve vehicle AI and machine-learning capabilities.
2021
Ford and Google announce strategic partnership
Ford and Google announced a six-year strategic partnership to develop connected-vehicle services and capabilities. Ford also named Google Cloud its preferred cloud provider, and the companies said future Ford and Lincoln vehicles would use Android with Google apps and services beginning in 2023.
2021
Google settles hiring and pay discrimination claims
Google agreed to pay almost $2.6 million to settle US Department of Labor claims of systemic compensation and hiring discrimination affecting female engineering employees and female and Asian job applicants. Google also agreed to allocate $1.25 million in pay-equity adjustments over five years.
2021
Ford and Google form technology partnership
Ford named Google its preferred partner for connected-vehicle efforts and Google Cloud its preferred cloud platform. The companies are forming Team Upshift, and Ford plans to rely on Google Cloud and Google's AI, machine-learning and data expertise.
2021
Ford and Google announce six-year partnership
Ford and Google announced a six-year partnership to develop onboard apps and services and use Google's data, AI, and machine-learning expertise to support Ford's connected-vehicle transformation. The deal provides for Android and Google apps and services in millions of Ford and Lincoln vehicles starting in 2023; vehicles for China are an exception and will continue to feature systems co-developed with local technology companies including Baidu.
2021
Google Play to allow gambling apps in 15 additional countries
Google announced a Developer Programme Policy change under which gambling apps would be available in the Play Stores of 15 additional countries from 1 March 2021, subject to country-specific restrictions and app requirements.
2021
HD Media sues Google and Facebook over digital advertising
HD Media Company filed a complaint against Google and Facebook alleging antitrust violations in the digital advertising market, including an alleged agreement to avoid competing with one another. The claims are allegations in the complaint.