Google is planning to expand its mobile payments platform Tez beyond India in the near future. Diana Layfield, head of Tez and vice-president of Google’s Next Billion Users initiative, told the Financial Times that there is a shortlist of three Asian markets and one other...
Google has announced that Google Assistant can now be used to pay people back with Google Pay. “When the weekend’s over, chances are someone owes you (or you owe someone) money for something – Friday night’s concert tickets, Saturday afternoon’s barbecue supplies, or Sunday’s matinee...
Google’s most senior advertising executive revealed that the company is looking into incorporating blockchain, but there are no official announcements at this time. “This is a research topic, so I don’t have anything super-definitive to say. We have a small team that is looking at...
Google enters the transportation industry with Google Pay, announcing news on Monday (March 19) that consumers can now pay for tickets for a ride on the Las Vegas Monorail from their mobile devices. In a blog post, Group Product Manager, Google Pay, Prakash Hariramani said the...
Google announced that it is launching a “wearables operating system for everyone” that will work for both Android and iPhone users. “Android Wear was founded on the belief that wearable technology should be for everyone, no matter what style you wear on your wrist or...
Fans of iPads can now utilize Google Assistant with their tablets. The news come after the company made the virtual assistant available on the iPhone last year. “The Assistant on iPad can do everything the Assistant on your iPhone can do, with the added benefit...
Alphabet’s Google has decided not to run any ads for cryptocurrencies as part of its efforts to clamp down on advertisements that run afoul of its policies. First spotted by Reuters in a post, the company said the new policy kicks off in June and bans...
Google Tez, the India-based payment application that runs on the United Payments Interface, has added a chat feature to its digital payment platform. According to a report in The Economic Times citing a Google spokesperson, Google is aiming to take on WhatsApp with the chat feature, which...
Google’s shopping rivals want an EU commission to do more to protect them from the search engine’s anti-competitive behavior. Last year, Google was fined a record 2.4 billion euros ($2.9 billion) by the European Union’s financial enforcers, who determined that the search engine manipulated its results...
