Yelp accuses Google of being involved in deceit.
Google Inc. claims that the algorithm for mobile search of the company’s search engine has a bug that was deduced by a code push recently. The company is striving hard to resolve the bug. During the weekend, top executives belonging to Yelp and TripAdvisor – the Internet based company talked about a trend that they have witnessed on the smartphone searches of Google.
They pointed out that the results for mobile searches for these companies were sabotaged by the tech giant by camouflaging them under the results that were provided by the company itself. So now the company was being accused by the corporate sector, however Google clarified itself by saying that it is not a practice by the company to deliberately manipulate the market. However, there is a minor anomaly in the coding mechanism that needs to be resolved.
It was initially reported by Re/Code that the top execs at TripAdvisor and Yelp along with other similar firms did not resist about tweeting regarding the changes that were visible on the search engine along with expressing the dissatisfaction on the matter. When considering the complex history of Yelp and the search engine giant, the facts remains unchanged that Yelp is actually quite dependent on Google for its business. Moreover, they also failed to chalk out any other possible reason behind the shortcoming but directly pointed out to be the ulterior motive of Google.
The executives belonging to the company claim that Google on purpose chose to hide the links by Yelp so that it can promote its own location search businesses. This is actually a massive allegation for Google who are blamed for being involved in deceit.
The primary task of Yelp is to come up with reviews and locations regarding restaurants present on the Internet. The company is extremely dependent on the search engine of Google when visitors require information. So this actually makes a lot of sense to find the tech behemoth’s activities suspicious. Jeremy Stoppelman, the chief executive and co-founder of the company published a tweet which claimed, “no limit to how far @google will go, tricking consumers when they ask for Yelp or Trip. Everybody loses.”
Hence now the company not only needs to satisfy TripAdvisor or Yelp but it also needs to clear on the allegations which have been implied on them. It seems legit of Yelp to voice their concerns but they also need to cite these concerns with proofs to support their argument.
Alphabet to re-launch Android One targeting the Indian manufacturers.
Alphabet Inc. might not be battling it out anymore since its defeat but it still wishes to win the bigger battle. The company has plans to launch the economically priced Android One smartphone range again in the Indian market. According to the popular website, the Wall Street Journal, the company will reduce the restrictions it had previously implied on the local manufacturers so that they can come up with better functionalities and also be cost efficient.
The tech giant has plans to join hands with Lava International which is an Indian mobile handset firm that will launch the products again in compliance with the recent requirements. Initially the Android One smartphones will be priced at $100, however, the prices for the new smartphones hasn’t been specified as of yet.
Previously the company has enforced strict prerequisites along with various other technological demands that caused barriers for the local Indian manufacturers. They claimed that the restrictions that were chalked out were not assisting them in differentiating the smartphones from other manufacturers locally that developed Android One. Moreover, they were forced to buy the smartphone components from particular manufacturers.
The local smartphones brand in the Indian market such as Micromax, Spice, and Karbonn where the companies that were considers to be producers of Android One in the Indian back in September 2014. The only difference in the phones was in terms of their design and appearance but the specs were similar and complied to the requirements set by Alphabet. So now the company has raised the bar, thus the manufacturers have now the choice of picking their wide array of suppliers for the devices.
Back in times the sales of Android One in India did not really comply with the estimates. Only 1.2 million cellular phone units were sold that was only 3.5% market share when taking cheap mobile phones into consideration priced between $50 - $100. During the same tenure company’s like Xiaomi and Micromax had bigger shares of the same domain which were 7.5% and 8.7% respectively. Micromax was not officially listed to be a part of the Android One venture. The company is optimistic now that the change in strategy will lure manufacturers to come up with better smartphones that are budget friendly which will in return bolster sales.
Google Android has already succeeding in becoming the widely used operating system but it is now time that they reign over cheap handsets market as well.
Apple has finally launched the Facebook messenger for its Apple Watch which will enable the users to send and receive voice messages, emojis etc.
Apple has now officially launched Facebook messenger on its Apple Watch. The new Facebook messenger on Apple watch will now allow users to send stickers, voice notes, likes, emojis and much more. Facebook messenger on WatchOS2 was released on Thursday and is supported only by the latest version of IOS software. The updated app is now available for download from the iTunes store.
The WatchOS2 users can now easily access to their Facebook messages using the FB messenger. The messenger on watch will be useful when you have your handset in your bag and you want to reply to a message promptly. For that you can use your Apple watch. You can not answer the messages either by sending stickers, like or select from predetermined answers.
The messenger will also allow the users to send and receive voice messages using a built-in microphone in the watch. Photos can also accessed from the watch. The watch however won’t support animated sticker and GIFs. If you are used they will show as static on the messenger app. The app is handy as users can send and receive messages quickly as they won’t be able to send long messages through the app.
It needs to be seen whether the Facebook messenger app will work well with the watch or not. Facebook messenger can now also be accessed from iPad’s multitasking apps. The messenger contacts and conversations can now also be searched from the screen of users’ iPhones as announced by Apple and Facebook.
So you can now keep yourself updated with your friends and family even without your phone and laptop through the Apple watch Facebook messenger. It needs to be seen when Apple will launch the full version of the much awaited Facebook app which the company had hinted to launch soon back in March 2015. Analysts in the tech industry who have been keeping a track on the giant’s movement on its smart watch are of the opinion that this step of the iPhone makers is a huge step for the social networking giant, as it will help it to get more users on his network. On the other hand, for all its valuable customers which are opting for the smart watch, the tech company has already announced that all the users have to do is to update their OS on the Watch and they will be good to go.
The software giant has introduced some new products at its Windows 10 event and analysts believe that the company has a bright future to look forward to.
Microsoft Corporation has released some new gadgets at that the company hosted on Tuesday in New York. The reviews that came around from the analysts who attended the event came out to be quite on the positive side and it seemed like the software giant managed to wow the critics in quite a lot of ways, with a quite a lot of gadgets. The tech company first introduced the new Lumia along with its much talked about Surface Pro and Band, attracting quite a lot of positivity from around the attendees of the event. Furthermore, the Windows 10 OS that is designed and own by the company is going to be available in all the above mentioned new products.
Following an announcement made by Microsoft business, it was seen that the software firm will also be making the Windows 10 update even to the upgraded version of the Xbox One. A couple of analysts in the market who covered the activities of the company at the event turned out to be quite bullish about the giant’s future as they believed it came up with a plan to redeem itself just how it should have done. Analysts of the equity firm FBR Capital Markets released a research note on the event and expressed how the new gadgets released by the tech firm is going to take it much forward in the near future, which is just what it needs at the moment.
The show that was put up by the Microsoft software at the event turned out to impress the analysts quite a lot, following which they were seen to discuss how many potential customers could the technology company attract towards its new devices. It has been made clear a couple of times that with the introduction and release of Windows 10, the software company is looking towards a proper comeback in the market where it is aware of how much the pressure is.
The tech company currently holds on a 3 percent share in the hardware market, which is exactly what it is planning to change about itself in the industry. The news regarding the event also suggests that the new technology products which have been offered by the firm to the users is a massive effort by the management to make sure that it is recognized as a major manufacturer of great hardware gadgets. This also shows that the giant is looking towards increasing its market share in the industry.
The software giant believes that the CEO that Nintendo has chosen for itself can also be quite suitable for Microsoft as well.
Recent Microsoft news discusses the statement of Phil Spencer, who works for Google Inc. as the Head of the Division assigned for Xbox, in which he said on the social media how Nintendo’s newly elected CEO is actually a great executive to be working for the search engine giant firm instead.
Nintendo Co. has been facing a lot of struggle in the gaming industry, which was due to the sudden death of the CEO who held the firm together prior to the whole incident. The firm went down on a colossal level when the death took place and since then, the gaming industry has been busy making predictions and speculations as to who will now receive the offer to become the next chief executive officer of the tech giant.
Questions were seen regarding the upcoming CEO that he would face circulating the market, as to how many challenges he would overcome and be able to take the business forward as Iwata did. As per the news report, Nintendo gaming company ended up hiring Tatsumi Kimishima in the end, which created quite a positive stir in the industry where everyone talked about how the man deserved to receive such a high position in the company as he was one of the kind that would be able to take hold of the responsibility well.
Analysts in the market also showed that the company seems to be on the right track towards success, and that now the bad time for the company might as well just end. The new CEO has also served Nintendo’s American division as the president of the firm, which also shows that the executive is capable of working his way upwards along with the firm, which is currently needed desperately for the gaming giant.
As for all the other rivals in the gaming industry, one company came in the front to discuss the potential that this step of Nintendo could turn out. Microsoft Xbox Head Phil Spencer showed his approval for gaming company and agreed to the decision, which was made by the company. He conveyed his message through a couple of tweets in made on the social media site and said that he believes in the kind of leadership that Kimishima is capable of carrying out and also showed how this is going to turn out quite positively for the success of the rival. In another tweet, the executive of the tech company also exclaimed how he could also be the best choice to become Microsoft’s CEO as well.
The software firm has been found to be discriminating its female workers for quite some time now, and has recently been convicted under a lawsuit.
Microsoft Corporation seems to be trouble again for showing biasness towards an ex-technician who has gone to the court to file a lawsuit against the firm. This lawsuit has been filed against the firm by Katherine Moussouris, who previously worked in the company as a technician for a period of 8 long years. The discrimination case has been made by her as she believes that the software firm follows a pattern that involves putting down most of its female workers which has just not been working nicely for any of them.
The lawsuit has been filed against the software giant which talks about the unpleasant experience Katherine has had in the firm and it has also been explained by the individual how the tech company does not believe in providing upgrades and raises to the women in the firm and gives all the incentives to just the males.
This kind of behavior is not accepted by the courts coming from any company, no matter how big or how small, which means that the software giant could be in trouble with the authorities. It has also been stated in the complaint filed that the firm is also known to avoid promoting its female staff which shows the amount of discrimination the women have to face in the environment of the firm.
According to an employee of law firm Outten and Golden based in the city of New York, it turned out that Microsoft business has been doing this discrimination for some time now, which makes it all the more difficult for the female workers to progress in their field. Katherine has reportedly taken help from the same law firm and all the accusations made by here towards the tech company are slowly being proved by the law firm based in NY.
The main problem arises when it shows how the Microsoft software giant is actually following a systematic pattern which automatically discriminates the women. Through this pattern, the firm not only ignores the females when it comes to promotions but also cuts them out from receiving incentives and bonuses, which has come around to be very unfair on their part.
Furthermore, another attorney at a law firm has come to the conclusion that the firm is most probably using a system which is an artificial one and always ends up putting the males on the top, showing open discrimination to the women. This has turned out to be quite negatively coming from such a huge tech giant and it looks like the tech firm will pay a big price for carrying this act out.
The tech company has come out to be more dependent on the sales of iPhone's than of any other gadget which has surprised the analysts.
Apple Inc is all set to make some massive releases in the coming month and the industry cannot seem to stop talking about all the new updates and gadget the software firm could be preparing to launch. For the past couple of weeks, the firm seems to be in the news continuously for first launching a smart Apple watch amidst criticism and encouragement from analysts and then the much talked about Apple Music service which also managed to attract a lot of attention through the celebrities and music artists who have signed up to put up their music on the app.Apple is reportedly planning to launch a newer version of Apple TV as well but analysts believe that even though so many updates and new gadgets are up in line, it will turn out to be surprising that the Californian Company seems to be dependent more on the iPhone sales than on sales of any other gadget being sold by the giant. The tech company is also rumored to be building up an electric vehicle but the equity firms still think that the dominance of iPhone's in the firm is a little too hard to ignore and overcome. The dependency of the Mac makers on the smart phone is a little surprising for the analysts, given how there are so many new projects in line which could end up returning a huge amount of revenue too.The fact that Apple business has received a colossal boost since the first time it launched the iPhones cannot be overlooked. The iPod makers have been making computers, laptops and music players too but the revenue it has received from the smart phones is more than that coming from all the gadgets combined. This is one of the major reasons why the tech firm cannot depend on any other gadget as much as it can depend on the phones. However, analysts believe that if the firm is introducing new projects and gadgets in the market, it should look towards monetizing those products as well and not just focus entirely on the iPhone's.As per the reports, Apple management is all set to hold an event on September 9, which is also one of the most talked about event of the year. The CEO of the firm will be announcing new updates for many of its gadget and the most anticipated one seems to be the release of iPhone 6s, which is rumored to be taking place on the same day.
The software giant has officially launch two new commericials for the purpose of making Apple Music popular among the masses.
Apple Inc has been giving a lot of its attention towards Apple Music, the music streaming app that the firm has recently launched, and plans to continue doing the same for the couple of months at least. A new commercial has been launched by the software giant who will show two rappers starring in the ad, namely The Weekend and one of the actors from Pulp Fiction, which shows that the firm wishes to endorse the music service with celebrities from the same field. Another step that was taken by the iPhone makers was that they announced the music service on Sunday, at the MTV music and video awards that took place on Sunday. Through this act, the software giant has managed to attract quite a lot of young people towards the new service.
As per the activities of the giant, it is clear that Apple business has been working really hard to put all its hard work towards the correct advertisement of the music service. All the firm needs currently is new subscriptions and signups which will only come if the right steps are taken. Coming back to the MTV Awards, it was seen that the commercial that has been made by the tech giant lets the audience know of the music that the rapper starring in the ad is presently making and also of all the other services that are being offered by the music streaming app. The advert also guides the new users of the massive music database that is present on app that they can use once they sign up for it.
Another feature of the Apple music service is the live radio that it can provide to the users. As for the commercials that have been prepared by Apple software, it will be seen that the one minute each ads are focusing entirely one boosting up the popularity of the app by showing how the latest celebrities are using it too. One of the ads, which shows rapper from The Weekend, shows how the artist refers to using the radio service provided by the music app when he is alone.
In the other ad, the focus has been given on the other features provided in the app which can make things easier when it comes to managing music from different eras. For example, the ad featuring John Travolta shows that the users are also allowed to make different playlists if they wish to make their music experience an organized one.
The software giant has finally released a date for a probable launch of the much awaited iPhone 6s.
Apple Inc has finally come around to release the launch date for the iPhone 6s, which is something that the analysts and the smart phone’s fans have been looking towards for a long time now. The news suggests that the iPhone makers have planned something for the 9th of September, as this has been mentioned in the invitations that have been sent by the management of the software giant to only a selected number of people.
These invitations were first sent to the people present at a press event. The expectations concerning the release of the new iPhone speak about how the giant could be revealing the much awaited version of the smart phone that everybody in the industry seems to be waiting for. The event invitations that are being sent out by Apple business to a selected bunch of people show how it is to take place on 9 September in San Francisco at Bill Graham Auditorium.
The software giant is famous for adopting different styles for advertising its products, and the invitations being sent out have a tagline attached to them which seems to be asking Siri, the company’s digital assistant, to give the audience a hint about what could actually be taking place on the said date, but the interesting reply of the female digibot replies with an advice to wait for it.
No more details of the phone or of the event have yet been given by the giant which only builds up more anticipation of the fans. According to the rumors that have started to leak about the software company’s plans regarding the look and features on the smart phone, it is to be believed that the upcoming could be having a 12MP camera installed in the gadget this time, which is by far the highest the firm has so far provided the users with. This leak has been confirmed by 9to5Mac which is considered as an authentic source for news coming in the from the iPod makers.
Furthermore, analysts in the industry are now discussing what the upgrade in the iPhone could mean for the fans and how they will now be able to receive better results from the pictures they take from their Apple phones. Even though the software giant has been bringing about many changes in the iPhones since the beginning, it has not brought any changes to the camera MP it offers in its phone, sticking to 8MP as the highest it ever provided in the phones. This is one reason why the 12MP news is being taken quite positively by the analysts.
