Amazon wants separate airspace for delivery drones
US online retailer Amazon has called for a separate airspace zone for commercial drone flights that could deliver goods to customers.
‘Confusing’ Google+ integration finally scrapped across all products
Google+ profiles will no longer be required to access the other Google products such as YouTube, Search and Maps, after admitting the social network was ‘confusing’ users.
Google’s biggest search revamp of 2015: Panda 4.2 goes live
Google has updated its Panda algorthym- the technology behind how it ranks search results, offering sites that fell after the last update a chance to recover.
eBay rich list: 30 biggest sellers revealed for first time
The first-ever eBay ‘rich list’ has been published – and reveals that Britain’s top sellers are raking in up to £17m a year trading on the site.
Roald Dahl goes digital: The Twits return in children’s app
Roald Dahls’s book The Twits is being turned into an app as part of a major rebranding of the late author’s work.
Google+ photos RIP: Replaced with new app
Google is shutting down Google+ Photos to make way for its new standalone Google Photos app that went live just a few months ago in late May.
Baidu’s global market share drops nearly 8%
Chinese search giant Baidu saw its global market share fall to 7.52% in June 2015, according to new research.
Google self-driving car in first injury accident
Google has revealed that one of its self-driving cars was involved in a crash that injured four people- but it was entirely the fault of another car…. and it has the evidence to prove it.
Publishers going programmatic: proof that automated ads boost profits?
As programmatic advertising gains a growing share of the digital market and the line between traditional direct and programmatic sales blurs, publishers that base their strategies in both channels boost revenues and CPMs, outperforming the market, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Google relaunches map-maker tool after ‘urinating Android’ controversy
Google is relaunching its Map Maker tool, which lets users make edits to its Google Maps service, but will give its community of users more powers to moderate digital vandalism.