Welcome to our weekly round-up of all the latest news and research from around the world of search marketing and beyond. This week we have possible bad news for AMP users and good news for AdWords customers who are tired of its UI. Facebook begins thwarting ad blockers As Al Roberts reported this week, Facebook has announced that it’s changing its desktop ads to thwart ad blocking software
The expansion of digital systems has resulted in the recent rise of voice search . More people today are using various digital assistants created by the major players of the technology market, such as Apple’s Siri, Google Now, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Amazon’s Alexa
When the first version of Siri appeared on iPhones back in 2011, it was met with mostly critical acclaim. Google’s Eric Schmidt even considered Siri to pose a “competitive threat” to the Big G.
Whether it’s Apple’s Siri, Samsung’s S Voice, or Microsoft’s Cortana, intelligent personal assistants have become a part of our daily lives when performing tasks or surfing online. But out of all the intelligent personal assistants, Google Now appears to be the most promising. Rumors of Google’s version of Siri first began floating around in late 2011
Today, Microsoft released the developer preview of Windows Phone 8.1 and with that, the ability to play with a preview of Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Apple Siri and Google Now. Both Gizmodo and CNet have released video demos comparing Cortana & Siri & Google Now. I like the Gizmodo..
Google’s amazing predictive search tool, Google Now, is finally being made available to people on desktop and laptop computers using the regular release of its Chrome browser. Until now, it had only been available to through mobile devices or to those using beta versions of Chrome.
Multiple press outlets, including TechCrunch, are reporting that Apple has acquired Cue for approximately $40M (note: Apple Insider says this number is reportedly at least $35M). In addition, The Next Web reported early this morning that Cue announced on its website that it was “no longer available” , posting this message: We appreciate all of the support […] Author information Kelsey Jones Search & Social Consultant at MoxieDot. Kelsey Jones helps clients around the world grow their social media, content, and search marketing presence
Google has pushed out an update to its search app for Android devices that includes some improvements to Google Now cards among other things. The updates are available to Android 4.1+ users
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More cards have come to Google’s predictive search service, Google Now, including information to alert you to your car rentals, concert tickets and a way to set reminders related to TV shows, book releases and more, when you are searching. Car Rentals Google posted the news to its Android… Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.