Google is one of the several internet companies that have been the target to spread fake news. In its attempt to limit the spread, on April 7th, 2016, Google is adding fact checking from third parties to all global search results.
Question answering-focused e-business and web search engine Ask.com has been publishing server status page by accident. It was suffering a massive technical issue which has caused it to reveal everything people are searching for on its website.
When Facebook introduced its assistant M, it was created as an autonomous assistant with users able to talk to it like talking to their friends.
Ads are everywhere, and YouTube is depending on them to get revenue. But since the fiasco that made many major advertisers to flee, YouTube is putting a strict rule on how ads will show on videos.
Internet has gone to more places with speed increasing in many areas. But not everyone is benefiting from that luxury. Some smartphones aren't yet able to reach that speed, and there are still places that internet speed is still unstable or relatively slow.
‘Revenge porn’ is becoming one common term on the web. It's widely used to describe contents that exposed sexually explicit images of somebody without their consent. With governments and companies trying to combat the issue, Facebook is also taking its part.
Google is on the move to win back advertisers that are fleeing from YouTube amid their ads showing on extremists' videos. After two months defending itself, Google is making some changes to improve how contents are shown.
The retail giant Amazon announced that it is launching Amazon Cash, a service that allows consumers to add cash to their Amazon.com balance by showing a barcode to the participating retailer.
CodePlex is an open-source project hosting website owned by Microsoft. It allows people to share the development of open-source software, and commit to projects as well as ideas. After almost 11 years up and running, Microsoft decided to shut it down.
Twitter is known for its Larry the bird logo. The blue mascot has been the brand identity that gave a new meaning to the word "tweet" when saying things, and giving that well-known Twitter egg visual identity before users upload a profile picture.
