Google will let restaurants highlight specials on their search profiles
Google is preparing to add a new section to restaurant and bar search profiles. The new section will let owners include timely deals or events in search results in a way that they can control, either manually or by linking to a social media profile, the company says in a post spotted by Search Engine Land. The promos will show up under the label “This week” in the block of information that you’ll get for most local businesses in a Google search. Google suggests that companies will u...
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Google just changed its ‘G’ logo
Google’s old logo (left) vs. its new one (right) Google has updated its colorful “G” logo for the first time in almost a decade. An update to the Google app on iOS shows a new logo that blends the logo’s red, yellow, green, and blue colors into a gradient, as reported by 9to5Google. Google last made a major change to its logo in September 2015, when the company updated its font to a sans-serif typeface. At the time, Google also revealed a new “G” logo that incorporates all ...
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Google Keep brings text formatting to the web
Google Keep has finally expanded the text formatting options to its web app, almost two years after making them available for Android users. The update for Google’s web-based note-taking service is now rolling out to Google Workspace, Workspace Individual, and personal Google account users and provides new options for customizing text and heading styles. It may take a few weeks for the text formatting options to appear for everyone. The new formatting options are housed in the underli...
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Mexico is suing Google over how it’s labeling the Gulf of Mexico
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaking on April 22, 2025. | Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Friday that her government is suing Google for relabeling the Gulf of Mexico as “Gulf of America” for US users, CBS News reports. The company had done so in Google Maps after President Trump ordered the name change at the beginning of his Presidential term. The lawsuit makes good on Sheinbaum’s February threat that Mexico wo...
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Google will pay a $1.375 billion settlement to Texas over privacy violations
Google is set to pay $1.375 billion to settle claims of data privacy violations brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, according to a press release. Texas filed two lawsuits in 2022 against Google for “unlawfully tracking and collecting users’ private data regarding geolocation, incognito searches, and biometric data,” the release says. Before now, no single state has “attained a settlement against Google for similar data-privacy violations greater than $93 million.” “T...
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Is Google’s smart tag network any good yet?
The Chipolo Pop, Pebblebee Clip, and Moto Tag are the three main trackers using Google’s network. When Google launched its long-awaited Find My Device network in April 2024, it arrived to… well, what’s the opposite of “fanfare”? A slow network rollout and damning reviews dampened enthusiasm for what was supposed to be a wave of Android-powered rivals to Apple’s AirTag. But a year’s a long time in tech, and Google has been promising improvements almost sinc...
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Google extends the Pixel 7A’s repair program for battery swelling issues
Google announced an extended repair program for the Pixel 7A that promises free repairs for devices that suffer from “unexpected battery swelling” issues, 9to5Google reports. The program covers symptoms that directly indicate an expanding battery, including bulging of the device or separation of the phone cover. Google also indicates that rapid battery draining could be another symptom of swelling that the program covers. The Pixel 7A launched in 2023, and since then has faced many user c...
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Google is scrapping its planned changes for third-party cookies in Chrome
Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome is officially over. In an update on Tuesday, Google Privacy Sandbox VP Anthony Chavez says the company has decided “to maintain our current approach to offering users third-party cookie choice in Chrome.” For years, critics have argued that Google’s Privacy Sandbox could harm advertisers and violate privacy laws, while the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) told users to opt out of the program, saying it “is still tr...
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