Episode description
Is Google Over-Reaching Into People’s Lives?
One of Google’s recent patents appears to be geared towards sending people relevant purchase decision information while they’re in physical stores, including remote help and even sending a store associate to them.
YouTube Cleaning Up Its Act on Children’s Content
As part of its $170 FTC settlement for violating the privacy of children under COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act), YouTube is now implementing big changes affecting advertisers.
Wall Street Journal Accuses Google of Changing Search Results
The WSJ’s far-ranging descriptions of how Google is manipulating search results to shape what users see had very little evidence to back it up, and showed a lack of understanding for how search works.