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NY Times Swings To Profit On Digital Gains

The New York Times said Wednesday it added more than 300,000 digital subscribers in the first quarter, helping the...

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Google CEO Made Nearly $200 Million Last Year

Google CEO Sundar Pichai received nearly $199.7 million in compensation last year, double the amount he made in 2015,...

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YouTube Channels Must Win Audiences Before Winning Ads

YouTube on Thursday stopped placing ads on channels with fewer than 10,000 views in a move aimed at preventing people...

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Facebook Adds Tips For Spotting ‘fake News’

Facebook on Thursday ramped up its fight against "fake news" by adding tips on how to tell when shared stories are...

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Machine Learning May Fix Ad Placement Dispute

Google on Monday said it will apply machine smarts and outside eyes to help ensure brands don't find ads paired with...

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Industry, Academic Partners Team Up To Fight Fake News

A global alliance of tech industry and academic organizations unveiled plans on Monday to work together to combat the...

International

Google Reveals Latest UK Tax Bill

Google was charged £36.4m in UK corporation tax last year, according to its latest annual results. The US search giant...

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Google Boycott Could See the End of Automated Ad Placement

The feud sparked by Google's failure to remove extremist content from its site Youtube could lead to the end of...

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Google Ad Boycott Could Aim Ire At Ad-Serving Software

Google's money-making foundation is strong enough to endure a current boycott by advertisers, but the movement could...

International

Google Promises To Take Action On ‘hateful’ Content

Google has responded to major companies withdrawing online adverts by promising to take "a tougher stance on hateful,...

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Google Apologises After Ads Appear Next To Extremist Content

Google’s European boss has apologised after adverts from major firms and government agencies appeared next to...

International

Google Sorry For Adverts Alongside Extremist Content

A top Google executive on Monday apologised after UK company and government adverts appeared alongside extremist...

International

M&S Pulls Online Ads From Google Over Extremist Content Fears

Marks and Spencer has become the latest firm to pull its online advertising from Google's platforms over fears it is...

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Google Vows Fix For ‘inappropriate’ Search Results

Google said Monday it was working to fix a search algorithm glitch that produced "inappropriate and misleading" results...

International

Newspapers Aim To Ride ‘Trump Bump’ To Reach Readers, Advertisers

The Trump administration's combative view of traditional news media as the "opposition party" and "fake news" is...

Opinion

Top 5 Ghanaian Achievements In 2016

How fast a year passes by. With so much activity, more successes to celebrate and many challenges to learn from. When...

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Google Parent Alphabet Miss Profit Target

Google parent Alphabet’s latest profit figures have missed forecasts, sending the tech giant’s shares falling in...

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Sakordie Wins Big At First YouTube Sub-Sahara Africa Awards

It has been a ‘sarkcessful’ year for Sarkodie as YouTube Africa announced him as one of the 25 creators across 23...

International

Google Formally Rejects EU Antitrust Charges

Google (GOOGL. O) on Thursday formally rejected European Union antitrust charges of unfairly promoting its shopping...