In a recent revelation during the Justice Department’s antitrust trial, it has come to light that Alphabet’s Google paid a staggering $26.3 billion to various companies in 2021 to ensure that its search engine retained the default status on web browsers and mobile phones. This testimony, provided by senior executive Prabhakar Raghavan, responsible for both search and advertising at Google, highlights the substantial investment the tech giant has made to maintain its dominant position in the search industry. According to the report by Bloomberg News, the amount of money Google…
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Threads: Instagram’s Alternative for Twitter Users Seeking a Different Experience
If you’re a Twitter user who has recently ventured into Instagram’s new Threads platform, you might find the experience a bit jarring. While Threads shares some similarities with Twitter, it also distinguishes itself in many ways. Notably, it seems to have significantly less news and political discourse compared to its rival. According to Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, this deliberate choice reflects Meta’s intention behind Threads. In a conversation with The Verge journalist Alex Heath, Mosseri clarified that Threads isn’t aiming to replace Twitter. Instead, its goal is to…
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