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• Google parent to grant U.S.$340M in ad credits to SMBs

  ​Google parent Alphabet has pledged to provide U.S.$340 million in Google ad credits to small and medium businesses active on its platform amid the COVID-19 crisis.

• The major tech events affected by the spread of coronavirus

  COVID-19, otherwise known as novel coronavirus, has affected an increasing number of technology events around the world, causing cancellation, rescheduling and virtualisation. Here’s a list of all the events that have been impacted so far this year.

• Microsoft mirrors Google move, shelves Edge upgrades

  In response to the upheaval caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Edge browser will remain on version 80 for an undetermined amount of time.

• Zoho pitches free stuff amid coronavirus crisis

  ​Cloud software vendor has made its remote working Remotely suite of products available for free until 1 July to support businesses during the “coronavirus crisis”.

• Google makes premium Hangouts free amid COVID-19

  Google has made premium features in its Hangouts Meet video-conferencing tool free until July 1 amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak.

• Serverless in the cloud: AWS vs. Google Cloud vs. Microsoft Azure

  With AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Microsoft Azure Functions, a little bit of business logic can go a very long way

• What's keeping enterprises from using G Suite?

  While Google has spent the past year trying to woo enterprises to its G Suite productivity service, it’s still the underdog compared to Microsoft Office, at least among large businesses. So what’s keeping it from broader appeal?

• How Google overtook Apple in education

  Apple's longtime lock on the education market began to fall apart when Google first introduced Chromebooks more than five years ago. Here's how Google swept in and started to push Apple out.

• The 5 funniest Google Assistant responses

  Google’s new digital assistant – called Google Assistant – has upped the level of A.I. available to regular phone users thanks to the new Google Pixel phone and the Allo chat app. It assistant offers more than just voice recognition – it understands the context of what you’re saying. We suspect that the developers have also had some fun baking in some tongue-in-cheek responses.

• I switched to Google's Pixel phone and survived

  Google tried to simplify the process of moving to a Pixel from the iPhone. Here's how that shook out for one Apple die-hard.

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  Case Study | Partner initiative boosts reseller into Google’s top 10 results

  If you believe your website is not serving your needs as well as it could be but don’t know where to begin correcting the issues, SAP has provided a case study that delves into Synchrony’s story and how NEXTGEN’s agency Bang was able to reinvent the company’s digital presence.