Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 — Google is giving businesses free ads in Google Maps. Google announced this past week that—from now until the end of September— advertisers who utilize Google My Business will not need to […]
Google Tools
How to become a Google Guaranteed Business on Local Business Ads
Google is in the process of shifting their relationship with home service businesses that advertise through them. Here’s a breakdown of the current requirements and the implications of being a “Google Guaranteed” business. If you’re a business that enters people’s homes or deals with other types of secured property, Google wants to know you are […]
Google Duplex
Google Duplex: what now? You’ve probably heard it somewhere this week: that story about a Google appliance making a call to a hairdresser for an appointment. That story was about Google Duplex, which is an experimental new technology by Google. This is about artificial intelligence (AI) interacting with people, which poses quite some ethical questions. […]