Google hired former PayPal exec Arnold Goldberg to lead its payments division following last year’s struggles with employee turnover within payments.

Google buys UK offices for $1B: As the rest of the world works remotely, Big Tech continues buying up real estate in preparation for growth and expansion.

Google ramps up mobile AR efforts: This could be the push for Google Glass for the masses, opening up competition with Meta and Apple’s wider AR and VR.

Smartphone duopoly could get regulatory pushback in UK: The latest effort to keep Apple and Google in check could invite competition and promote consumer choice, but there’s no viable third player.

Insider Intelligence spoke with Martha Welsh, who leads strategy, operations and go-to-market initiatives for Google Commerce, which includes Google Shopping, Travel, Payments, and Next Billion Users.

Google steps into the global digital health arena: It partnered with the World Health Organization to roll out a developer kit to power digital health apps. We unpack how this could help Google broaden its digital health impact on the global stage.

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On today's episode, we discuss when cable households will dip below 50%, an alternative search engine to Google, clickable podcast ads on Spotify, what the "superest" super app is in the West, the biggest takeaways from CES 2022, some uncommon knowledge about sustainability, where sunglasses originally came from, and more. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst Paul Verna, analyst Blake Droesch, and director of reports editing at Insider Intelligence Rahul Chadha.

On today's episode, we discuss the most impressive parts of the triopoly's (Google, Facebook, and Amazon) performances this year, what we were most concerned about, and why they will lose or gain share in 2022. We then talk about a new TV show designed specifically for social media and whether YouTube TV adding channels can move the needle. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analyst Paul Verna and senior analyst at Insider Intelligence Jasmine Enberg.

US digital ad spending will soar past $200 billion this year, marking 38.3% growth from 2020. The triopoly of Google, Facebook, and Amazon will make up 64.0% of all US digital ad spending this year, about the same share they possessed in 2020.

The triopoly of Google, Facebook, and Amazon will rake in 64.0% of this year’s $211.20 billion in US digital ad spending, about the same share as 2020 and up 1 percentage point from 2019.

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