There’s a lesson from the early days of social media that most brands ultimately learned the hard way: social media is not a megaphone. You can’t just push your press releases into the feed and expect people to care. The channel had rules. It rewarded conversations, not announcements. The companies that recognized this early prospered. … Read more
Alphabet reported first-quarter 2026 earnings, with Google Search & Other revenue rising 19% year-over-year to $60.4 billion. On the same day, Microsoft announced that Bing reached one billion monthly active users for the first time and search ad revenue increased 12%. Both companies had strong search quarters. But one line in Alphabet’s report tells a … Read more
On April 16, 2026, Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google Search, and Mike Torres, VP of Product at Google Chrome, announced a new way to explore the web with AI Mode in Chrome. In their announcement, the two vice presidents wrote that the update makes it easier to “access and engage with content and … Read more
