Apple on Tuesday announced a temporary halt of sales of its products in Russia, the latest in a series of actions from tech companies in response to Russia’s large-scale military invasion of Ukraine. (Apple and Google had both previously restricted Apple Pay and Google Pay in Russia after U.S. sanctions of Russian banks.)In response to…Continue Reading

While the world looks on in horror as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolds, one group has been praising Russian President Vladimir Putin. It turns out Putin has a fan base in America’s right-leaning evangelical politicians and pundits.Putin has a fan base in America’s right-leaning evangelical politicians and pundits.At this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, which…Continue Reading

The paid search marketing landscape continues to grow by leaps and bounds. Google Ads, in particular, is leading the charge, no doubt spurred on by the societal changes of the past couple of years. “We know this channel is growing year-over-year,” said Ashley Fletcher, VP of marketing at Adthena, in a recent webinar. “It’s not…Continue Reading

SEO tool provider Semrush has announced plans to acquire competitive intelligence and sales enablement platform Kompyte. Why we care. Semrush is a major player in the SEO tool space, and this announcement, along with its recent acquisition of Backlinko, shows that the company is serious about expanding both its audience and capabilities for search marketing…Continue Reading

Google has updated its document on how to verify your business in Google Business Profiles to add that you Google “may require you to verify by more than one method.” This might be related to some fraudulent business profiles being created using one of the verification methods. Verification methods. Google currently offers several methods to…Continue Reading

A school teacher in Nizamabad, who had travelled 1,400 km on a two-wheeler all by herself to bring back her son stranded in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, following the sudden imposition of lockdown in March 2020, is in distress again. Razia Begum’s 19-year-old Nizammudin Aman is stuck in Sumy, a city in north-eastern Ukraine, where he is…Continue Reading

The Canada-based student was held for allegedly raising slogans and picking up argument with Tamilisai The Canada-based student was held for allegedly raising slogans and picking up argument with Tamilisai The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has ordered the Tamil Nadu government to pay a compensation of ₹2 lakh to the father of Canada-based Tamil…Continue Reading

The Biden administration pulled out all the stops to persuade India to vote with 141 other countries who condemned Russia for attacking Ukraine, top U.S. diplomat Donald Lu said.Mr. Lu was speaking to members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, just after India had abstained from a vote on the U.N. General Assembly…Continue Reading

India, once again, abstained as the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted 141-5 (35 abstentions) to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling on Moscow to unconditionally withdraw its troops. Voting on the resolution occurred after representatives of more than 120 countries, territories and associations, made remarks over two days at a special emergency session of…Continue Reading