One area that Google wants to address are personalized ads that many customers see as a concern because these targeted ads might intrude on an individual’s privacy.
In a virtual town hall, representatives from tech giants Netflix, Amazon, Google, Grab, and Mynt discussed the technologies and steps they adopted to cope during the Covid-19 digital shift.
Taking the number one spot on the list is the recently concluded US presidential elections. The whole world, including the Philippines, had their eyes on the race which saw a tight competition between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Google has set in motion crisis response efforts using technology, collaboration, and donation drives to help communities stricken by Super Typhoon Rolly and Typhoon Ulysses.
The study revealed that 40 million people came online for the first time this year, bringing the total number of Internet users in Southeast Asia to 400 million.
Small businesses across Southeast Asia can access free short courses by Lazada University as well as new interactive mini-courses via the Google Primer app.
