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Google's search engine generated a staggering 26 billion dollars in revenue last quarter. Advertising has taken up more space on its results pages, but the question still remains: is that really what consumers wish to see? Ghostery, Inc. , a digital privacy company, tackles this issue through demystifying online privacy by exposing the forces that lurk behind your screen and enabling you to block them through the use of their browser extension. Ghostery attempted to overpower... the search engine giant by developing a privacy-first search engine but quickly abandoned its objective, stating: "In the long run, we have no chance against an overpowering opponent such as Google, which dominates the market in every aspect." Through this realization Ghostery has pivoted to layering its privacy technology atop Firefox and the Bing Web Search API. Their ultimate goal is a reimagining of what users demand of the internet: an ad-free private search engine. https://www.wired.com/story/ghostery-browser-search-ad-free/ #convergence #security #innovation See more

This year, Black Friday falls on November 27th - but some Canadian companies have already started offering great deals due to the pandemic. In China, the world's biggest shopping event, called Singles' Day, has just ended; and how the Chinese e-commerce giants prepare for this day is seriously impressive. Alibaba Group has employed a new AI model in response to pandemic-driven consumer behaviour. http://ow.ly/e9Uy50CmoSd #ai #convergence #blackfriday #singlesday #technology

Google closes in on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure through its introduction of a new database migration service. Google's DMS assists enterprises across all industries with their cloud-destined database migrations - while keeping the source databases fully operational during migration. This has been a long time coming, considering Amazon launched a similar service over 5 years ago, with Microsoft launched its own version 2 years later. http://ow.ly/7ZCi50CjjqG #convergence #innovation #aws #dms #azure

A hand-made illustration by Convergence's Sayaka Sekishima - "Lest We Forget", paying tribute to Remembrance Day and those which we honour on this day. #remembranceday #canada #lestweforget #convergence

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