386 | News from the EDGE | Week of 1.18.2021

[00:03:24] New Community Feedback Feature on Yelp for "Health and Safety Measures"

Enough people want to know how safe they'll be from the pandemic if they visit local businesses that Yelp has added a feedback feature for social masking and social distance compliance.

[00:10:52]Google Doesn't Want to Pay Australian News Company

Australia wants an industry code requiring tech giants like Google to pay news publishers. Google's "experiment" of disappearing Australian news from search is a chilling response.

[00:19:21]Dedicated Results Pages for Hashtag Searches on YouTube

Previous searches by hashtag inevitably included results not carrying the hashtag, but YouTube has an improved hashtag search now that limits results to videos actually carrying the hashtag.