Your Customers Are Using AI Right Now. Are You Part of That Conversation?

Part three of a series. Start here if you haven’t: hillmediagroup.com/google-io-2026-small-business-impact When Google demonstrated its new AI features at its developer conference in May 2026, they chose safe, relatable examples to illustrate what the technology could do. An AI agent that monitors apartment listings. Another that alerts you when your favorite athlete announces a sneaker […]
Less Friction Always Wins: How AI Is Raising the Bar for Every Customer Experience

Also in this series: Google I/O Just Changed the Rules. Here’s What Small Businesses Need to Know. hillmediagroup.com/google-io-2026-small-business-impact It was a Thursday evening. I was leaving the office later than expected and remembered my wife had mentioned wanting a vanilla latte. Not just any vanilla latte — she has opinions about these things. I wanted […]
Google I/O Just Changed the Rules. Here’s What Small Businesses Need to Know.

Every year, Google holds a developer conference called Google I/O where they pull back the curtain on where the internet is heading. Most years, the announcements are incremental improvements to existing products. This year was different. At Google I/O 2026, Google didn’t just announce new features. They announced a new relationship between people, technology, and […]