European’s regulators are expected to hit Google with a minimum one billion euro fine this summer for anti-competitive practices — that also means Google will also have to alter its business practices in Europe. The repercussions pertain to allegations Google favors its own shopping service in search results, but it could have ramifications beyond the...Read More
By now, you’ve almost certainly heard how good Google Photos is. Your friends, family, and coworkers are probably using it and singing the app’s praises. It makes backing up your photo library effortless. It can identify people — even babies — in your images with freakish accuracy. It automatically creates GIFs and movies that the...Read More
New Apple HomePod smart speaker are on display during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, on June 05, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Josh Edelson (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images) Apple is finally jumping into the smart speaker craze. At Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference held in San Jose on Monday morning,...Read More
If you live in Canada, you can now preorder a Google Home device. In an ironic twist, Google has beaten Amazon to Canada when it comes to smart assistants — the Echo still isn’t available in the country, despite being available for two years in the US. The Google Home will cost $179 in Canada,...Read More
Google has confirmed it’s getting into the ad-blocking game, as has been previously reported — but in a very limited way. The company told CNBC that it will allow publishers to participate in a new program called Funding Choices. Under the program, when a user with a third-party ad blocker enabled visits a participating...Read More
Google seems to be rolling out a new feature in search results that adds a “Personal” tab to show content from private sources, like your Gmail account or Google Photos library. The addition of the tab was first reported by Search Engine Roundtable, which spotted the change earlier today. The Personal tab works similarly to...Read More
Winner: Google Why: I give credit to Siri for providing the run breakdown by inning, but Google takes the round. Google let me dig deeper to see a highlight video of the game on YouTube, check out MLB standings, the MLB schedule, Yankees news, MLB news and more. The Yankees won, by the way. Article...Read More
Google’s digital assistant may be about to move in on Siri’s turf. According to Bloomberg, a Google Assistant app is ready to launch on iOS and will likely be made available this week during Google’s I/O developer conference. Android Police also said the app should be available soon, but only in the US. The Google...Read More
If Google wants to hang onto its status as the world’s dominant source of information, it needs to make sure people keep using Google products when they’re in hands- and screen-free situations. As part of that goal, it needs to gain a greater foothold in voice. Voice is the technology every major Silicon Valley company...Read More
Google Article source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/curtissilver/2017/05/12/google-allo-update-alters-your-selfie-into-an-artistically-ridiculous-emoji/Read More
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