Google recently launched Project Bloks — a “platform†that will enable developers, educators and designers to work together in order to build “physical programming experiences†for children. This actually has the potential to be a great educational tool — but not in the way Google presents it (or at least not in the way it’s being...Read More
Experiencing the world’s art just got a little easier, thanks to Google’s newly launched Arts Culture application which puts works of art from over a thousand museums across 70 countries into the palm of your hand. But the app goes beyond offering only static images and text – instead, it now offers tools to search art...Read More
I’m a digital nomad. In fact, I’ve been living (and loving) the digital nomad lifestyle on and off for 10 years now. Specifically, my wife and I got rid of our house and put all our stuff into storage. Now we choose various places around the world, rent a house or apartment for between one...Read More
Google recently shut down an internal project to create a high-end standalone virtual reality headset akin to devices from Facebook’s Oculus and HTC, according to sources familiar with the plans. The decision likely stems from Google’s effort to streamline its more ambitious projects, an ongoing slog at the company. In this instance, Google is shifting...Read More
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SAN FRANCISCO — Google and Tesla agree autonomous vehicles will make streets safer, and both are racing toward a driverless future. But when Google tested its self-driving car prototype on employees a few years ago, it noticed something that would take it down a different path from Tesla. Once behind the wheel of the modified...Read More
BRUSSELS—European Union competition regulators are preparing to issue an additional layer of formal charges as soon as late July against Alphabet Inc.’s Google over its behavior with its shopping service, according to people familiar with the matter. The so-called supplementary statement of objections will likely sharpen the EU’s previous accusations that Google uses its dominance...Read More
Two weeks after Twitter acquired Magic Pony to advance its machine learning smarts for improving users’ experience of photos and videos on its platform, Google is following suit. Today, the maker of Android and search giant announced that it has acquired Moodstocks, a startup based out of Paris that develops machine-learning based image recognition technology for...Read More
Oracle v. Google Judge blasts Oracle’s attempt to overturn pro-Google jury verdict The Google/Oracle decision was bad for copyright and bad for software How Oracle’s fanciful history of the smartphone failed at trial Google’s fair use victory is good for open source Op-ed: Oracle attorney says Google’s court victory might kill the GPL View all…...Read More
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