I downloaded the new Gboard for iOS today, and have been really enjoying it so far. Along with wondering about what Google will tell advertisers now that they can read every single thing I type, I came to the realization that pretty much every major function of my iPhone has now been taken over by...Read More
A team of four Google employees has developed a set of 13 emoji designed to better represent women in the professional world. In a presentation to the Unicode Consortium, the body that approves and standardizes emoji, the team says the new emoji depict “a wide range of professions for women and men, with a goal...Read More
When Kaspar Korjus was born, he was given a number before he was given a name, as are all babies in Estonia. “My name is 38712012796, which I got before my name of Kaspar,†says Mr. Korjus. In Estonia, much of life—voting, digital signatures, prescriptions, taxes, bank transactions—is conducted with this number. The resulting services...Read More
Google today announced that it is bringing some of its Google Cloud Platform and Google Apps tools a little bit closer together. BigQuery, Google’s serverless analytics data warehousing service, will now be able to read files from Google Drive and access spreadsheets from Google Sheets. There has long been something of a firewall between Google’s cloud computing...Read More
Unless you take the bus in Silicon Valley, Google’s self-driving car technology hasn’t had much of an an impact on you. But a partnership with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles could help make the promise of cars that do not need drivers, and hopefully do not crash, a reality for everyone. Under a deal announced Tuesday, Google plans to integrate...Read More
Rick Osterloh is coming back to Google. The former president of Motorola, who left the Lenovo-led handset maker last month, has been hired by Google to run a new division to unify the company’s disparate hardware projects, Re/code has learned. A Google rep confirmed that Osterloh has joined the company as its newest Senior Vice President, running the...Read More
Google is a big fan of the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to open up cable boxes so that any company can tap into TV streams and make a new interface for them. There’s just one little thing that’s bothering Google about the proposal: consumer privacy rules. It thinks the FCC is too concerned with them. Google...Read More
Google is preparing its own in-house startup incubator, according to a new report from The Information. According to sources, Google will soon launch “Area 120,†which will be helmed by Google executives Don Harrison and Bradley Horowitz. Teams within Google must pitch ideas for inclusion in Area 120, just as they would any other incubator....Read More
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