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Google’s wearable tech outfit was granted a patent this week for a Glass-like heads-up display that could be affixed to a person’s head with a flexible band. The “wearable device with input and output structures” would be adjustable and only sit on one side of the wearer’s face. That’s a departure from the original iteration of Glass,...Read More
Europe’s “right to be forgotten” rules remain a growing issue for Google. Today, the company released its twice-yearly transparency report, detailing the requests it’s received for copyright takedowns, user data, and the removal of search results that point to inadequate or irrelevant information about a European citizen. Since the policy was put into place last May,...Read More
Google parent Alphabet Inc. is moving to make its disparate parts more accountable internally for spending, according to people familiar with the matter, in an effort to ensure that its more speculative projects are self-sustaining. Under the new system, “bet†companies such as Google X, Google Fiber and Google Life Sciences will be charged for...Read More
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Five years ago, the “Urs-quake†struck: A memo from Google SVP Urs Hölzle went out detailing how Google risked being left beyond on social, prompting the creation of Google Plus. Years, many millions of dollars and several tribulations later, one of the most beleaguered, storied products in Google’s history looked dead. In fact, Google shed...Read More
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Google hopes to get permission to launch its Google Play mobile-app store in China. But even if it succeeds, there are three devastating words its executives might hear: “What is Google?†It’s been five years since Google pulled its search services and servers out of mainland China after cyberattacks against Gmail users and disagreements with...Read More
Google’s new Smart Reply option automatically offers three possible responses to certain e-mails. Credit Image courtesy Google at gmailblog.blogspot.com On April 1, 2009, Google unveiled Gmail Autopilot, a plug-in that promised to read and generate contextually relevant replies to the messages piling up in users’ inboxes. “As more and more everyday communication takes place over...Read More
While there will never be enough hours in the day to answer emails, Google’s new artificial intelligence system might be able to get you one step closer to Inbox Zero. Google announced today (Nov. 3) that it’s about to release Smart Reply, a machine learning program built into its Inbox by Gmail apps that will...Read More
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