Black Hat 2015 For those of you worried about the Stagefright flaw in Android, be reassured, a patch will be coming down the line in the next few days. “My guess is that this is the single largest software update the world has ever seen,” said Adrian Ludwig, lead engineer for Android security at Google....Read More
Google GOOG finally announced recently that it is scaling back its focus on Google+, the also-ran social network that the search giant has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and four years of its time trying to turn into a competitor to Facebook FB . Among other things, users will no longer be forced to...Read More
AFP/Getty Images A skier carrying a GoPro camera on his helmet. There are plenty of reasons for investors to play it safe right now. In addition to the fears of a Fed rate hike deflating the market in the second half and continued challenges overseas in Europe and China, earnings have been pretty lackluster. In...Read More
Google has set up its own car company. The tech giant has flirted with major car firms as it explores driverless cars but has also quietly set up its own auto company, according to documents obtained by the Guardian. Google Auto LLC is headed by Chris Urmson, project lead for Google’s self-driving cars. Urmson has...Read More
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (CNN)After going underwater, climbing mountains and riding atop trains, Google Street View this month chalked up another achievement. Its first festival. Not just any festival, but Naadam — rugged Mongolia’s annual display of horsemanship, marksmanship and muscle. And CNN got to tag along for the ride. Held each summer in Ulaanbaatar (this year...Read More
How much would you pay to live longer? What if Google were making the pill to do it? On Tuesday, Calico, the medical research company Google incubated in 2013, announced it had cut a deal for access to genetic information from Ancestry, the largest family tree website. It’s among the first public moves from Calico,...Read More
How much do mobile users hate interstitial screens blocking their mobile browsing by urging them to down the native app instead? An overwhelming amount, judging by a study conducted by Google in July last year. Well, that and common sense when you think about the contrast between the aim of mobile computing (speed, convenience) and the point of interstitials (slow, distract). The ad...Read More
With “Your Timeline,†Google Maps will let you look back on specific days to see where you were. Google If you don’t like to broadcast where you’ve been by “checking in†on social media but still want to remember the places you’ve visited, Google Maps can now help. The company announced this week that it will...Read More
If you’re all-in on Google services — say, if you use Google Now on your smartphone — you’re likely aware of the fact that Google tracks your location to serve you useful information. What you might not realize is just how much location data Google has on you. Surprisingly enough, the company has just turned...Read More
AP Q: Can I still profit from Google? A: Google makes big money selling your personal information. But you can make money off Google, too. Investors who have endured the company’s lagging stock performance and worse-than-expected results were rewarded Friday. A huge stock rally created roughly $50 billion in paper wealth – the biggest one-day...Read More
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