<!– –> SEARCH QUOTES Tech Pinterest on Friday released its IPO prospectus, and the document shows just how much leverage Facebook and Google hold over internet companies. Like many websites and apps, Pinterest allows users to sign into its service using their Facebook and Google credentials. The company relies on traffic from Google’s search engine...Read More

About the author Mark Wilson is a senior writer at Fast Company. He started Philanthroper.com, a simple way to give back every day MoreRead More

Google is making a big play in gaming next week, but we’re still unsure exactly what that entails. For years, the company has toyed with the idea of getting involved in what is now the biggest sector of the entertainment industry, worth an estimated $138 billion dollars as of last fall. And it would make...Read More

Google is shutting down its Emmy Award-winning VR film division, Spotlight Stories, after six years of building out content, Variety reports. We’ve reached out to Google for confirmation. “Google Spotlight Stories means storytelling for VR. We are artists and technologists making immersive stories for mobile 360, mobile VR and room-scale VR headsets, and building the...Read More

Google Home HubCredit: Google Last month I wrote about two small changes would make the Google Assistant a lot more user friendly.  Ask and you shall receive. Google just added Continued Conversation to Assistant-powered smart displays. Continued Conversation lets you interact with the Assistant without having to begin every command or request with the “Hey/OK...Read More

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