Year: 2021

Five years after launching the Plus Codes digital addressing system, Google is launching a tool to create addresses at scale

The new layer on Google Maps gives users near real-time information about multiple major wildfires at once.

During its “Search On” event this afternoon, Google announced new changes and updates in an effort to better track climate change. Google Maps is adding a new “Fire” layer to its apps as Google’s “Tree Canopy” tool is set for …

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Google has been under fire for its dominance in online search for years, and currently, the tech giant is facing down a case in the EU over its actions. This week, however, the company is leaning on the idea that …

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Google career certificates offer an affordable way to earn valuable technology-focused skills and pursue lucrative careers in about six months.

The framework is split into six components, 14 capabilities and 37 sub-capabilities that help organizations manage their cloud implementations.

Google has been accused of fuelling systemic transparency issues in the ad tech space due to not providing the total fees and charges to advertisers and publishers.

The search giant is contending it has not abused its dominant market position to coerce smartphone manufacturers into installing Google Search and Chrome.

Google is looking to replicate the success Chrome OS and Chromebooks had in education in contact centers too.

While the US and other regions are shining more of a spotlight on Google and the Play Store, the EU has already issued a 2018 ruling that imposed Google with a $5 billion fine over anticompetitive practices on Android. Google …

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Google is celebrating its 23rd birthday with an animated homepage Doodle that features a chocolate frosted cake. more… The post Google Doodle celebrates company’s 23rd birthday w/ a cake appeared first on 9to5Google.

Jawbone, which went out of business in 2017, has just risen from the dead, but not for anything good. A mysterious party is now using Jawbone patents to launch lawsuits against Google and Apple. more… The post Google sued over …

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And it’s using cryptographically signed bogus Java apps to avoid detection.

The new tools should help people with speech and motor impairments navigate their devices and communicate with others

It’s important for businesses to have the insights they need to drive more conversions on their websites. But rising expectations and regulations around user privacy can make it hard to meet both performance and privacy needs. We’re continuing to invest …

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Slack also faced criticism from Mozilla researchers for not allowing users to block contacts.

Mobile payment platform inks deal to offer Google Pay users 20% cashback when they spend at any of 15,000 F&B outlets and retailers in Singapore.

Various attempts will be made in the browser to make memory handling safer.

More than half of all respondents said they used a public cloud, a 5% bump compared to 2019, and 21% additionally said they deploy multiple public clouds.

In a post on The Keyword today, Google has officially announced plans to purchase the St. Johns Terminal property in New York City to build its largest office outside of California, the “Hudson Square” campus. more… The post Google putting …

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