Year: 2022

The department will use Google’s Apigee platform to improve its Lighthouse API program, which lets veterans share their data with third-party applications.

Three of the vulnerabilities must be remediated by January 24 for federal civilian agencies.

Imagine being ostracized for not owning an iPhone. It’s been happening to Android users for years. Google wants to change it, but is it really representative of the people here?

Messaging is a core part of any smartphone, and it’s something that Apple has really nailed with the iPhone and iMessage. Googlers have voiced their frustration recently over how Apple uses iMessage as a tool for lock-in and while Apple’s …

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Smartphone manufacturers have settled into a pretty regular rhythm of new phone releases, so we can look ahead and anticipate what will be launched in 2022. We saw two phone announcements at CES, with some rumors and expected upgrades planned …

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Hiroshi Lockheimer oversees all of Google’s operating systems as Senior Vice President of Platforms and Ecosystems. In recent years, he has been very critical of Apple not supporting the RCS standard to make iOS messaging more interoperable with Android, and …

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Google Cloud’s acquisition of a SOAR tool in and of itself is not surprising — this has been a missing piece for its Chronicle offering that other security analytics platforms have built in for the past several years.

It’s not just about data prep. The acquisition of Trifacta is designed to accelerate Alteryx’s cloud pivot.

The US International Trade Commission rules against Google in patent dispute, orders a ban on the importation of Google products that violate Sonos patents

The US International Trade Commission today found that Google infringed on five Sonos patents relating to smart speakers and audio. This could lead to an import ban of Google speakers, phones, and Chromebooks that violate those patents. more… The post …

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A new report from Avanan has found that cybercriminals are attempting to exploit Google Docs through its comment feature.

Politico reported on Wednesday that French regulators are fining Google 150 million euros and Facebook 60 million euros.

One of them was rated critical and 10 had a high severity rating.

Google announced deeper integrations into Volvo cars, while Amazon is working closely with Stellantis, the maker of brands like Chrysler and Jeep.

The one where our intrepid columnist follows the [Action Required] notice he got from Google and takes action. Did it work? You’ll have to read the article to find out.

I’ve tried countless ways to speed up Google Chrome, and this is the best way to tame the browser.

Google’s Pixel phones get an update that unblocks the devices when making an emergency call.

As the last BlackBerry OS devices turn off for the final time, we look at how it all went so wrong.

Google will be integrating Siemplify’s security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) platform into their cloud systems.

Will cloud providers will finally start taking a solutions-oriented approach to their data services? Will the worlds of streaming and operational databases finally converge, and will cloud database providers finally start tapping machine learning to run their databases? Here’s our …

Data 2022 Outlook Part I: Will data clouds get easier and streaming get off its own island? Read more »