When the Zootopia teaser trailer launched at the end of last month, the resulting tech-Pixar parody crossover of ‘Zoogle Photos’ was pretty entertaining but now Google has put cameras inside pens at the LA Zoo to capture selfies of the animals. While using motion-activation equip … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the National Guard’s cyber squadrons will play an increasingly important role in assessing the vulnerabilities of U.S. industrial infrastructure and could be asked to join the fight against Islamic State. The National Guard – a r … | Continue reading
Google Street View uses in-house data-capturing tech that lets you see the world from the comfort of your own device. GSV allows us to see not only photos of certain gems on the planet, but provides new perspectives that only its cameras can capture. Read More | Continue reading
My desk is in one of the most high-traffic zones of the office. I’m used to people looking over my shoulder as they walk to the kitchen or pass me on their way to the pool table, but something weird started happening recently. People sneaking glances at my screen kept asking me a … | Continue reading
Google may be bringing a social layer to search, but it’s not interactive like Twitter or Facebook (or even Google+). Dubbed ‘Google Posts,’ the “experiment” is meant to allow politicians a place on the Web, whether they have one or not. It’s also real-time, and seems to be rathe … | Continue reading
Former Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff spoke at the RSA conference this week, where he claimed forcing Apple to decrypt a device for the FBI is equivalent to biological warfare. | Continue reading
Developers using Google Cast were left with a lot of blind spots when it came to user behavior. Now, the company is introducing a new visualization tool in the Google Cast Developer Console. It’s fairly robust, too. Google is tracking several points of interest — how many devices … | Continue reading
This week we went hands-on with a few awesome gadgets, including the Fitbit Blaze and the Meta 2 AR headset, Slack introduced voice calling, and one of Google’s self-driving cars got into a minor accident. These are the stories to catch you up this week. Read More | Continue reading
Google today announced a significant enhancement to the developer tools for its Google Cast software, which lets people stream media from their PCs and mobile devices to TVs and speakers. The Google Cast software development kit (SDK) Developer Console now includes dedicated page … | Continue reading
As promised, Google today announced that it is making a number of changes to how it handles links it has delisted under Europe’s ‘right to be forgotten‘ regulations. Instead of simply delisting links from the various regional versions of its search engine, it will now use geoloca … | Continue reading
Google has confirmed previous reports that it was to comply with European regulators that requested the Internet giant to extend the scope of the so-called “right-to-be-forgotten” legislation beyond that of European search engines. The right-to-be-forgotten ruling, or “right to d … | Continue reading
Google has hidden a little surprise today in Google Maps for fans of “The Legend of Zelda” – the company is celebrating the release of the new game, “The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD” for Wii U by turning Google Maps’ Pegman figure into the game’s hero, Link, for the nex … | Continue reading
The ‘Legend of Zelda’ series has some of the most memorable landscapes in gaming history, but what if you could explore the actual Earth as series hero Link? "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this." — Google Maps (@googlemaps) March 4, 2016 Well, now you can – sort of. If yo … | Continue reading
Intel has bet heavily on its RealSense platform for adding a third dimension to imaging, but hasn't achieved much success. Its next move might be to try and leapfrog its competitors in augmented reality. | Continue reading
By now, it should come as no surprise that Google keeps track of your search and location history.But you may be surprised to find out just how detailed that history that is. Google not only lets you view your past search history, you can now get a detailed look at just about eve … | Continue reading
(Reuters) – Google’s self-driving car team is expanding and hiring more people with automotive industry expertise, underscoring the company’s determination to move the division past the experimental stage. The operation now employs at least 170 workers, according to a Reuters rev … | Continue reading
Well, well! Google has just kicked off a nice little promo that lets you rent a movie for half off. It looks like this deal is only going to last until March 17. | Continue reading
Google just debuted its new experimental mobile payments service that allows you to make purchases without ever touching your phone.The company is now testing Hands Free, its app which allows users to buy items solely with voice commands, in a few stores in the Bay Area.See also: … | Continue reading
Crafting an experience that’s intuitive and powerful is a tricky proposition. To help Web designers achieve a balance, Google is introducing Resizer. The tool allows designers the ability to test Material Design across platforms, and see where the breakpoints are. Rather than hop … | Continue reading
Each year in early March, more than 50 competitors and hundreds of dogs convene in Anchorage, Alaska, for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Over the course of about 15 days, the competitors — or mushers, as they’re called — traverse slushy terrain and whiteout blizzards with a te … | Continue reading
J.J. Abrams, best known as the co-creator of TV series “Lost” and director of recent “Star Trek” movies as well as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” is now bringing his love for space exploration to a new documentary series called “Moon Shot” on YouTube. The series will feature the … | Continue reading
One of the problems with technology maturation frameworks like the Gartner hype cycle is that you never know where you stand. That is certainly the case with mobile apps today. Depending on whom you ask, the app economy is either poised for significant growth or about to take a s … | Continue reading
The Zika virus outbreak was declared a Public Health Emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) in February. Even though the mosquito-borne virus doesn't cause symptoms in the majority of cases, it has been linked to an increase in a fatal birth defect known as microcephaly … | Continue reading
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Thursday that its engineers were working with U.N. child agency UNICEF to analyze data in an effort to map and anticipate the spread of the Zika virus, linked to birth defects among children in Brazil. Google said in a statement … | Continue reading
The Zika virus continues to spread across South America and beyond, but unlike with other pandemics, identifying and mapping the outbreak has proven hard. Google today announced that it is now working with UNICEF to build a platform that aims to bring together data from different … | Continue reading
The Pentagon is assembling a “Defense Innovation Advisory Board” comprised of 12 leaders in the tech field with Eric Schmidt at the helm. | Continue reading
Google Photos’ existing navigation UI was by no means cumbersome, but there were a few frequently used features that were tucked away inside menus. | Continue reading
Hands Free is Google's payment method that doesn't require you to handle cash, cards, or even your smartphone. | Continue reading
Google today announced that Google Docs, the web and mobile app for composing web-based documents, is getting a few new templates. These are in addition to the document templates Google introduced last year. But the new ones are special, Google will tell you, because they were de … | Continue reading
The former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, now executive chairman of its parent company Alphabet, is about to start helping the military improve what it does by borrowing concepts and ideas straight from Silicon Valley. Schmidt will chair the new 12-person Defense Innovation Advisor … | Continue reading
The U.S. Department of Defense today announced the formation of a new Defense Innovation Advisory Board, with the idea of improving the department with help from people in the private sector from Silicon Valley and other areas. Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google’s umb … | Continue reading
Paying at stores using your phone is convenient, but not that different from using a card in your wallet considering you still have to fumble to pull your device out your pocket. But what if you could pay without having to touch your phone at all? That’s the concept behind ‘Hands … | Continue reading
Google Photos is one of the best ways to store all of your photos and videos online. Now, it's even better.The web version of Google Photos at photos.google.com just rolled out a way to let you edit photos using easy-to-use adjustment sliders. The new editing tools were announced … | Continue reading
Google is still in the process of bringing Android Pay to merchants’ around the U.S., but the Internet giant is now beginning a new pilot project that will let you sidestep the need to “tap and pay” with any physical contraption. Available now for Android and iOS, Hands Free was … | Continue reading
Google is rolling out a pilot program today that introduces a new way to pay cashiers — and it involves leaving your phone in your pocket. It’s called Android Pay Hands Free, and it’s a way to basically connect your phone with a point of sales system using the sensors on your pho … | Continue reading
Pouring petrol on the bonfire of news tech, Google announced that it has invested more than $30m into projects spanning the European news tech scene. The fund’s goal is to ‘help stimulate innovation in digital journalism’ over the next three years, Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO sai … | Continue reading
The official Google I/O 2016 website is now up and running with its familiar countdown timer, and tells us registration will open May 8. The event is May 18-20. As is typically the case, tickets cost $900 for everyone but students, who can get in for $300. And just as it was last … | Continue reading
Recent leaks have shown a promising possibility that the Android N app drawer may not be dead and buried quite yet. While the circumstantial evidence seems to point to OEMs knowing what's coming, it's time to ask the question: do we really even need the app drawer? | Continue reading
Google today rolled out a refreshed look-and-feel for its Developer Program Policy Center, aimed at making its guidelines for app developers easier to locate, read through, and understand. The revamp includes a visual makeover utilizing Google’s own, colorful “Material Design” to … | Continue reading
Google is updating its developer policies to make it easier for everyone to know what they can (and can’t) do with Android apps on Google Play. The developer program policy center has been redesigned to make communication more transparent and simpler. It now has a thematic organi … | Continue reading
Unless you have kids, here’s one thing you might not have expected to be doing on Google today: listening to animal noises straight from your search result. In late January, Google quietly added a new feature that lets users click on various animals to hear the sounds they make. … | Continue reading
Keyvan Mohajer is hoping the past 9 years of research and work building a digital assistant at SoundHound will be worth the wait. Today, SoundHound CEO Mohajer said the company is publicly releasing its Hound app, a tool that lets users search for answers to questions and complet … | Continue reading
Google Apps for Work Unlimited customers can now benefit from better attachment scanning in Gmail that uses optical character recognition to check before sensitive document copies or images are sent out of your company via email. Google’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) launched late … | Continue reading
Need a cheap — really cheap — virtual reality headset? Google's got you covered with its $15 Cardboard, which you can now buy directly from the company's web store. Until now, Cardboard was only available bundled with other products or through third party resellers. SEE ALSO: Goo … | Continue reading
The managing director of Google Australia and New Zealand, Maile Carnegie, has announced she is resigning from the company.Carnegie, who spent three years at the technology giant, will move to ANZ bank as group executive of digital banking in July. SEE ALSO: Google, Facebook, Mic … | Continue reading
Google is getting a wee more enterprisey. Today the company announced that it’s beginning to offer 24-by-7 phone and email customer support for Chrome for businesses that aren’t even paying to use Google Apps like Gmail and Docs. The new program, Chrome for Work Assist, is a cont … | Continue reading
Google’s self driving car initiative is one of the most ambitious and controversial projects currently under the scrutiny of the public eye. Although the search giant has had six years of experience under their belt with only 17 minor accidents occurring across over two million m … | Continue reading
One of Google's self-driving cars hit a public bus last month while it was in autonomous mode on a Mountain View, California, roadThe collision occurred on Valentine's Day and Google reported it to California's Department of Motor Vehicles in an accident report that the agency po … | Continue reading