Category: Google

Google is finally fixing Bluetooth audio on Home speakers

Post author By Randall
Post date March 1, 2020
Categories In audio, av, gear, Google, Google Home, google home max, google home mini, google nest max, google nest mini, smart speaker, speaker, Tech

[ad_1] There is a workaround if you’re piping audio from your phone. Android Police noted that you can use the Google Home app to cast your phone’s audio over WiFi (through the speaker button). You’ll need an active internet connection, but it appears to be much more stable. You’re stuck if you use Bluetooth to […]

After Math: Steven Seagal-like longevity

Post author By Randall
Post date March 1, 2020
Categories In Apple, av, clearview ai, Google, oprah, oprah winfrey, peloton, r300, stevenseagal, Tech, timex, tomorrow, translate

[ad_1] The R300 GPS from Timex provides essential health tracking solutions for fitness enthusiasts with a runtime that rivals a lunar cycle. Of course that’s only if you use the onboard GPS for 20 hours or less over those few weeks. What’s the German word for “That thing that people had repeatedly warned you was […]

Google survey hints at big plans for Wear OS health tracking

Post author By Randall
Post date February 29, 2020
Categories In Android, fitness, gear, Google, health, Mobile, Smartwatch, Tech, wear os, wearable, Wearables

[ad_1] Some of them will sound familiar if you’ve seen rival watches. Google asked users about automatc workout detection, irregular heartbeat alerts (much like you get on an Apple Watch), breathing exercises, reproductive cycle tracking and extensive sleep tracking features that include apnea detection and smart alarms. It also wanted to know if users are […]

YouTube TV, Sinclair keep Fox sports channels on as they negotiate

Post author By Randall
Post date February 29, 2020
Categories In business, carriage dispute, carriagedispute, Entertainment, fox sports, Google, rsn, sinclair broadcasting, Tech, yes network, Youtube

[ad_1] On Thursday YouTube TV announced that subscribers would lose access to Fox regional sports networks and the YES network because it couldn’t reach a new deal with their owner, Sinclair Broadcasting (they got there as a part of Disney’s deal to buy Fox, which required selling off the sports networks). Now the deadline of […]

Microsoft will remove Cortana from its Android launcher in April

Post author By Randall
Post date February 28, 2020
Categories In Android, assistant, cortana, digital assistant, Google, Microsoft, Mobile, personal computing, personalcomputing, Tech

[ad_1] Microsoft says it will discontinue Cortana services in the application by the end of April. “This next step in Cortana’s evolution will bring enhanced, seamless personal productivity assistance as a free update to the latest version of Windows 10 coming this spring,” the company said. It’s not overly surprising to see Microsoft remove Cortana […]

YouTube’s appeal process is largely ineffective

Post author By Randall
Post date February 28, 2020
Categories In appeals, creators, flagged, gear, Google, Internet, removed, Tech, transparency report, Videos, Youtube

[ad_1] YouTube creators have been asking for more transparency around the video removal appeals process. This is the first time YouTube has shared appeals data, but the info probably isn’t going to make creators too happy. For months, the YouTubers Union has been calling for the appeals process to be overseen by a third-party council, […]

YouTube TV to drop Fox regional sports channels following Sinclair dispute

Post author By Randall
Post date February 27, 2020
Categories In blackout, cord cutter, cord cutting, Entertainment, fox, fox regional sports networks, gear, Google, Internet, services, sinclair, streaming, Tech, Television, Tv, yes, yes network, youtube tv

[ad_1] Like with many carriage disputes, though, there’s plenty of he-said-she-said squabbling where both sides portray the other as the villain. YES Network was “not optimistic” it would reach a deal by a February 28th cutoff despite “efforts to negotiate,” and characterized this as a loss that would deprive fans of the Brooklyn Nets’ remaining […]

Google’s latest VR app lets you gaze at prehistoric paintings

Post author By Randall
Post date February 27, 2020
Categories In Ar, Art, Augmented Reality, chauvet cave, Culture, education, Entertainment, Google, google arts and culture, history, Tech, tomorrow, Virtual Reality, vr

[ad_1] Chauvet: Meet the Ancestors contains 54 curated exhibits with over 350 digitized assets. These include 3D models of the iconic The Horses Fresco painting and a bear skull that was left behind by some of the cave’s inhabitants. In addition, Google has created a 10-minute VR experience called Chauvet: The Dawn of Art for […]

Google Earth finally works on Firefox, Edge and Opera browsers

Post author By Randall
Post date February 27, 2020
Categories In edge, firefox, gear, Google, google earth, Internet, opera, Tech, webassembly

[ad_1] Earth was originally built using the Chrome-only Native Client solution, so to get the product to other browsers, Google had to switch gears. The search giant decided to rebuild Earth by compiling the C++ code using WebAssembly, a new binary, Java-like language that works across all web browsers. WebAssembly was only recently recommended (on […]

Google Translate adds languages for the first time in four years

Post author By Randall
Post date February 26, 2020
Categories In China, gear, Google, google translate, Internet, Tech, translate, translation, uyghurs

[ad_1] Translate also supports virtual keyboard input for Kinyarwanda, Tatar and Uyghur. This brings Google’s language count to 108. That’s still a fraction of the languages on the planet (Ethnologue says there’s about 7,117 spoken languages), but the additions cover some of the top 100 languages. There’s a real chance these translation features will find […]