[ad_1] You can’t escape stories of tech companies dipping their toes into banking. This year, Google revealed it’s working on a check-clearing platform for 2020, and Facebook relaunched its own payments platform. Apple launched a credit card in partnership with Goldman Sachs’ Marcus digital bank, too. As hardware sales and ad revenues dry up, these […]
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Amazon cuts the price of the Google Pixel 3a to $299
[ad_1] We saw the Pixel 3a on sale for $349 last month, but the $100 drop to $299 means it’s never been cheaper. Similarly, the bigger Pixel 3a XL reached $429 previously, but is now on sale for $379.99 (a discount of $99.01). Not all color variants are enjoying those big discounts, though. The Just […]
Google Stadia will have 10 more games at launch
[ad_1] Excited to announce that we are INCREASING the Day One launch line-up of titles for @GoogleStadia – we now have TWENTY TWO games launching with the platform on Tuesday. Huge thank you to our game developer and publisher partners for bringing more titles #stadia — Phil Harrison (@MrPhilHarrison) November 18, 2019 Google took some […]
Google Maps will help you discover cities by following Local Guides
[ad_1] The test launches “soon” in nine cities around the world, including Bangkok, Delhi, London, Mexico City, New York City, Osaka, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Tokyo. It could be a long time before you can simply assume there’s a suitable guide wherever you want to go. Nonetheless, this might be very useful if you’d […]
Google’s fight with Oracle will be heard in the Supreme Court
[ad_1] This isn’t the first time the Supreme Court has dealt with the issue. In 2015, the court refused to hear an appeal over the 2014 decision and sent the issue back to a lower court. In statements to the Supreme Court, Oracle claimed that Google’s use of Java snippets was the “epitome of copyright […]
Google scales back town hall meetings following leaks
[ad_1] There’s a “coordinated effort” to leak meetings after each TGIF, Pichai said. He argued that this hurt Google’s ability to use TGIF as a platform for “candid conversations” on key subjects. The company will still hold town hall discussions for “important workplace issues,” the executive promised, and there will still be “Social TGIFs” in […]
Google’s Files app now streams local media to your Chromecast
[ad_1] This should work with all the media you’d typically play on a Chromecast in the first place, and should be available right away if you have the latest version of Files. The technology behind the app isn’t strictly new — there have been local media casting apps for years, and that’s not including individual […]
Pre-installed apps on low-end Android phones are full of security holes
[ad_1] The DHS-funded report uncovered 146 apps, which come pre-installed on inexpensive Android handsets, would pull shenanigans like eavesdropping through the microphone, unilaterally changing their permissions or surreptitiously transmitting data back to the manufacturer without ever notifying the user. Kryptowire found these bugs on phones from 29 different manufacturers from relatively unknowns like Cubot and […]
Google News dives deeper into stories with ‘Beyond the Headlines’
[ad_1] Google said it wants to recognize that stories exploring the “why and how” rather than just the “who, what and when” require an investment of time and money. “Keeping these stories visible beyond the fast daily news cycle, “Beyond the Headlines” connects readers with in-depth articles exploring important issues such as healthcare, the environment, […]
Antitrust investigation of Google reportedly expands to Android
[ad_1] Tonight CNBC reports that an ongoing antitrust investigation of Google undertaken by 50 attorneys general is expanding. While it started by looking into Google’s advertising business, it has apparently, as expected, expanded its scope to include search and the Android platform. Over the years Google has reached into more services — next up: checking […]