Here's a handy update for Google users on-the-go: you can now access the Timeline feature on iPhone and iPad. Map it out Timeline lets you retrace your steps via Google Maps. For example, the feature can recall the coffee shop you went to recently, or the vintage shop you stumbled across a few weekneds ago …
Google is taking the gloves off and cracking down on offensive Search results. It’s a Wonderful World Google’s made a number of changes to its search ranking, feedback tools, and transparency rules to reign in the amount of offensive or misleading results that surface on Search. Google now prioritises content that has been fact-checked, and …
Google has unveiled its dedicated URL submission feature within Search Console, allowing updated URLs to show directly in search results. Google's new service With the addition of Google’s new service, users can submit URLs straight to the Google index, but that’s not the final step. Google does not guarantee the addition of all submitted URLs …
The newest update of the Google App for Android has a bunch of secrets hidden deep in its code. Perhaps most telling is the ability to enrol multiple people to control its voice-activated functions. Meanwhile, there is a mystery mention of a new device-type called Bisto. Active functions Google’s release notes for the latest iteration …
Google Photos now comes with a software-based stabilisation function. It’s basically an in-app feature that corrects the shaky-cam effect all too common with video shot on mobile. Results in action A neat little video by ‘GTX 1070 Gaming’ shows the effectiveness of the new feature. Check out the side-by-side comparison on YouTube. It shows the …
Perhaps we can all just get along, after all. Let's take a leaf from Microsoft's book, which plans to bring Google Calendar and Contact synching to Outlook for Mac. Play nice The integration will make it easier for users juggling Google Accounts, Outlook, and an Apple. Aside from making scheduling meetings and importing contacts more …
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Google appears to be turning its gaze towards the recruiting space with a new service called Hire. Job well done While Hire's website is pretty threadbare, it's speculated Hire will allow employers post job listings and accept applications. Tech companies including Medisas and Poynt are currently testing a beta version of Hire. You searched for what?? …
Federated Learning is a new Google initiative to improve its machine learning model while offering greater protection of users’ privacy. Machine learning sans snooping News stories about data security, integrity and intelligence have motivated many service providers to beef up perceptions about how they handle privacy. Google has long used search data, user behaviour and …
Here's an unlikely but potentially powerful alliance: Pinterest and Samsung have just joined forces to take on search. Pin the Phone on the Digital Donkey Pinterest's new visual search tech will power the image search function in Samsung's Galaxy S8, and Samsung's AI assistant Bixby. This means when users take pictures on the phone's camera, …
Data geeks and number crunchers rejoice: Google Optimize is now available globally. Big picture Google Optimize was launched in September, as a paired down (and free) version of Google's enterprise product Google Optimize 360. Features included A/B testing and the ability to personal the results around your product and website. However its release was limited. …