Last year Google made two surprising physical product launches.   Google Home, the voice driven home assistant, and Google Pixel, the iPhone beating fully integrated Google-from-the-ground-up phone. Smart tech Both devices have very different functions, but there is one common feature which PPC advertisers should be paying attention to: Google Assistant.   Both the Google […]

A new Chrome security update gives Mac users better protection when they go online. Poisoned Apple Long gone are the days when Macs were a malware-free zone. Over recent years, Macs have been increasingly targeted with OS X/macOS-specific forms of online nastiness. To help make the online experience safer for Mac users, Google Safe Browsing

In the latest indication that Google is still committed to letting people direct their own videos with the tilt of their head, they’ve been granted patent for two new wearable tech, camera-based devices. New fashion photography Google's received had two new patent applications approvals—this time, for more wearable tech: a hat and a bracelet. The

Google has recently released a laundry list of updates and feature add-ons for Google Analytics. Google Data Studio at zero cost Google Data Studio is removing its five report cap. Users will now be able to share aesthetically pleasing dashboards and reports without limit. Google Tag Manager AMP Containers AMP (Accelerate Mobile Pages) brings sophisticated

Google is getting serious about making the internet a safer, friendlier place. Their new tech, called Perspective, takes aim at nothing less than the nastiest of online nasties: the comments section. Recognising that trolls are a mainstream problem The comments section of websites, in particular those of online news outlets, often showcase the very worst

Beam me up, Google. Whilst it's not quite ready to handle galactic transportation, Google Home can now purchase items at your command. Buy in Using Google Assistant (a feature of Google Home), you're now able to issue voice commands to buy things from retailers signed up with Google Express. These include Costco, Bed Bath and

Google has released two new communication tools for business users: Hangouts Meet and Hangouts Chat. Chatbots Hangouts Meet lets you video conference with colleagues around the globe. Meet is integrated with G Suite, so participants can join the call directly from a Calendar or Gmail invite. While G Suite Enterprise customers get a dedicated dial-in

No episode of Law & Order (and its many offshoots) is complete without a scene where a tech-savvy detective uses the trusty "enhance" button to unmask this week's perp. Now Google is giving you superhero powers (kind of), in the form of its own Enhance function. Look sharp The entity behind the breakthrough is none

Google has launched Cloud Search, making it easier for G Suite customers to locate content across platforms. Cloud Talk G Suite includes Google's star properties Gmail, Docs, Drive, and Calendar. With Cloud Search, G Suite users can cast a wider net searching across email, documents, spreadsheets, slides, forms, and internal sites (to name a few). Besides

Google has released a heap of interesting facts about how we're consuming online video – here's the pick of the digital bunch. Mobile movies According to Google, one in three adults aged between 18 and 54 years now say their smartphone is their primary device for watching online video. This is changing how we're watching