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Google Home and Google Nest: Link these weather services for the most accurate forecast - CNET 23 Feb 2020 18:09 Today's highs, lows and chance of rain are just the tip of the weather data iceberg hidden beneath the surface of Google Home. James Martin/CNET Of all the cool things Google Home and Google Nest smart speakers can do, reporting the weather is …
Google Letting People Find Invite Links To Private WhatsApp Groups 23 Feb 2020 10:28 It turns out with particular search phrases anyone can join the hundreds and thousands of WhatsApp groups all over the world – even private groups. A google search of the phrase “chat.whatsapp.com” results on over 470 000 results. Motherboard, who broke …
[Bug fixed] Your private WhatsApp group invite links no longer available on Google 23 Feb 2020 09:45 By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Updated: February 23, 2020 3:01:57 pm WhatsApp group invite links are no longer available on Google. Recently, a report revealed that private WhatsApp group invite links are not so private and can be found easily via a simple …
Google tries to scare Edge users away from installing Chrome extensions 23 Feb 2020 07:32 Microsoft has been promoting its Edge browser as a faster and more modern version of the much-hated Internet Explorer, as it is based on the same Chromium architecture as Google Chrome. That also means that it supports Chrome extensions. However, Google is …
Apple Maps vs. Google Maps: Which one is best for you? 23 Feb 2020 07:32 Countries, regions, and streets change slowly over time, but the mobile apps charting them are constantly evolving, both in competition with each other and in seeking to provide the most comprehensive and easiest to use service designed to anticipate your …
Google Stadia to add four SteamWorld games soon 23 Feb 2020 07:21 San Francisco: US based search engine giant Google has revealed that its subscription-based game service “Stadia” will add four SteamWorld games to its line-up soon. The full line-up includes SteamWorld Dig, SteamWorld Dig 2, SteamWorld Heist, and …
Google settles over consultants in antitrust probe 23 Feb 2020 06:17 Alphabet Inc.’s Google has reached a settlement with state attorneys general over the states’ use of consultants in their antitrust investigation of the internet search giant. Google in October went to court to restrict the Texas Attorney General’s office …
Lazy Weekend? Ask Google to Find Your Keys for You With These Tile + Nest Mini Bundle Deals 23 Feb 2020 05:13 Best Home DealsBest Home DealsThe best home, kitchen, smart home, and automotive deals from around the web, updated daily. Tile Essentials 4 Pack + Google Nest Mini 2nd Gen | $75 | Tile Tile Combo 4 Pack + Google Nest Mini 2nd Gen | $75 | Tile Tile Pro 4 …
Google’s Message to Huawei Device Users: Do Not Use the Side Door to Install Google Apps 23 Feb 2020 05:13 Google published a support article on Friday clarifying that was still working with Huawei to provide security and app updates to older devices. New devices, however, would not have access to Google apps and services.Photo: Fred Dufour (AFP via Getty …
Google moves UK user data to US to avert Brexit risks 23 Feb 2020 01:01 Google has announced it will move all its data about British users of its services, including Gmail, YouTube and the Android Play store, from Ireland to the US, as it seeks to avoid legal risks after Brexit. On Thursday, it told users that because the UK …
Google targets Next Billion Users as campaign hits Ibadan 23 Feb 2020 00:49 Product Design Strategist at Google, Garen Checkley Search engine giant, Google has ended its campaign to reach next billion users to the largest city in West Africa, Ibadan, Oyo State. Google started the Next Billion Users (NBU), an initiative with …
Denial of Service attack on the victim’s source of ad revenue, Google AdSense 23 Feb 2020 00:40 We expect services to protect themselves from fraudulent activity. Automated services tend to be particularly tempting to unscrupulous individuals that seem to think that they can pull one over on an unmanned operation. So it makes plenty of sense for …
Google bans hundreds of apps – here are 8 you should delete right now 23 Feb 2020 00:09 More and more malicious apps have been making their way through the supposedly tenacious vetting process of official app stores, putting all of our devices at risk. Lately, Apple’s App Store and Google Play haven’t been as reliable about keeping harmful …
Google's new terms of service will (hopefully) be easier to read 22 Feb 2020 23:27 The new terms also cover Chrome, Chrome OS and Google Drive. Google also isn't taking any chances and stresses that it's neither changing the privacy policy nor asking for restrictions on your legal rights. Google doesn't expect the new terms …
Google searches and social media are being used to predict where coronavirus will strike 22 Feb 2020 20:47 Posted February 23, 2020 07:04:16 People's Google searches, social media posts and even chatbot questions are being used by artificial intelligence to try and predict where the novel coronavirus is going to pop up next. Key points HealthMap is one …
UK-based Fintech Cashplus Is Updating its Mobile App with New Spend Tracking Option Offered by Google Maps 22 Feb 2020 20:27 February 22, 2020 @ 9:33 am By Omar Faridi UK-based Fintech Cashplus is updating its mobile-based app with the spend tracking option offered by Google Maps, the company’s management confirmed on February 20, 2020. The Spending Insights feature uses data …
Compare web and mobile testing tools from AWS, Microsoft and Google 22 Feb 2020 20:02 The hardest part of getting started with web and mobile testing in the cloud is picking a tool that works for testers and developers -- one that is both intuitive and easy to set up. In the public cloud, you can virtually access a large variety of mobile …
Apple CarPlay Now Acting Crazy Causing Google Maps to Lose GPS Tracking 22 Feb 2020 19:57 Navigation apps no longer working as expected are something that’s very common on Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, but such issues don’t typically impact a substantial number of users or devices. This time, however, it looks like the GPS tracking problem …
Google will drop intrusive online advertising from 2022 22 Feb 2020 18:48 OPINION: Last month, Google announced that it would remove all third-party cookies from its Chrome browser by 2022. The implications are potentially huge for both you, the web browser, and the online advertising world. The move is not the first of its kind …
Haken malware discovered on Google Play Store 22 Feb 2020 15:34 News reports indicate that a new malware strain, dubbed Haken, has been discovered within several apps on the Google Play store. Sam Bakken explains that this is just the latest issue to hit Play. Google has confirms there were some malicious security …
New Mexico attorney general sues Google, says company collected personal information from kids 22 Feb 2020 15:02 (Tribune News Service) — The attorney general of New Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Google for allegedly collecting personal data from students – including the web sites they visited, search terms, and YouTube video history. Attorney General Hector …
Many private WhatsApp group chat links are searchable on Google 22 Feb 2020 13:05 WhatsApp may be known for being one of the more secure messaging services out there, but it’s not without its issues. According to new reports from Motherboard, invitations to WhatsApp group chats are being indexed by Google, essentially allowing anyone to …
Google warns users not to transfer Google apps on Huawei phones 22 Feb 2020 13:05 Google apps and services won’t be coming back to Huawei devices any time soon — and based on a new post published by Google on its Android support forums, it may be difficult to side-load or transfer Google apps onto Huawei devices, too. The new post …
Chinese phone makers are challenging the Play Store. Should Google be worried? 22 Feb 2020 13:05 The Trump administration’s Huawei clampdown left a lasting scar on Chinese phone makers’ relationship with the West. The ban sent them scrambling for alternatives to U.S.-based services like Google and Android, as it continued to underline how dependent …
Private Whatsapp Groups Visible in Google Searches 22 Feb 2020 12:50
Google clamps down on apps spreading malware; us... 22 Feb 2020 12:18 Google’s Android operating system is an open book. Its Play Store is a neutral platform, making it easy for tech vendors and app developers to post wares for download. However, some malicious actors have exploited the platform’s open structure through …
Is this six-wheeled Land Rover caught on a Google Maps Street View camera for real? 22 Feb 2020 12:10 A strange Land Rover sighting has sparked much internet debate as to whether it is real or not. The discussion started after a six-wheeled Range Rover was captured by a Google Maps Street View camera. The camera appears to have spotted the six-wheeled …
Google warns against installing Chrome extensions on Microsoft Edge browser 22 Feb 2020 12:05 Recently, the search engine giant has added to the Chrome web store which detects when a user is installing extensions to Microsoft Edge, 9To5Google reported on Friday. The extension simply explains that Google "recommends" using Chrome instead …
10 ways Google plans to 'change' Android phones 22 Feb 2020 12:01 Google traditionally gives a preview of its latest Android operating system in May at its annual developer conference. The final version reaches users by sometime in October. Google, this time, has released a developer preview, which has given an …
WhatsApp fixes data leak 'problem' on Google 22 Feb 2020 12:01
WhatsApp fixes 'problem' that may have leaked your details on Google 22 Feb 2020 11:30
Google Warns Huawei Users Not To Install Its Apps For Security Reasons 22 Feb 2020 11:20 We all know the story by now, Huawei was placed on the US government’s Entity List which prohibits the Chinese company from collaborating with any US company. Because this is the case, Google posted an update confirming that they’ll only support Huawei …
WhatsApp fixes 'problem' that may have leaked your chats on Google 22 Feb 2020 11:10
Mum-of-four saves £100 on massive food shop with simple Google trick 22 Feb 2020 10:57 The weekly shop is a major financial consideration for many of us, particularly if you're a large family with a few children - but one thrifty mum has found a way of saving a bundle on the big shop. Mum-of-four Julia Young was fed up with massive food …
Avaya Brings Google Cloud AI-Powered Avaya IX Contact Center to Australia 22 Feb 2020 09:30 February 21, 2020 Avaya Brings Google Cloud AI-Powered Avaya IX Contact Center to Australia While we may think of artificial intelligence (AI) in customer support as robots relaying information over the phone to frustrated customers, the truth is that AI …
Google Warns Customers Against Sideloading Android Apps on ‘Uncertified’ Huawei Phones 22 Feb 2020 07:45 Tech 07:07 GMT 22.02.2020(updated 07:26 GMT 22.02.2020) Get short URL Huawei cut off Google's software, including the newest editions of the Android system, after the US initiated its crackdown campaign against the Chinese tech giant in May 2019. …
Your WhatsApp Group links can be found via a simple Google search 22 Feb 2020 07:41 By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Published: February 22, 2020 12:10:01 pm While WhatsApp and Google do not view it as a flaw, for admins this only means an extra headache as it would be better now to double check who all are in the group. Your private WhatsApp …
'Ring' Upgrades Privacy Settings After Accusations It Shares Data With Facebook and Google 22 Feb 2020 07:23 Amazon's Ring doorbell cameras just added two new privacy and security features "amid rising scrutiny on the company," reports The Hill, including "a second layer of authentication by requiring users to enter a one-time code shared via …
Don’t sideload Gmail, YouTube on new Huawei devices: Google 22 Feb 2020 07:22 San Francisco: In a warning to new Huawei smartphone users, Google has advised not to sideload Google’s apps and services like Gmail and YouTube as these were not available for preload or sideload on new Huawei devices. On May 16, 2019, the US government …
Google completes purchase of Treasury Building for €120m 22 Feb 2020 06:59 Google looks set to grow its Dublin-based workforce even further following the completion this week of its €120 million purchase of the Treasury Building on Dublin’s Grand Canal Street. The US-headquartered tech giant’s acquisition of the property follows …
Google testing new double-tap gesture on the back of Pixel phones in Android 11 22 Feb 2020 06:43 Google is testing a new double-tap gesture for its Pixel phones that will allow users to easily dismiss incoming calls, timer, snooze alarms, launch the camera app, and more. Dubbed ‘’Columbus,’’ references to the new gesture have been found in the first …
Google warns Huawei users not to sideload Gmail and YouTube 22 Feb 2020 05:25 Google has released a statement detailing what Huawei’s US Entity listing means for the smartphone manufacturer’s upcoming devices. “Google is prohibited from working with Huawei on new device models or providing Google’s apps including Gmail, Maps, …
Private WhatsApp group chat links available on Google Search 22 Feb 2020 05:13 San Francisco, Feb 22 (IANS) Google has indexed invite links to private WhatsApp group chats, meaning anyone can join various private chat groups (including several porn-sharing groups) with a simple search. According to a report in Motherboard, …
Google launches TensorFlow library for optimizing fairness constraints 22 Feb 2020 04:43 Google AI today released TensorFlow Constrained Optimization (TFCO), a supervised machine learning library built for training machine learning models on multiple metrics and “optimizing inequality-constrained problems.” The library is designed to help …
Cops release Google manager arrested after wife’s body was found on Hawaii beach 22 Feb 2020 04:23 A Google product manager who was arrested for the alleged murder of his wife in Hawaii was released from custody at about 1:20 p.m. on Friday “pending investigation,” cops said. Sonam Saxena, 43, of Bellevue, Washington, was arrested Wednesday after the …
New Mexico Sues Google Over Collecting Student Data Through Educational Program 22 Feb 2020 03:50 US 03:35 GMT 22.02.2020Get short URL The lawsuit filed by the state of New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas claims that the media company violated the privacy of students who use free Chromebooks provided to schools through the company’s G Suite for …
Google's Thanksgiving Four give first interview after being abruptly fired 22 Feb 2020 03:31 The four Google employees who were fired over Thanksgiving week after organizing staff protests over working conditions and the company's contracts with U.S. Customs and Border Protection have spoken out in their first interviews since being sacked. …
Google Cloud manager RELEASED by police after being arrested for Microsoft employee wife's murder 22 Feb 2020 03:27 A Google Cloud manager who was arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife has been released. Harvard-educated Sonam Saxena, 43, reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday and was arrested on Wednesday. The couple were enjoying a vacation in Hawaii along …
Google Play Store removes 600 apps over mobile ad fraud 22 Feb 2020 03:25 Nearly 600 apps have been removed from the Google Play Store and banned from ad monetisation platforms over mobile ad fraud. Google announced that it took down hundreds of apps from its official Play Store for violating its ads policy. As the official blog …
Traditional Banks Might Lose their Leading Position in Developing National ID Solutions to Big Tech Firms Like Google, Apple, Amazon: Report 22 Feb 2020 03:13 February 21, 2020 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi Traditional banks may be at risk of losing their leading position when it comes to developing national digital identity solutions. Big tech firms and various other multinational networked companies might be able …
Google Reaches Document Protection Deal in Antitrust Fight 22 Feb 2020 03:07 SAN FRANCISCO — Google reached an agreement with a group of state attorneys general on Thursday over how officials will handle information it provides during their antitrust investigation into the company. Settling an early dispute in the case, the …
Google employee suspected of killing wife in Hawaii released pending investigation 22 Feb 2020 02:28 A 43-year-old Google employee arrested on suspicion of killing his wife in Hawaii was released from custody Friday "pending investigation," police said. Smriti Saxena.Hawaii Police DepartmentSonam Saxena, a Google Cloud product manager from …
Common Google Nest Hub problems and how to fix them 22 Feb 2020 01:42 Google and Nest designed the Google Nest Hub to be an easy-to-operate device. But, like any tech, it can give you those moments of frustration. Here are some of the more common problems you may come across while using the Nest Hub and how to solve them. …
Disruptive Ads: Google purges 600 apps from Play Store 22 Feb 2020 01:24
'¡Síganme los buenos!' Google Doodle celebrates Mexican comedian Chespirito 22 Feb 2020 01:04 Google is honoring famed Mexican comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños, also known as "Chespirito," on what would have been his 91st birthday. Friday's Google Doodle — the graphic or animation that headlines the search engine for the day — features …
PIO Google staffer held on suspicion of wife’s death 22 Feb 2020 00:44
Google Goes Live with Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory 22 Feb 2020 00:35 News Google Goes Live with Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory By Kurt Mackie 02/21/2020 Google's Managed Service for Microsoft Active Directory is now a "generally available" service, according to a Thursday Google …
Google reluctant to hand over documents in multistate antitrust probe: WSJ 22 Feb 2020 00:03 Google is declining to hand over certain documents and raising concerns about anti-Google bias amid the multistate antitrust investigation into its digital advertising practices, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. Google lawyers have been …
RIP Google Makani: Perhaps The Entire Airborne Wind Energy Space Will Finally Disappear 21 Feb 2020 23:32 Clean Power Published on February 21st, 2020 | by Michael Barnard 0 February 21st, 2020 by Michael Barnard Airborne wind energy is a tiny niche. There are a bunch of individuals, researchers, and the occasional company that have managed to get funding …
Google reaches a settlement with state AGs after contesting consultants in antitrust probe 21 Feb 2020 23:16 Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 11, 2018. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Google has reached a settlement with state attorneys general over outside consultants hired …
Google stonewalling AGs over emails in antitrust probe 21 Feb 2020 22:54 Google is refusing to hand over employees’ emails and text messages to state authorities investigating the tech giant’s potential anti-competitive practices, a new report says. Investigators for a group of state attorneys general have asked for emails and …
Oracle Backed by 32 Briefs in Java Copyright Fight with Google 21 Feb 2020 22:52 News Oracle Backed by 32 Briefs in Java Copyright Fight with Google By John K. Waters 02/21/2020 A long list of individuals and organizations -- 32 in all -- filed amicus briefs at the U.S. Supreme Court this week in support of Oracle in its …
Google pledges $1M to five Minnesota nonprofit firms 21 Feb 2020 22:26 Google this week pledged $1 million to five Minnesota social enterprises. The five are winners of the Google.org Impact Challenge Minnesota competition launched last fall, which aims to innovate workforce development, environmental work, child care and …
Bloomberg is spending big on Google — and it's 'persuasive' 21 Feb 2020 22:18 The value of buying ads on Google is that marketers know they’re targeting a curious audience that might be persuadable, said Stephen Puetz, a Republican political consultant who’s not affiliated with a presidential campaign. “A lot of voters don’t do more …
Nevada Democrats bet its Google app will avoid an Iowa-like meltdown 21 Feb 2020 22:17 Nevada Caucus volunteers receive training for recording caucus results. Win McNamee/Getty Images This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET's full coverage of the 2020 elections. Nevada's caucus is tomorrow. And the state's Democratic …
Google Is Cracking Down on App Location Access 21 Feb 2020 22:11 This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Smartphones collect a mountain of data about the person using them, and apps have long abused that fact for advertising and marketing purposes. Your location is one of the …
Google search is showing invitations to private WhatsApp groups 21 Feb 2020 22:09 You won't want to count on these invitations leaving the web, either. A WhatsApp spokesperson asserted these links were shared in "searchable, public channels," and that people who want to keep links private shouldn't share them on …
Google faces state lawsuit alleging misuse of schoolkids’ private data 21 Feb 2020 22:05 Enlarge / Students use Google Suite apps on computers in a classroom in Groton, Mass. on May 11, 2016. 0 with 0 posters participating Adults who use Google products and services tend to know, at least on some background level, that the cost for access …
Google removes 600 apps from Play Store for violating company policy 21 Feb 2020 21:45 Google announced that it had removed as many as 600 applications form its well known Google Play Store and banned them from ad monetisation as they violated the company's disruptive ads policy and disallowed interstitial policy. In a statement, Google…
Google Is Getting Sued for Collecting Data From Kids' Educational Chromebooks 21 Feb 2020 21:37 New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas says Google has been violating a federal privacy law by harvesting student information without obtaining parental consent. Google says the lawsuit is 'factually wrong.' February 21, 2020 3 min read This …
Google’s Stadia adds four SteamWorld games to its lineup 21 Feb 2020 21:25 Google’s streaming-based Stadia game service has had a rocky start since it launched last year, but Google has been trying to bolster that with more games. The latest are four titles from the SteamWorld series: SteamWorld Dig, SteamWorld Dig 2, SteamWorld …
Report: Google Pushes Back On U.S. States’ Investigation 21 Feb 2020 21:10 Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin State government investigators looking into possible anti-competitive practices by Google are having a hard time obtaining emails, text messages and other documents from the company, the Wall Street …
How Nevada's caucus results will be reported — with some help from Google 21 Feb 2020 21:03 If all goes according to plan Saturday, the reporting of Nevada’s Democratic caucuses will be nothing like Iowa’s. After an app contributed to widespread problems with Iowa’s caucus reporting, Nevada Democrats scrapped plans to use similar apps made by the …
‘Stonewall, Deflect And Deny’: Sen Hawley Says Google Is Resorting To Old Tricks As Attorneys General Turn Up The Heat 21 Feb 2020 20:43 Sen. Josh Hawley lambasted Google on Friday for reportedly stonewalling state attorneys general as they attempt to investigate the company for supposedly engaging in anticompetitive practices. Google is dusting off a familiar playbook, Hawley told The Wall …
Google is indexing public WhatsApp group invites and serving them in search results 21 Feb 2020 20:40 WhatsApp users can invite users to public groups by sharing invite links online. However, as it turns out, Google’s indexing algorithms are indexing these WhatsApp group invites, which show up in Google searches. A simple search with the ‘chat.whatsapp.com …
Google is indexing WhatsApp group chat links, making even private groups discoverable 21 Feb 2020 20:24 Invitations to WhatsApp group chats are being indexed by Google, making the invite links —including links to private group chats — discoverable and available to anyone who wants to join, Motherboard reports. Journalist Jordan Wildon said on Twitter that he …
Google: Spam less than 1% of Maps content 21 Feb 2020 20:22 Google posted about how it continues to build out Maps with community content on Thursday. It cited the myriad contributions made by its more than 120 million Local Guides. It also discussed spam, which it said represents less than 1% of the 20 million …
Google adds new image license metadata for licensable image label 21 Feb 2020 20:20 Google has launched a new structured data element for image license metadata that allows Google Images to show a licensable image label in the search results. The CEPIC, the European picture agency, wrote about this on its blog saying “We are happy to …
Google 'Doodle' honors Mexican television icon Chespirito 21 Feb 2020 20:11 LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KABC) -- Friday's Google search engine "Doodle" artwork honors the late Mexican television icon Roberto Gómez Bolaños, better known by his stage name "Chespirito," who was born on this day in Mexico City in 1929 …
ASUS ROG 3 gaming smartphone to come pre-loaded with Google Stadia 21 Feb 2020 20:06 ASUS ROG 3 gaming smartphone will come with the pre-installed Google Stadia application, which will enable gamers to take full advantage of Google’s new gaming platform. Last year Google released Google Stadia gaming platform for the Pixel device. Now …
Here's How Google's Ultimate Account Protection Works, and Why You Might Need It 21 Feb 2020 19:42 Image: Google There are the standard ways you can protect your Google account—choosing a strong password, setting up two-factor authentication (2FA)—and then there’s the top tier, the Advanced Protection Program. It’s designed to be the ultimate in account …
Google Is Finally Making Android Apps Treat Your Location Information More Responsibly 21 Feb 2020 19:41 Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) Google has informed developers that it’s about to enforce new restrictions on Android apps that unnecessarily track user location data in the background. It informed developers that all apps in the Google Play store will …
Google secretly monitors millions of schoolkids: lawsuit 21 Feb 2020 19:32 By Kate Gibson February 21, 2020 / 2:02 PM / MoneyWatch At the forefront of bringing technology to America's classrooms, Google uses its dominance in schools to "spy" on millions of future customers, tracking the digital lives of kids …
Vet on call: Don’t trust Dr Google, he is not the best bet 21 Feb 2020 19:23 By DR JOSEPH MUGACHIA More by this Author The internet has certainly revolutionised access to information. I recall in my early practice years, my information repositories were my professional seniors, lecture notes, text books and the University of …
An Android Auto Bug Breaks Down the “OK, Google” Voice Command on Android 10 21 Feb 2020 19:22 Android 10 does bring a handful of cool new features to smartphones, but at the same time, it appears to also include some rather frustrating bugs that significantly impact the experience with Android Auto. One such issue that seems to affect a growing …
Six-Wheeled Range Rover on Google Street View Looks Like Photoshop Gone Wild 21 Feb 2020 19:22 Glitches in Google’s Street View aren’t necessarily something new, but what you see here is probably the cleanest you’ve come across so far. This six-wheeled Range Rover Sport was spotted on the streets of Toronto, and the Google systems made such a good …
Encryption on Facebook, Google, others threatened by planned new bill 21 Feb 2020 19:20 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. legislation will be introduced in the coming weeks that could hurt technology companies’ ability to offer end-to-end encryption, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, and it aims to curb the distribution of child sexual …
Google Sued Over Claims It Spies on US Students 21 Feb 2020 19:02 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Pupils in California open new Chromebook laptop computers The attorney general of the US state of New Mexico is suing Google, accusing the company of illegally collecting the personal data of school children. The …
Google is cracking down on Android apps that track your location in the background 21 Feb 2020 18:34 Google is placing new restrictions on which Android apps can track your location in the background, with a new review process that will check whether an app definitely needs access to the data. The changes were announced in a blog post to Android …
Google cracks down on location-tracking Android apps 21 Feb 2020 18:18 Ron Amadeo 5 with 5 posters participating Alongside the launch of the Android 11 Developer Preview, Google announced a plan to crack down on Android apps that request the user's location in the background. Just as we saw with Google's pushback …
UAE government-linked spy app ToTok tells users to just ignore Google's warnings 21 Feb 2020 18:07 ToTok, the video chat app pulled from both Android's Play and Apple's App Store over claims that it is a front for authorities in the United Arab Emirates, where it is the only app that isn't banned, has told users to ignore security warnings …
Google wants to bring HTML5 titles to low-end devices with GameSnacks 21 Feb 2020 17:38 Google has announced a new HTML5 platform called GameSnacks that's designed to help devs bring quick, casual games to any device. Part of the company's Area 120 experimental project lab, GameSnacks promises to deliver HTML5 games that load quickly …
Verizon squashes rumors it will drop Google Pixel phones 21 Feb 2020 17:38 Rumors that Verizon wasn’t keen to continue stocking Google Pixel smartphones have been squashed by the carrier. In a statement Verizon says: “There’s no truth to this story. Verizon continues to work with Google and looks forward to the new portfolio of …
New Mexico Attorney General accuses Google of gathering kids data via Chromebook laptops 21 Feb 2020 17:25 New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google search engine, accusing that the company is using its educational software from sold Chromebook laptops to gather young students’ personal information without the …
Google's Webpass rebrands to Fiber Webpass 21 Feb 2020 17:25 Google announced that Webpass is officially becoming Google Fiber Webpass in all its cities, from Seattle to Miami. Google Fiber Webpass leverages point-to-point wireless technologies to quickly serve customers in apartments and condos in high density …
Outlook on the Global Data Science Platform Market to 2024 - Featuring Microsoft, IBM, Google & SAS Institute Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com 21 Feb 2020 17:25 DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 21, 2020-- The "Data Science Platform Market by Component (Platform and Services), Business Function (Marketing, Sales, Logistics, and Customer Support), Deployment Mode (On-Premises and Cloud), Organization Size, Industry …
Google sued by New Mexico over claims it spies on US students 21 Feb 2020 17:18 Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Pupils in California open new Chromebook laptop computers The attorney general of the US state of New Mexico is suing Google, accusing the company of illegally collecting the personal data of school children. The …
Google to put a muzzle on Android apps accessing location data in the background 21 Feb 2020 17:04 Image: Google Google has announced this week plans to crack down on Android apps that abuse the OS permissions system and request access to user geo-location data when the app is not in use. Starting with May, the OS maker plans to show warnings in the …
Google is trying to persuade Edge users from using Chrome extensions 21 Feb 2020 16:55 Microsoft announced back in December of 2018 that it will build a Chromium-based Edge browser, which eventually became generally available in January 2020. One of the advantages of using Chromium is the ability to run Chrome extensions. However, if you are …
Google is testing a share icon in the toolbar for Chrome on Android 21 Feb 2020 16:55 Google released Chrome 80 earlier this month that came with a few privacy features, including changes to SameSite Cookie. Now, the search giant is testing the inclusion of a share button in the toolbar for Chrome on Android. The functionality is currently …