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Google adds a wheelchair-accessible option for transit maps
Google Maps has a pretty solid set of data for taking transit from here to there, but anyone with a physical disability knows it isn’t quite that simple. Some stations may be wheelchair-unfriendly, have out-of-service elevators, that kind of thing. A new update to the service adds an option for you to specify a wheelchair-accessible…
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Google Lens arrives on iOS
On the heels of last week’s rollout on Android, Google’s new AI-powered technology, Google Lens, is now arriving on iOS. The feature is available within the Google Photos iOS application, where it can do things like identify objects, buildings, and landmarks, and tell you more information about them, including helpful details like their phone number,…
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Google Play Instant lets you try games without having to install them
Last year, Google launched Instant Apps, a way for developers to give users a native app experience that didn’t involve having to install anything. Users would simply click on a link on the search results page and the instant app would load. Today, the company is extending this program to games. Thanks to this, you…
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Google alums launch Maslo, a digital companion to mediate technology’s uncanny valley
Earlier this month, two former Google staffers quietly launched a new app that’s designed to help users overcome technology’s uncanny valley and develop a more healthy relationship with the ubiquitous electronic assistant that “lives” in our pockets. Called Maslo, the new app (and the company behind it), in the words of its founders, was built…
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Google adopts a new approach to bring its AR service to China
Google has adopted a novel way to do business in China, where its online services continue to be censored, after it partnered directly with three OEMs to bring its augmented reality service to the country. ARCore, the company’s augmented reality SDK for Android, launched in full today following its announcement in November. Google says there are…
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Google launches a lightweight ‘Gmail Go’ app for Android
Google has added a notable addition to its line of “Go” edition apps – the lightweight apps designed primarily for emerging markets – with the launch of Gmail Go. The app, like others in the Go line, takes up less storage space on users’ smartphones and makes better use of mobile data compared with the…
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A Google R&D team wants to bring Smart Reply to all your chat apps
Smart Reply, the clever A.I.-powered technology that automatically creates responses to your inbound messages, first debuted in Google’s email client Inbox over two years ago, before later rolling out to Gmail, Android Messages on Project Fi, and Allo. Now, a team inside Google’s internal incubator Area 120 is working to bring the Smart Reply feature to…
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Why Google Stories will save, not screw, Snapchat Discover
Snapchat has a new ally or enemy depending on how you look at Google’s new mobile magazine format, but the social app is welcoming the search giant. Google’s clone of Snapchat Discover, called AMP Stories, officially launched today, allowing news outlets to create photo/video slideshows that appear in mobile search results and on their site. …
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Google presiona a Match para obtener más dinero en la batalla antimonopolio, según documentos judiciales
Google presentó una nueva moción ante el tribunal en su batalla antimonopolio con Epic Games y Match Group, donde afirma que el fabricante de la aplicación de citas debe tarifas adicionales más allá de los $ 40 millones que se habían reservado previamente en depósito. Esos fondos son parte de Google de los pagos dentro…
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Cómo saber si mi correo de Google está activo
Si no recuerda la última vez que usó su cuenta de Google, podría ser un buen momento para verificar antes de que desaparezca para siempre. Google ha anunciado su Política de cuentas inactivas de Google, que busca eliminar las cuentas que han estado inactivas durante dos o más años. ¿No estás seguro de lo que…