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October 3, 2017 Jio Rs. 149 Plan Gets Unlimited Data, Google Pixel 2 Leaks, and More: Your 360 Daily
HIGHLIGHTS Jio’s Rs. 149 plan now has unlimited data post-FUP at 64kbps Google Pixel 2 and Pixel XL 2 have leaked in all their glory Some iPhone 8 Plus units allegedly splitting open due to swollen battery Reliance Jio has eased the data restrictions on its Rs. 149 prepaid plan, which now offers unlimited data at 64kbps […]
NEWS August 25, 2017 Three Simple Ways to Get ‘Cash’ and Other Rewards From Google
HIGHLIGHTS Google Opinion Rewards gives you Google Play credits for answering survey Google Local Guides gives you rewards for filling up maps information Screenwise Media panel tracks app and browser usage for rewards Google is built around data – and it probably knows a lot more about you than you think it goes. The good part about […]
ELECTRONICS August 18, 2017 Google Engineers Confirm Project Treble Coming to Pixel, Few Other Android Devices
HIGHLIGHTS The engineers talked about Treble in the latest developers’ podcast They confirm that Treble is coming to Pixel, Pixel XL smartphones Engineers also confirm that they are also working other OEMs as well Google announced Project Treble earlier this year mainly to fix the slow Android version adoption and its resultant fragmentation. First, it was reported that […]
NEWS August 8, 2017 Google fires diversity memo author
A Google employee who wrote a controversial memo about workplace diversity has been fired, the BBC can confirm. The controversial memo broke the firm’s code of conduct, Google’s chief executive Sundar Pichai said on Monday in an email to employees. The memo, shared widely at the weekend, suggested there were fewer women at Google due to biological […]
ELECTRONICS July 4, 2017 Google spin-off deploys wearable electronics for huge health study
Researchers are testing whether smart watches and similar devices, currently popular among runners, can be integrated into medicine. On the morning of Tuesday 27 June, a young man walked into an office in northern California, signed a consent form and picked up two devices that will monitor his heartbeat, sleep patterns and a range of […]
HOME & GARDEN May 30, 2017 Essential Home With Ambient OS Is Andy Rubin’s Answer to Amazon Echo, Google Home
HIGHLIGHTS Essential Home announced as home automation device Likely to compete with Amazon Echo, Google Home The Essential Home runs on the company’s Ambient OS The big day for Android co-founder Andy Rubin is here and his company Essential Products seems to be all geared up. Rubin created hype around its bezel-less smartphone, but Essential […]
COMPUTERS April 3, 2017 Google Training Ad Placement Computers to Be Offended
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Over the years, Google trained computer systems to keep copyrighted content and pornography off its YouTube service. But after seeing ads from Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Wal-Mart appear next to racist, anti-Semitic or terrorist videos, its engineers realized their computer models had a blind spot: They did not understand context. […]
ELECTRONICS February 17, 2017 Really, Google? Chrome 57 kills the ability to control and disable plugins
With web browsers being among the most frequently used pieces of software out there, it’s little wonder that there is so much concern about security surrounding them. Browser plugins can be a major security worry, and with Chrome 57 Google has taken the strange decision to block users from disabling them or changing their settings. […]
ALL DEALS February 11, 2017 Facebook and Google Begin to Police Fake News
The 2016 U.S. Presidential election cycle won’t be soon forgotten. It shattered old conventions and introduced a completely new way of running a campaign, including fake news. No doubt some of that content was generated for political purposes. But, for better worse, some fake news was created simply for profit. For social media giants Facebook […]
NEWS February 6, 2017 Google Search App’s Revamped Carousel UI for Recipes Now Rolling Out
Google Search App’s Revamped Carousel UI for Recipes Now Rolling Out HIGHLIGHTS Update UI was first spotted in December Larger, detailed cards will be shown for step-by-step instructions New Search interface is also meant to help you discover new recipes Back in December, it had been spotted that Google was tweaking its search interface to […]
ALL DEALS February 6, 2017 Google Surpasses Apple to Become the Most Valuable Brand in the World: Report
HIGHLIGHTS Apple loses its throne after five years Google gave the top spot to Apple in 2012 Apple’s lack of innovation is being blamed Breaking Apple’s five-year record, Google has taken the top spot as the most valuable brand in the world. In the latest Brand Finance Global 500 report, Apple comes in second, followed […]
NEWS February 6, 2017 Google Sells Satellite Imaging Business Terra Bella to Planet Labs
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Friday it would sell its satellite imaging business, Terra Bella, to Planet Labs, a San Francisco-based private satellite operator founded by former NASA scientists. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As part of the deal, Planet Labs will acquire the Terra Bella business including the SkySat constellation […]
