Mark Zuckerberg: “The future is private”. Sundar Pichai: ~The present is private~. While both CEO’s made protecting user data a central theme of their conference keynotes this month, Facebook’s product updates were mostly vague vaporware while Google’s were either ready to ship or ready to demo. The contrast highlights the divergence in strategy between the […]
Daily Archives: May 7, 2019
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Google’s $399 iPhone Killer, A Bold CIA Privacy Move, and ...
The company rolled out an improved Assistant, some new phones, and updated Android OS, among other things, at its annual developers conference.
At Google I/O 2019, Google Announces Pixel 3a, Android Q, ...
In 2019, it’s estimated that every minute there are 150 new websites coming online. While many of these won’t be long-term ventures, a large percentage will eventually find themselves looking to...
Keyword research in 2019: Modern tactics for growing targeted search ...
A set of new features for Android could alleviate some of the difficulties of living with hearing impairment and other conditions. Live transcription, captioning, and relay use speech recognition and synthesis to make content on your phone more accessible — in real time.
Live transcription and captioning in Android are a boon to ...
Last year at Google I/O, Google introduced a host of new digital wellbeing tools aimed at helping people better manage their screen time, track app usage, and configure their device’s ‘do not disturb’ settings. Today, Google is updating its suite of tools to include a new feature called “Focus Mode” that lets you temporarily disable […]
Google expands digital wellbeing tools to include a new ‘Focus ...
If you’re going to go carrier exclusive, Verizon (disclosure: our parent company’s parent company) is probably about as good as any. Ultimately, however, exclusives invariably do more harm than good when it comes to growing your footprint. That’s no doubt a key part of why Google had a rocky financial quarter when it came to […]
Google’s Pixel 3 and 3a are coming to more carriers, ...
For half the price of a high-end phone, you can get (almost) all the premium features. Read our full review.
Google Pixel 3A, Pixel 3A XL Reviews: Best Deal in ...
Hello old friend. I knew you would be back. I didn’t know how or when, but I knew we would be reunited again. It turns out all it would take was a cratering smartphone market to bring you back around. Google, of course, famously stood its ground on the importance of the 3.5 mm for […]
The headphone jack is back for the Google Pixel 3a
Last week’s earnings didn’t go the way Alphabet wanted. The fault primarily lies at the feet of the company’s ad business, but the hardware side didn’t come out great, either. Like the rest of the industry, Google’s been struggling to sell smartphones. Sundar Pichai cited “year over year headwinds” in reference to Pixel 3 sales […]