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Exclusive: Upcoming Google Home Max update reduces latency by 93 percent. Here’s why that matters
2018-05-09

In February this year, we called Google Home Max the best smart speaker for the money, period. Our position hasn’t wavered. For around $400, the speaker is the best combination of elements in its price range. It lacks the audiophile-quality sound of Sonos, and the form factor of the HomePod, but for all intents and...

Google’s top AI scientists: We’re entering phase two
2018-05-09

Some of Google’s top scientists today discussed the future of artificial intelligence and the message was one of tempered expectations – something we hadn’t seen much of at the Google I/O event. The field of artificial intelligence exists in two states which, upon first glance, appear diametrically opposed. In...

Google Tour Creator brings VR content creation to the masses
2018-05-09

Earlier today Google announced perhaps the easiest way for “anyone with a story to tell” to do so in a rich, visual interface behind the lenses of their favorite VR viewer. Called ‘Tour Creator,’ Google’s newest virtual reality tool lets anyone produce professional-looking VR content without the associated...

Apple is removing apps that share your location data without consent
2018-05-09

Apple has recently started removing apps from the App Store for violating the Terms of Service — or, more specifically, the rule against sharing location data with third parties without the consent of the app users. According to 9to5Mac, several app developers have had their apps removed from the store, and are told...

TNW’s Big Spam: Can we sniff your meat?
2018-05-09

We’re still at Google’s I/O 2018 conference all week… Here’s all the jazzy stuff that’s happened so far. No newsletter tomorrow ),: Top trending (Google) tech news: 📷 Google Maps now uses the camera to figure out which direction you’re facing (TNW) 👍 iOS 11.4 will reportedly make it harder for...

Facebook’s passion for blockchain may actually help the technology thrive
2018-05-09

Facebook is exploring the possibility of leveraging blockchain technology for its platform. Recode reports that the social media giant has established a dozen-member-strong research and development team to explore the applications of this tech in its varied businesses. The team will be led by David Marcus, who was...

Walmart agrees to buy Flipkart, India’s largest online store
2018-05-09

Reuters reports that Japanese conglomerate SoftBank’s CEO Masayoshi Son has confirmed that Flipkart – India’s largest online store – will be acquired by Walmart. According to FactorDaily, the US-based retail giant is buying SoftBank’s one-fourth stake in Flipkart for between $4 billion and $4.5 billion. In...

Walmart reportedly agreed to buy Flipkart, India’s largest online store
2018-05-09

Reuters reports that Japanese conglomerate SoftBank’s CEO Masayoshi Son has confirmed that Flipkart – India’s largest online store – will be acquired by Walmart. According to FactorDaily, the US-based retail giant is buying SoftBank’s one-fourth stake in Flipkart for between $4 billion and $4.5 billion. In...

Walmart is buying Flipkart, India’s largest online store
2018-05-09

Japanese conglomerate SoftBank’s CEO Masayoshi Son has confirmed that Flipkart – India’s largest online store – will be acquired by Walmart. According to FactorDaily, the US-based retail giant is buying SoftBank’s one-fourth stake in Flipkart for between $4 billion and $4.5 billion. In addition, it will grab...

Google’s upcoming app for guiding the blind sounds kinda brilliant
2018-05-09

Google has been working on improving its AI and computer vision for quite some time now, and it looks like they’re getting pretty darn good at identifying objects. The company is now building a clever Android app that takes advantage of these developments to help the visually impaired understand what’s around...

Android P’s Slices and Actions bring smart shortcuts to your fingertips
2018-05-09

Among many other features revealed during today’s I/O conference, Google announced Slices and Actions, new ways for users to interact with Android apps by predicting what they might want based on previous actions. They’re intended to give users more options with fewer taps and less app-hunting. Slices are...

Google actually did make an Android TV dongle – but you can’t buy it
2018-05-09

We got pretty excited back in April about an official Android TV dongle from Google that was reportedly in the works. It’d certainly make for a solid upgrade from a Chromecast that merely enables streaming on your television set, to a feature-packed experience with access to more apps and functions. As it turns out,...

How to download the Android P Beta, available now on 11 devices
2018-05-09

If you were wondering when you’d be able to try all the new features Google is announcing for Android P, it turns out you won’t have to wait long at all. At it’s I/O developer conference, the company said a public Android P Beta would be available today. To be clear, Android P already had a developer preview...

Here’s how Android P’s new gesture controls work
2018-05-09

Just as rumored, Android P will officially bring gestures to Team Google, replacing the classic trio of buttons at the bottom of your screen with finger dances reminiscent of the iPhone X (or the Palm Pre, anyone?). The new interface centers around a single pill-shaped home button, which allows you to access a...

Gmail adds a predictive type feature called Smart Compose
2018-05-09

Google today introduced a new feature meant to help users compose and send email faster than ever. The feature, called Smart Compose, tries to understand typed text so that artificial intelligence can suggest words and phrases to finish your sentences. If you like the suggestion, just hit tab to paste it into the...

A handful of new Android dev tools are the highlight of Google I/O (so far)
2018-05-08

In developing countries, the number of developers using Android IDE has almost tripled in just two years. With growth like this, Google has made it a priority to better serve its community by doubling down on its effort to serve developers. And it’s doing just that. Here are a handful of our favorite new or updated...

Google adds ‘Theming’ to Material Design to unify designs across applications
2018-05-08

Google today announced several updates to Material Design, the company’s visual design language and set of specifications for applications should look. While rumors persisted up to the event that it would get a major overhaul, the focus this year is on themes, sharing, and making things easier on developers. The new...

Android P uses AI to learn how bright you like your screen
2018-05-08

Automatic brightness is useful, but it also kind of sucks. Some people, like me, prefer their screen at eye-searing brightness. Others like to keep it as dim as possible while still being legible. Still more prefer it somewhere in between. All this means that you’re probably constantly fiddling with the brightness...

Google now uses the camera to help figure out which direction you’re facing
2018-05-08

Google today announced a new feature for its Maps that’ll make it much easier to figure out where you’re going. If you’ve ever wandered around in circles trying to figure out which direction your little blue dot was moving in the Maps app, this is for you. The feature is simple: once you’ve set your...

Google News aims to fix journalism by offering an easy way to pay for it
2018-05-08

Google News is one of Alphabet’s oldest and most instantly recognizable products. It was built shortly after the 9/11 attacks in New York by a Google engineer as a 20-percent project, in an attempt to better understand the terrorist atrocity that struck the US. It’s also arguably one of its most important....

Google will now use your camera to help you figure out which direction you’re facing in Maps
2018-05-08

Google today announced a new feature for its Maps that’ll make it much easier to figure out where you’re going. If you’ve ever wandered around in circles trying to figure out which direction your little blue dot was moving in the Maps app, this is for you. The feature is simple: once you’ve set your...

Android P Beta launches today – and it’s not just for Pixel phones
2018-05-08

If you were wondering when you’d be able to try all the new features Google is announcing for Android P, it turns out you won’t have to wait long at all. At it’s I/O developer conference, the company said a public Android P Beta would be available today. To be clear, Android P already had a developer preview...

Everything Google announced at #io18 (day one)
2018-05-08

As CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage at Google’s annual developer conference, the running joke was trying to decide which chat app the company would introduce — only to kill with a competing project at this time next year. It didn’t happen. TKTK But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing to talk about. Suggested...

Google and Waymo are tackling the biggest obstacles on the way to truly autonomous vehicles
2018-05-08

At Google IO today Waymo took the stage to discuss self-driving cars. It’s big pitch: Waymo and Google have “unlocked truly autonomous vehicles.” First up, Waymo and Google are making driverless cars safer for pedestrians. Google Brain and Waymo were able to to reduce the error-rate for detecting pedestrians by...

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