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Carmaker Ford has said that its vehicles will turn their operation systems over to Google’s Android in the next few years. As reported by The Verge this will see “millions” of Ford’s cars with Android starting in 2023. The relationship between big tech and car manufacturers has been getting ever closer over the last few …
Czytaj dalej „Millions Of Ford Vehicles Will Have Android Integration In 2 Years”
Otter has launched a live transcription service to come with Google Meet. As reported by Engadget this allows users to access interactive transcripts which also facilitate collaboration post the meeting. With so many of us plunged into some form of lockdown or homeworking being able to operate effectively from home has become essential. WhatsApp reported …
Czytaj dalej „Otter Partners With Google Meet To Launch Live Transcription”
Google looks set to release it Covid-19 contact tracing technology into wearable tech in the near future. As reported by Android Central the company will make this technology accessible on smartwatches as well as other wearable tech. Company’s all around the world have had to scramble in various ways in order to tackle the challenge …
Czytaj dalej „Google Set To Launch COVID-19 Contact Tracing Tech In Smartwatches”
Zoom has announced a number of new security features in order to curb a number of issues the app as faced. As reported by Android Central, these new features should stop so-called 'Zoombombers’. This comes as the company aims to stop disruptive behavior. Since its surge in popularity due to the pandemic, Zoom has faced …
Czytaj dalej „Zoom Adds New Security Features To Stop 'Zoombombers'”
Twitter has provided an update concerning its work to tackle misinformation during the US election. As reported in a company blog post, the company has labelled over 300,000 tweets which represent 0.2% of all US election-related Tweets. Unsurprisingly, it has been an extremely busy period for social media companies over the last few weeks. All …
Czytaj dalej „Twitter Has Labelled 1 In 500 US Election Tweets For Misinformation”
YouTube has revealed the high levels of paid subscribers during Q3. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gave the update in an earnings call on the platform. These new figures come as YouTube has added a number of new features to its platforms in recent months. Since the migration over from Google Play to YouTube Music, the …
Czytaj dalej „Alphabet Q3 Earnings Call Reveals YouTube Paid Subscribers”
Facebook, Twitter and Google CEOs have faced questions from the Senate during a hearing this week. As reported by the BBC the hearing focused on Section 230 and what firms can be sued for based on what goes online. The tensions between big tech firms and the government have run high for quite some time …
Czytaj dalej „Senate Questions Facebook, Twitter And Google CEOs In Hearing”
During the U.S. election, Twitter has made a change making it harder to retweet other people’s posts. As reported by Android Central, this will only go on until the end of the election in November. The way Twitter deals with posts and content on its platform during the election is of the utmost importance. After …
Czytaj dalej „Twitter Makes Temporary Change That Makes It More Difficult To Retweet”
Instagram has made it easier for popular users to make money by expanding adverts and badges. As reported by Engadget, this will occur on IGTV, hopefully helping those using Instagram as a business. Instagram has been testing a number of new features for a while making this into a busy few months for the social …
Google has made it easier to find your nearest election voting locations by adding features to many of its apps. According to Google, its Google Maps and Search services as well as Google Assistant will now have features to help with users voting in the election. Many companies have had to tread a fine line …
Czytaj dalej „Google Adds Election Features To Its Services To Aid Users”
YouTube Music will now allow free users to download playlists that contain uploaded songs. As reported by Android Police, this adds another dimension to being a free user of YouTube Music. YouTube Music has been adding new features left, right and center since the migration over from Google Play Music. That process did not prove …
Czytaj dalej „YouTube Music Playlists Are Available To Download As A Free User”
Google Assistant looks like it may expand its podcast support network by adding third-party services. This would see the platform go beyond Google Podcasts to incorporate other services as reported by Android Police. Podcasts first became a feature on Google Assistant way back in 2018. However, for the last two years, they have only provided …
Czytaj dalej „Google Assistant Set To Add Support For Third-Party Podcast Services”
Google has added some more new voices to Assistant amongst a couple of other new features. As reported by Engadget, there will be two new English-speaking voices for Google Assistant which are designed to sound more natural. Google is always adding more features and innovations to Assistant as they look to continually improve its offering. Most …
Czytaj dalej „New Voices For Google Assistant Make It Sound More Natural Now”
One of TikTok’s main competitors, Triller has allegedly been inflating its own user numbers. As reported by Business Insider, some former employees have expressed wariness at the monthly user number published by the company. Given all the strain TikTok has been under this would be a great time as a competitor to try and make …
Czytaj dalej „Triller Has Allegedly Been Inflating Its User Numbers”
Disney+ has begun rolling out a GroupWatch feature to all of it U.S. subscribers. As reported by The Verge this will allow up to seven individuals in any one viewing party. Disney+ has actually come quite late to the party when it comes to adding a GroupWatch feature for its U.S. customers. During lockdown, many …
Czytaj dalej „GroupWatch Feature Coming To U.S. Disney+ Subscribers”
Google search has come up with a new in-app browser as part of an update. As reported by Android Police, this looks like an attempt to bring yet another visual change to the design as Google tries some more innovation. A new in-app browser is not the only update that has come to Google Search …
Czytaj dalej „Google Search Presses On With New In-App Browser”
It has emerged that security flaws have plagued US Presidential election apps. As reported by Tech Radar these issues could put users data and privacy at risk. The issue of security and big technology firms have already been at the center of this Presidential election. Facebook has launched a new election hub to make people …
Czytaj dalej „Security Flaws Plague U.S. Presidential Election Apps”
A report has indicated that Samsung will continue to lead the global smartphone market and likely strengthen that hold this year. As reported by Pulse News, Samsung will likely take advantage of the issues Huawei currently faces to achieve this. Interestingly enough Huawei actually overtook Samsung as the largest smartphone maker during the pandemic. This …
Czytaj dalej „Samsung To Strengthen Leadership In Global Smartphone Market”
Nokia has revealed that the ASUS ZenFone 7 Series works with Nokia’s OZO Audio technology. As claimed in a company post, this should elevate „the audio capturing result to the new heights”. GSM Arena reports that the devices come with three microphones to capture sound and advanced features in the camera app. The devices, therefore, …
Czytaj dalej „ASUS Zenfone 7 and 7 Pro To Feature Nokia OZO Audio Processing”
Google Fiber has begun recommending Philo to its customers. Although Philo does not have as extensive a line up as other. However, as reported by 9To5Google it does only cost just $20 per month making it much more affordable compared to other offerings. Philo offers 60 channels at a reasonable cost for users. This has risen …
The Trump administration has filed a motion asking a court to dismiss big tech’s challenge to his social media executive order. As reported by Reuters, Trump has described the situation as a „profound misunderstanding”. Trump first filed the executive order against „social media bias” after his tweets were labelled for fact-checking. Then a group of …
Czytaj dalej „Trump To Block Big Tech's Challenge To Social Media Executive Order”
In a letter addressed to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, U.S. Attorney’s have called on Facebook to offer live responses to hate speech. The attorneys general for 19 states and the District of Columbia pointed out that the company has made progress but can do more. As reported by Engadget the letter Facebook is at …
Czytaj dalej „US Attorney's Call On Facebook To Offer Live Responses To Hate Speech”
Google is set to tell its employees to continue working from home into 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic. CEO Sundar Pichai, reportedly made the decision last week according to The Verge. This comes as Google is set to testify in an antitrust hearing in Washington despite delays to its beginning. The company is also …
Czytaj dalej „Google To Keep Employees Working From Home Until 2021”
Two years into a very successful life span it looks like the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 has run into a potentially fatal display issue. As reported by Notebook Check many users have found a big issue with the display. This has forced many opt for a display replace outside of warranty. Many users have reported …
Czytaj dalej „Display Issues Plaguing Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Owners”
WhatsApp has introduced a whole host of new features including animated sticker packs as reported by Pocket Now. This feature was rumoured to be coming earlier in June but it looks like it is here now. Other new features include QR codes, one-tap group video calling amongst others. We knew a group of new features …
Czytaj dalej „WhatsApp Introduces New Features Including Animated Sticker Packs”
YouTube is testing a new feature which would allow one-stop recording and uploading on its app as reported by Android Police. Similar to YouTube stories the clips could not be any longer than 15 seconds but this seems like a promising update. This is designed for creators using the mobile app platform. It has been …
Czytaj dalej „One-Stop Recording and Uploading Being Tested By YouTube”
In what Mark Zuckerberg „largest voting campaign in American history,” Facebook has created a voting information hub as reported by Engadget. A blog post from the company has outlined the plans to try and get as many as 4 million people registered to vote before the election. The voting information hub will give Facebook users accurate …
Czytaj dalej „Facebook Creates Voting Information Hub Ahead of 2020 Election”
The NBA is planning to use Oura rings to catch Covid-19 symptoms in its restart plans for the sport as reported by The Athletic. Researchers have claimed that the technology can be used to predict Covid-19 symptoms before they present themselves. Players will use Oura’s smart rings which in theory can predict Covid-19 symptoms three …
Czytaj dalej „NBA To Use Oura Rings to Catch Covid-19 Symptoms”
Deezer has taken the decision to make lyrics available to its free subscribers according to its own blog. This means that lyrics are now available to all which will useful to many. This applies to the desktop version of the app as mobile users have been able to access lyrics for some time. Many changes …
Czytaj dalej „Deezer Makes Lyrics Available to Free Subscribers”
As of June 12, Google Maps for Android will now support YouTube Music whilst running the app as reported by 9to5. This move has been a long time coming and users will be very happy it has finally happened. Google Maps has for a long time been working with Apple Music, Play Music, and Spotify. …
Czytaj dalej „Android Google Maps Now Supports YouTube Music”
Google is planning to kill off Custom Emoji „Minis” in what appears to be an unexplained move. XDA has broken this news shortly after it found Google was also planning to axe Google Chrome’s bottom tab „Duet”. It seems that soon the keyboard app will no longer have the „Minis” feature according to a string …
Huawei has gone on a UK media rampage by taking out several newspaper ads in British newspapers as reported by CNBC. This is in response to the UK government deciding to review the role of Huawei’s 5G. The ads appeared in The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Times, Mirror, Sun, Daily Mail as well as some regional …
Czytaj dalej „Huawei Take Out UK Newspaper Ads Amidst Government Review”
Samsung has taken the decision to kill off its Android Auto Alternative service as reported by Autoevolution. This sees the end for users that could normally enable a dedicated car mode. Samsung has also recently decided to discontinue its S Voice alongside other applications. Android Auto Alternative allowed Samsung users to access an optimized car …
Czytaj dalej „Samsung Discontinues Android Auto Alternative”
Samsung have released an app designed to help make regular and thorough handwashing a habit as reported by Samsung Newsroom. It has been well-publicised during the Covid-19 pandemic that through handwashing is key to limiting infection. Samsung’s new app hopes to tackle this by forming habits amongst the public. The app is available on the …
Czytaj dalej „Samsung Launch New Handwashing App For Galaxy Watch”
Samsung has released widgets to aid hands-free use of Galaxy Buds/Buds+. The aim is to make controlling your wireless audio even easier than before as reported by 9to5. This was first spotted on Reddit and found the new widgets can be added to the homescreen. Samsung has recently offered Galaxy Buds+ in a range of …
Czytaj dalej „Samsung Release Homescreen Widgets for Galaxy Buds”
Researchers from the West Virginia University Medicine and Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (RNI) claim that wearable Oura rings can detect Covid-19 symptoms before they are present. The research group claims that their digital platform can predict symptoms with 90% accuracy up to three days early as reported by Engadget. Pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals are one of …
Czytaj dalej „Researchers Claim Oura Rings Can Predict Covid-19 Symptoms”
Google appears to be testing a new heading on its Play Store called 'watch others play’. This new section allows users to view gameplay highlights before purchasing. Reported by 9to5 and Android Police this new function on the store hints at more cross-integration between existing Google services such as YouTube. The function is in its …
Czytaj dalej „Google Play Store Tests 'Watch Others Play' Section”
XDA has reported that Netflix is looking to allow users to watch partially downloaded shows and movies as part of its new update. Previously users could only watch content after they had fully downloaded it but it looks like Netflix could change this. Netflix introduced offline downloads so individuals could watch shows whilst not being …
Czytaj dalej „Netflix to Allow Watching of Partially Downloaded Shows”
