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Google Meet Aims to Head Off Zoom

Google is integrating its Google Meet videoconferencing application with Gmail, and it already appears as an option in some users' accounts. It is making the service available to everyone for free in the coming weeks, on the Web and through mobile apps for iOS and Android. Users will be able to start or join Meet videoconferences from within Google Calendar as well.




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Long before Google, Winnipeggers found answers in library's Where File

There's a wonderfully quirky — and little known — information archive in downtown Winnipeg that predates Google and probably has more hidden secrets than the search engine giant.



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NHS contact tracing team reportedly mulls switch to Apple-Google API



In what could herald a course reversal for the UK's National Health Service, health officials in that country have reportedly asked a team of developers to "investigate" switching its contact tracing app to a cross-platform API provided by Apple and Google.




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Using Amazon Echo, Google Home to Learn: Skill of the Future or Bad Idea?

The growing popularity of voice-activated technologies is forcing educators to think about the role such tools play in preparing students for the jobs of the future.




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Google Maps Celebrates 15 Years With New AR, Commuter Options

To celebrate 15 years of Google Maps, the popular mapping program gets a redesign, a host of new features, and an installation in New York's Madison Square Park.




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'Freedom' Lovers Need to Leave Google Alone

Lots of companies do business in foreign countries, even Communist countries, but Google is getting singled out for its China plans as if it could bring down PRC all by itself.




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Google's iOS Gboard Can Translate Text Into 103 Languages

Over one hundred languages should help make a few conversations easier to get through, but that's still well short of the hundreds of languages Gboard typing supports.




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Using Amazon Echo, Google Home to Learn: Skill of the Future or Bad Idea?

The growing popularity of voice-activated technologies is forcing educators to think about the role such tools play in preparing students for the jobs of the future.




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Google's Advanced Protection Expands to Phone-Only Users

Google has made it easier to join the company's Advanced Protection Program, which is designed to stop the most sophisticated hackers from breaking into your Gmail account. Before you needed two security keys to enroll. Now you just need a smartphone.




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Google Photos Videos Were Shared With Strangers

Google's Takeout service was designed to let people download their data, but accidentally sent videos from Google Photos accounts to strangers.




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Google Acquires Fitbit for $2.1B

Neither company made any product-specific announcements, except to say that future gadgets will continue to be available on iOS and Android.




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3 Ways to Translate Conversations in Real Time With Google Assistant

Google Translate is not the only app that can help you converse with someone speaking a different language. Here's how to translate real-time conversations with the Google Assistant.




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Google Is Testing a $5 Android Play Pass Subscription

While we wait for Apple Arcade to launch for iOS devices, Google is preparing its own app/game subscription service for Android called Play Pass.




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Google Android 10 (Q)

The latest version of Google's Android mobile operating system brings a batch of security and privacy improvements and a new Dark Theme, too.




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Google Pulls Open-Source Android App for Having Donation Button

Google removes the free WireGuard app from the Play Store for having a donation button, reigniting a debate over whether its policy hurts the open-source community.




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Google Drive Offline Access Expands to All File Types

Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides can already be saved and edited offline using the web app, but Google is expanding offline access to all file types, as long as you're using Chrome.




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Former Google Exec: 'Don't Be Evil' Motto Is Dead

Ross LaJeunesse, Google's former head of international relations, published a scathing 2,175-word blog post today about his former employer. But he's also running for Senate in Maine, so it could be a good move, politically.




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Why Google Can't Solve the Privacy Paradox

Google has said that privacy and security are the focus for Android Q and many of its other releases this year, but Senior Security Analyst Max Eddy explains that a company built on mapping and sorting data can't deliver perfect privacy.




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Google Connects Chile and LA With Curie Subsea Cable

The cable is capable of delivering 72Tbps of bandwidth to South America and will be reserved for Gmail, YouTube, Search, and Google Cloud data transmission.




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Google Claims Quantum Computing Achievement, IBM Says Not So Fast

Google's quantum computer performed a computation in 200 seconds that would have taken the world's fastest supercomputer 10,000 years to calculate. But IBM is dismissing Google's claim that it achieved quantum supremacy.




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Google Secures 549M Gallons of Groundwater to Cool Servers

South Carolina grants Google permission to pump up to 549 million gallons of groundwater every year to cool servers at its Berkeley County data center.




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Amazon, Apple, Google Team Up for Open-Source Smart-Home Standard

The project, which includes companies such as Philips Hue manufacturer Signify, Ikea, and Samsung SmartThings, will help ensure that smart home products work across platforms with the three voice assistants, Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and Google's Assistant.




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Google Pumps Up Assistant Features, Translator Availability

Google Assistant Scheduled Actions lets you schedule actions in advance—so you can tell your coffee maker to start at 6 a.m. or your air conditioner to stop at 10 p.m.




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Google Glass for Enterprises Gets Get a Processor, Battery Upgrade

The Glass Enterprise Edition 2.0 boasts a newer Qualcomm processor that promises better performance and battery life. Google also swapped a micro-USB connectiong for a USB-C port that supports faster charging.




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Google Glass Explorer Edition Set to Retire in 2020

Key features will no longer be available as Google rolls out a final software update to the Explorer Edition of its Glass headset.




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In The News: Google’s Nitin Bawankule joins Star India

In her 20-year-long stint with the organisation, she headed Sony Max, and played a pivotal role in Sony Entertainment Television’s content revamp.




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Google Authenticator Update Allows Transfer of 2FA Codes Between Devices

Google has released an update for its Authenticator app to allow users to manage their account security keys easily while switching to a different phone.




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Google, Facebook Extend Work-From-Home Plans

Google and Facebook have told most employees to keep working from home for the rest of the year as part of a response by the tech giants to the deadly coronavirus pandemic.




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Google Duo Adding Group Calls Support in Web Version

Google has confirmed that it will introduce the ability to make group calls via Google Duo on the Web, starting as a preview on Chrome, in the coming weeks.




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Google Announces Company Holiday to Stem Coronavirus Burnout

Google said on Friday it has asked employees to take a day off on May 22, to address work-from-home-related burnout during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Google Announces Company Holiday To Address Work From Home Burnout

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it has asked employees to take a day off on May 22, to address work-from-home-related burnout during the coronavirus pandemic.




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DHSS Partners with Google, Partnership for Drug-Free Kids to Bring Online Resources to Delaware Families

WILMINGTON (Nov. 21, 2019) – The Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS), Partnership for Drug-Free Kids and Google have launched a first-in-the-nation partnership to bring needed resources to Delaware families looking for help online for a loved one struggling with substance use disorder. DHSS will work with Partnership and Google to identify communication […]



  • Delaware Health and Social Services
  • Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long
  • Office of the Lieutenant Governor
  • Google
  • opioid epidemic
  • overdose
  • Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

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Apple, Google to ban location tracking in contact tracing apps: Report




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Todays Google Doodle lets you play Loteria, a Mexican version of Bingo




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Google to launch Android 11 Beta on June 3




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Google Duo to allow users to make video calls on Chrome




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Top location app: HERE beats Google Maps and TomTom

Ranked as Counterpoint’s top location and mapping platform in the world




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Apple, Google to ban location tracking in contact tracing apps: Report




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Todays Google Doodle lets you play Loteria, a Mexican version of Bingo




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Google to launch Android 11 Beta on June 3




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Google Duo to allow users to make video calls on Chrome




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Google’s Hip Hop Doodle back after three years! Mix your music and groove for today

Bringing back an interactive Doodle from 2017, Google with its illustration is celebrating the birth of Hip Hop music.




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Google Doodle brings back its iconic 2010 Pac-Man doodle, an ode to the 1980 arcade game!

Launched in 2010 to mark the 30th anniversary of the launch of the original Pac-Man video game, the game was Google’s first playable doodle.




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How to effectively use new Google Maps

  Google recently unveiled a huge makeover to its Google Maps. Currently available in beta mode, it lets you discover changes in its interface and improved accessibilities. However, the search results i...




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How to host your websites on Google Drive

  Almost everyone who owns a computer also owns at least one website these days. Be it personal or professional. There are a number of hosting services available on the web for us to host our websites b...




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Google On Guard Against Ad Blocking

If you want to withhold your online content from visitors using ad blockers, or make them pay — or simply know when ads are being blocked — Google plans to have you, and the World Wide Web — covered




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SpaceX lands $1 billion from Google & Fidelity

Google likes its ambitions sky high. This time, it has gone a little further...




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Google urged to scrub personal details from Toronto digital city

The proposed city been embroiled in controversy from the start over how data from smartphones, sensors and the like, will be used.




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Internet traffic hijack halts Google services

An internet diversion that rerouted data traffic through Russia and China disrupted several Google services on Monday, including search and cloud-hosting services.




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Walmart, Google-backed Deliv end online grocery partnership

People familiar with the Walmart partnership with Deliv said the Deliv drivers had to frequently wait 40 minutes or more to collect grocery orders when they showed up at the store. One reason for that, they said, is because Walmart gives a priority to customers over delivery drivers during regular hours, which complicated the partnership.