Tag: Google

Technology by Change MonkeyDec 13, 201807:51

Google kills Allo, its AI-powered messaging app

#Google and #Facebook are informing us that the #Chatbot frenzy is already over; (many) chatbots have failed, as they overpromised and underdelivered. #AI #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyDec 10, 201807:51

Google and Levi’s smart jacket can now remind you to not leave your phone behind

The “Smart Jacket” is here… with a feature, called “Always Together”. It triggers an automatic alert when the jacket moves too far away from your phone; with notifications happening on both the phone, and the jacket! #Google #Levis #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyDec 7, 201811:04

Google is getting into AI-curated news playlists

Will the #SmartSpeaker disrupt radio news; with personalised #AI-curated news playlists? #Google #GoogleHome #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyDec 7, 201807:51

Move over AlphaGo: AlphaZero taught itself to play three different games

#Google #DeepMind’s #AlphaZero taught itself to play #Chess, #Go, and #Shoji (a Japanese form of chess) in just three days, with no human intervention. #AI #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyDec 5, 201807:51

Google’s cross-platform Flutter UI toolkit hits version 1.0

#Google is releasing the 1st general release version of Flutter; a cross-portable UI toolkit for creating a beautiful native experience for #iOS and #Android out of just a single code base. #Mobile #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyDec 4, 201807:51

Google’s call screening transcripts are live and they’re pretty rad

#Google’s call screening transcripts feature is starting to arrive for #Pixel users; the feature answers calls from unknown numbers via the Google Assistant, and utilizes the company’s solid voice-to-text to offer a transcription of the call. #AI #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyNov 7, 201821:01

Google says Android will natively support "foldables" to limit fragmentation

#Google is officially announcing support for “Foldables”; enhancing #Android to take full advantage of this new form factor. #Mobile #Foldables #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyOct 29, 201813:31

Qualcomm's new audio chip will fuel an explosion of Alexa headphones

Soon, all headphones will be integrated with #Apple #Siri, #Amazon #Alexa or #Google #Home. The age of the #SmartHeadset, offering smart voice assistance at the touch of a button, is catching up. #AI #AppleSiri #AmazonAlexa #GoogleHome #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyOct 11, 201807:51

Apple needs a feature like Google’s Call Screen

Smartphone hardware is basically good enough, and has been for some time. The next battle for smartphones is going to be about #AI technology. The new #Google #CallScreen, and #Duplex features… are just the beginning. #Mobile #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyOct 9, 201821:35

Google Pixel Event Highlights: Pixel 3, Home Hub, Pixel Slate, Chromecast

The key to the new #Google #Pixel3, #HomeHub, #PixelSlate and #Chromecast hardware releases isn’t the hardware; but the combination of the hardware, software and most importantly… Artificial Intelligence. #AI #Pixel #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyOct 4, 201805:53

Microsoft Surface Headphones: Hands-on with Microsoft's new Bose-buster noise-canceling headphones

#Microsoft joins #Google in the market of Smart Headsets; with noise-canceling headphones that integrate always-on access to a Smart Assistant (#Cortana). I’m sure #Amazon will soon follow this #Trend with #Alexa. #SurfaceHeadphones #EchoHea…

Technology by Change MonkeySep 5, 201817:42

As Chrome turns 10, Google bets on AI and AR

#Google expects the future to bring a “more immersive browsing experience”; leveraging #AR to bring information that you interact with across the web and put directly into your physical environment. #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeySep 5, 201807:51

Google Wants to Kill the URL

#Google wants to challenge how URLs should be displayed and figure out a better way to convey identity. #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeySep 4, 201814:10

There's Waldo is a robot that finds Waldo

Putting #AI Technology to the Test: using #Google‘s new #AutoML Vision API to enable a Computer (with a #Robot arm) to “Find Waldos”. #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeySep 2, 201810:54

Rise of digital wallets and what they mean for the FinTech industry

Th digital wallet apps like #Apple Pay, #Samsung Pay, and #Google Pay are being downloaded and used to a much greater extent than their mobile banking counterparts. #FinTech #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyAug 23, 201811:04

A day in the life of a Waymo self-driving taxi

#Waymo, the autonomous vehicle sharing company under the umbrella of #Google‘s parent company #Alphabet, is about as well prepared as it could be at this point. #AutonomousVehicles #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJul 26, 201811:04

Google to let you pop its AI chips into your own computer as of October

#Google, in the hot area of Artificial Intelligence, will begin letting customers directly use its custom intelligence processors in their infrastructure. #AI #Security #EdgeComputing #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJul 26, 201807:51

Google Wants You to Use Physical Security Keys So Bad It's Willing to Sell You One

#Google announced its new #Titan security key; a device that protects your accounts by restricting two-factor authentication to the physical world. #Security #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJul 25, 201814:10

Google is bringing voice commands to Hangouts Meet hardware

#Google announced it will soon be enhancing its’ meeting hardware to support voice commands. The buttons as we know them, will start disappearing. #AI #VoiceFirst #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJul 25, 201807:51

Report: Google's Nest wants to create smart home devices for senior citizens

#Google’s #Nest is reportedly looking to integrate smart home devices into senior living facilities to help people live independently longer. #Mankind #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJul 13, 201811:04

Automate your financial life with Monzo and IFTTT

Monzo is the first bank to partner with the #IFTTT automation platform. You can now connect your #Monzo account to over 500 different services including #Twitter, #Dropbox, #Google Drive, and even #Philips #Hue! #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJul 11, 201814:10

Google Pay is catching up with its competitors Venmo and Apple Pay

#Google Pay expands its footprint in the core financial customer journeys. #GooglePay #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJul 6, 201807:51

Google Is Reportedly Looking to Take Over Call Centers With Its Duplex AI Assistant

#Google may be making a play to find other applications for its human-sounding assistant and has already started experimenting with ways to use #Duplex to do away with roles currently filled by humans. #AI #Voice #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyMay 29, 201822:28

Lyft Removes its Apple Watch App From the App Store

#Lyft joins several other major companies that have abandoned development for the #Apple Watch and eliminated their #WatchOS apps, including #Twitter, #Google Maps, #Amazon, #Instagram, and #eBay. #Mobile #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyMay 24, 201820:40

Google Home Outsells Amazon's Echo for the First Time Ever

#Google knocked #Amazon out of the top spot for the first time by increasing sales of their Google Home #SmartSpeaker by a staggering 483 percent year-over-year to 3.2 million units versus 2.5 million Echo devices for Amazon. #AI #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyMay 17, 201822:08

Apple sold about 600,000 HomePods in the first quarter

The #SmartSpeaker sales in the first quarter: #Amazon shipped 4 million Echo devices, #Google sold 2.4 million Home devices, #Alibaba managed to ship 0,7 million units and #Apple only sold 0,6 million #HomePod devices. #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyMay 11, 201807:51

Google now says controversial AI voice calling system will identify itself to humans

“Hello, I am robot”. #Google #Duplex will make itself “appropriately identified”, for the benefit of all parties involved. #AI #Voice #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyMay 10, 201811:04

Google wants to hook us on its AI instead of Android phones

At #Google I/O, the move from Mobil-First to AI-First can be summarised with a single quote: “use Mobile less, but AI more”. #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyMay 8, 201822:42

Duplex, Android P and Assistant: Everything important from Google I/O

All the new Google Assistant, Duplex, Android and the Google Apps features… announced at #Google I/O. #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyMay 8, 201822:29

Uhh, Google Assistant Impersonating a Human on the Phone Is Scary as Hell to Me

#Google is developing an impressive feature that lets your phone impersonate people; intended to make people’s lives easier by handling standard phone calls that are necessary, but not especially personal. #AI #VPA #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyMay 7, 201822:42

Android Things Gets Official 1.0 Release. Wait, What the Heck Is Android Things?

#Android Things is… an #IoT optimised OS tuned to run well on low-powered devices, a selection of #Google-approved hardware kits, and a streamlined system for pushing new software and security updates to IoT devices. #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyApr 20, 201822:50

Google wants to replace texting

#Google is playing catch-up to #Apple’s #iMessages, with #Android Chat. #Mobile #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyMar 9, 201821:48

Developers can now build custom commands for Google Assistant

The new “custom device actions” enable developers to build #Google #Assistant into devices, and create custom commands. The race to catch-up on #Amazon #Alexa has begun. #SmartSpeaker #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyFeb 24, 201807:51

Google publicly launches ARCore 1.0 on 13 phones, will begin expanding Lens availability

After playing around in the experimental phase, #Google is bringing its #ARCore Augmented Reality platform to its 1.0 release with availability on over 100 million #Android devices. #AR #ARKit #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyFeb 20, 201821:42

Spotify plans to join the hardware race, but what can it offer?

Is #Spotify building its own #SmartSpeaker; and will the voice interface of the new device use #Amazon #Alexa, #Google #Assistant, something proprietary, or something else? #AI #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 21, 201820:31

Google Home Outpacing Amazon Echo in Search Trends

#Google Home has captured a lot of consumer awareness (more then #Amazon Echo with #Alexa). #GoogleHome #AmazonEcho #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 19, 201807:51

Google’s self-training AI turns coders into machine-learning masters

#Google launched a new service, called Cloud #AutoML, that uses several machine-learning tricks to automatically build and train a deep-learning algorithm that can recognize things in images. #AI #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 17, 201813:43

Report: First 1 million HomePods begin shipping from supplier Inventec, 10-12 million expected this year

Although #Amazon and #Google already have a huge advantage, #Apple joins the race for the Smart Speaker today. The first of 10 to 12 million #HomePod devices will leave the factory today. #AI #SmartSpeaker #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 10, 201807:51

CES 2018: Amazon Alexa v Google Assistant fight gets fierce

By day four of #CES2018, journalists start reporting when a gadget doesn’t have Alexa or Google Assistant. #AI #SmartSpeaker #Google #GoogleHome #Amazon #AmazonEcho #Alexa #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 9, 201820:06

Facebook's M personal chatbot assistant is going away

#Facebook is shutting down its M bot just as its competitors are ramping up their own digital helpers. Both #Amazon and #Google are trying to get their Virtual Assistants, into the hands and homes of more users. #AI #VPA #Chatbot #NLP #NLU #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 9, 201814:10

Amazon and Google are about to step up their war for the future of technology

There is a war going on at #CES2018 between #Amazon and #Google. The battleground, this time, is the market for Smart Speakers. But what’s really at stake is the relative positions as we enter a new wave of computing. #AI #SmartSpeaker #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 9, 201807:44

Google Assistant takes on Alexa with four smart displays at CES

#Google introduces competition for the #Amazon Echo Show; Smart Assistant devices with a touchscreens for your kitchen countertop. #CES2018 #SmartSpeaker #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 8, 201817:42

Smart speakers top AR, VR and wearables to become fastest-growing consumer tech

Smart Speakers are now the fastest-growing consumer technology; faster than any other recent consumer technology, including AR, VR or wearables. #AI #Google #GoogleHome #Amazon #AmazonEcho #Alexa #SmartSpeaker #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 6, 201822:54

Amazon vs. Google: The Battle for Smart Speaker Market Share

This infographic sheds light on the fight for Smart Speaker market share, how early adopters are using the devices, and the growing array of voice-enabled devices currently on the market. #SmartSpeaker #Amazon #AmazonEcho #Alexa #Google #GoogleHome #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyJan 6, 201808:26

Google sold more than 6.8 million Home smart speakers during the holiday season

Google’s effort to catch up to #Amazon in the nascent Smart Speaker market is gaining traction. #Google has sold more than one Home device every second since October. #SmartSpeaker #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyDec 1, 201714:10

Google is making a computer vision kit for Raspberry Pi

#Google announced a cheap and simple computer vision kit for #Raspberry #Pi that doesn’t require access to cloud processing, because of the extra processing unit (integrated neural networkin). #EdgeComputing #Trend

Technology by Change MonkeyNov 30, 201721:24

Here’s How to Translate Languages With Google’s Pixel Buds

#Google’s #Pixel Buds might not be the greatest pair of earbuds on the market, but they sure are a useful tool for traveling abroad… and translating foreign languages. #SmartEarBuds #Trend