Google‘s Nest Hub smart displays aim to add new smart features to hotel rooms, including wake-up calls, extra towel requests and specials inquiries, according to a report from Android Police. The features are aimed to update the traditional ways of dealing with the hotel lobby....
Google has a new top attorney. The global tech company named Halimah DeLaine Prado as its head general counsel, CNBC reported. Effectively immediately, she will take over the legal department from Google’s senior vice president of global affairs Kent Walker. The company promoted Walker to...
Google is asking the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to hold radio experiments “in and near the 6 GHz band,” according to a recent filing with the agency. The tech company said in the filing that it “proposes to conduct experimental propagation testing in the...
Google is challenging a proposed rule by Australian regulators that could force the global technology company to pay the country’s news outlets to distribute their content. In an open letter published online Monday (Aug. 17), Mel Silva, Google Australia’s managing director, wrote the News Media Bargaining Code...
A new Google update will display travel trends on the search engine when one searches for a hotel or flight, according to a press release. The new service will let users know the percentage of open hotel rooms and available flights when they are preparing...
Google will bring its new mid-range Android phone to market Aug. 3, according to hidden information on the Google Store page first publicized by 9to5Google. The Pixel 4a will include features such as the widely anticipated low-light camera capability and longer battery life, the technology...
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. could eliminate Bixby, the virtual voice assistant, and the Galaxy Apps Store from its mobile devices under a deal with Alphabet Inc’s Google, Reuters reported. It is the latest effort by Google to convince Samsung to lose one of its services...
As Google CEO Sundar Pichai prepares to appear before Congress Wednesday (July 29) to face antitrust charges, Australia’s competition watchdog has accused the Alphabet Inc. division of misleading consumers to get their personal data for targeted advertising. Reuters reports the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission...
Google plans a souped-up Buy on Google product so that participating sellers won’t have the pay the Big Tech firm a commission fee and shoppers will get to pay through such third-party providers as PayPal and Shopify. “Over the past few months, we’ve made significant...
