Google CEO Sundar Pichai will take over as the new CEO of Alphabet, as well as retain his job at Google, according to a blog post by Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. “Going forward, Sundar will be the CEO of both Google and Alphabet....
EU antitrust regulators are probing Google to see how the search giant uses and monetizes the data it collects on users, Reuters reported on Saturday (Nov. 30), citing the European Commission. An EU executive told Reuters that the European Commission wanted to know what methods...
Google’s $2.1 billion Fitbit deal is sparking privacy concerns that the search giant will mine the health data of the 27 million people who use the fitness tracking device, The Financial Times (FT) reported on Thursday (Nov. 21). Privacy advocates and politicians have asked regulators...
Dinner and a movie can now be booked through Duplex using Google Assistant, Google announced in a press release on Thursday (Nov. 21). Google Duplex was introduced at the May, 2018 I/O developers conference and featured the ability to make restaurant reservations. The technology —...
Google has announced the launch of Your News Update, a new feature for Google Assistant. Your News Update utilizes the search giant’s algorithms and user data to create a news feed for individuals, based on their interests. “At Google, we saw an opportunity to help...
Google announced today (Nov. 19) the launch of Stadia, a cloud-based service that allows users to stream their favorite video games. “Starting today, playing games on your TV in 4K without a console, streaming games to a Chrome browser on a simple laptop, or enjoying...
Google relocated its head office to Tokoyo’s hip Shibuya neighborhood, taking up most of the 35th floor of the Shibuya Stream skyscraper, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Nov. 19). Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive officer, was in Tokyo Tuesday for the grand opening of the new...
Google Maps is going to test a new social feature in which users can follow Local Guides to help discover restaurants and other business locations, according to a report by TechCrunch. The guides are members of the Maps community that review and posts pictures of...
Google‘s recent announcement that it is buying Fitbit is leading some users to ditch the device. “I’m not only afraid of what they can do with the data currently, but what they can do with it once their AI advances in 10 or 20 years,”...
