A new update to Google Chrome will help prevent consumers from being scammed by unclear mobile subscription services. “Every month, millions of Chrome users encounter pages with insufficient mobile subscription information. Surprising charges that come from unclear communication are a poor user experience. That’s why...
Security advocate Jerry Gamblin has discovered code loopholes that can threaten Google Home’s security. Google Home Hub was launched as the company aims to compete with Amazon‘s Alexa. Hub is basically an Android tablet connected to a speaker, which can serve as an in-room Google...
A case involving Google Search could change the way that class-action settlements are paid out, assuming the U.S. Supreme Court comes through with a decision on the matter. The case involves a California resident who filed “a proposed class-action lawsuit in 2010 in San Jose...
Self-driving startup Waymo, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced that it has been awarded the first permit in California to begin driverless testing on public roads. “Fully driverless testing is the latest step in the path Waymo has been on since 2009, when we...
Google is rolling out an overhauled Discover feed on google.com for Android and iOS devices. According to a report in Engadget, users should see a stream of cards under the search box that will focus on things you are interested in, whether it’s political issues,...
Google has announced two updates to Google Maps that will make it easier for users to follow preferred places, as well as find out about new businesses coming soon. “Those using Google Maps for Android can now follow places right from the app,” wrote Product...
Google announced Thursday (October 25) that it is making Google Images more useful by bringing Lens, its image-recognition mobile app, to Google Images. In a blog post, Assaf Broitman, product manager of Google Images, said that starting Thursday (October 25) when a user sees something in an image...
A Portuguese court has ruled against Alphabet’s Google in a landmark case involving a local app. Portuguese app store Aptoide revealed that the court has ordered Google to stop removing its app from users’ mobile phones without their knowledge. “This court’s decision is a signal...
Alphabet’s Google is gearing up to charge hardware companies as much as $40 per device to use its mobile apps as part of a new licensing system that will replace one the European Union found was anticompetitive. Reuters, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported...
