Google’s most senior advertising executive revealed that the company is looking into incorporating blockchain, but there are no official announcements at this time. “This is a research topic, so I don’t have anything super-definitive to say. We have a small team that is looking at...
Google enters the transportation industry with Google Pay, announcing news on Monday (March 19) that consumers can now pay for tickets for a ride on the Las Vegas Monorail from their mobile devices. In a blog post, Group Product Manager, Google Pay, Prakash Hariramani said the...
Google announced that it is launching a “wearables operating system for everyone” that will work for both Android and iPhone users. “Android Wear was founded on the belief that wearable technology should be for everyone, no matter what style you wear on your wrist or...
Fans of iPads can now utilize Google Assistant with their tablets. The news come after the company made the virtual assistant available on the iPhone last year. “The Assistant on iPad can do everything the Assistant on your iPhone can do, with the added benefit...
Alphabet’s Google has decided not to run any ads for cryptocurrencies as part of its efforts to clamp down on advertisements that run afoul of its policies. First spotted by Reuters in a post, the company said the new policy kicks off in June and bans...
Google Tez, the India-based payment application that runs on the United Payments Interface, has added a chat feature to its digital payment platform. According to a report in The Economic Times citing a Google spokesperson, Google is aiming to take on WhatsApp with the chat feature, which...
Google’s shopping rivals want an EU commission to do more to protect them from the search engine’s anti-competitive behavior. Last year, Google was fined a record 2.4 billion euros ($2.9 billion) by the European Union’s financial enforcers, who determined that the search engine manipulated its results...
A former senior manager and lead for Alexa AI has left Amazon for a new position at Google. According to Quartz, Ashwin Ram is now technical director of AI for Google Cloud. “Excited to share that I’m joining Google Cloud as Technical Director of AI...
A new update now allows the Nest Cam IQ Indoor to get support for Google Assistant. Earlier this month, it was announced that Nest was back under Google’s control, making it easier to integrate Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology, as well as Assistant, into future...
