Google’s most futuristic product, Duplex, is drawing heavy criticism from those who question the ethics of placing robots in conversations with humans, without the other parties realizing it. Google previewed Duplex at its I/O Developer conference on Tuesday (May 8), showing off the experimental service...
So, what did we learn this week at Google I/O? As Alphabet kicked off its annual developer conference in Mountain View, California, this week, the name of the game was artificial intelligence (AI). Google announced that its research division will heretofore be known as Google...
Since rebranding its various mobile and digital payments efforts under the moniker Google Pay earlier this year, Google has been aggressively introducing new functionality to give its users more reasons to use it. Yesterday, at Google’s I/O developer conference, another bit of new functionality was announced: The Google Pay mobile...
Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include Walmart’s investment in Indian eCommerce operator Flipkart. Other items offer news about Alibaba’s profit problem, Google I/O, new Groupon deals and how facial recognition...
May 09, 2018
Since rebranding its various mobile and digital payments efforts under the moniker Google Pay earlier this year, Google has been aggressively introducing new functionality to give its users more reasons to use it. Yesterday, at Google’s I/O developer conference, another bit of new functionality was announced: The Google Pay mobile wallet will now support tickets. All tickets. Airline tickets, movie tickets, concert […]
June 22, 2018
Google has made talking to Google Assistant easier with the launch of Continued Conversation. “For the Google Assistant to have a natural conversation, it should be able to understand when it’s being spoken to and should be capable of responding to several requests during an interaction,” wrote Jaclyn Konzelmann, Product Manager of Google Assistant. “We’re […]
May 11, 2018
Google’s most futuristic product, Duplex, is drawing heavy criticism from those who question the ethics of placing robots in conversations with humans, without the other parties realizing it. Google previewed...
May 19, 2017
Yesterday marked the second day of the Google I/O developer conference, and the announcements just kept on coming. Wednesday, the company broke the news of a major development for enabling...
May 18, 2017
Google just made a major move to expand its revenue beyond the realm of digital advertising. At the keynote address of this year’s I/O developer conference, Google’s CEO announced that...
