Google Maps introduced Gemini artificial intelligence features for its growing user base as HotelPlanner announced its automated voice assistant handles 10,000 daily hotel bookings, and Booking.com launched natural language search across its platform. The three companies added capabilities from location recommendations to automated reservations and...
Amazon and Google are taking action against a website that generates fake product/business reviews. The two tech giants have filed parallel lawsuits against Bigboostup.com, accusing it of selling phony product and business reviews to scammers to list on Amazon’s stores and on Google Search and Google Maps, Amazon announced Monday...
Google Maps is reportedly extending to Apple’s iOS and CarPlay a speedometer and speed limits feature that it has long offered for its own operating system, Android. TechCrunch reported Tuesday (July 9) that it spotted the feature being available to iPhone users in India last week...
When it comes to using artificial intelligence (AI) systems, many firms are fishing with dynamite. That’s because the biggest and most impressive large language models (LLMs), including OpenAI’s GPT-4, are trained on over 1 trillion parameters, and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a day...
November 01, 2023
People want to make conscious choices and contribute to the success of local and independent enterprises. This inclination to “shop small” is driven by various factors, including a desire to nurture the local economy, promote unique and artisanal products, and build a stronger sense of community. In response to this consumer demand, brands and retailers […]
July 02, 2023
June’s over, and thus far, two quarters in, the year’s been notably strong for the CE 100 Index. All indices were in the black, again, this past week, continuing a...
February 20, 2020
Among the more famous aphorisms of Benjamin Franklin was his 1748 observation that “time is money” — a fancy way of saying that making money requires the input of time,...
October 01, 2019
If you really want to understand human nature — really gain a deep sense about how people operate, and where they want to go — you could do worse than to...
October 28, 2024
Amazon and Google are taking action against a website that generates fake product/business reviews. The two tech giants have filed parallel lawsuits against Bigboostup.com, accusing it of selling phony product and business reviews to scammers to list on Amazon’s stores and on Google Search and Google Maps, Amazon announced Monday (Oct. 28). “Consumers heavily rely on product reviews when making […]
July 09, 2024
Google Maps is reportedly extending to Apple’s iOS and CarPlay a speedometer and speed limits feature that it has long offered for its own operating system, Android. TechCrunch reported Tuesday (July...
February 01, 2024
Google Maps will soon help people discover places with its new feature that uses generative artificial intelligence (AI). This feature is being rolled out to select Local Guides — who are some...
November 15, 2023
Google has added a feature to Google Maps that makes it easier for groups to plan trips. This is one of three new features and updates that have been added to Google Maps,...
