SUNNYVALE, Calif. and LOWELL, Ark., Feb. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Google and J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, today announced a multi-year strategic alliance to accelerate J.B. Hunt’s digital transformation and collaborate on next-generation supply chain platform technology. Powered by… Source link

Google removed former president Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign app from Google’s Play Store earlier Wednesday. It wasn’t removed for any of the many other reasons that Trump has been removed from the world’s largest platforms, but rather because it just didn’t work, Android Police reports. Prior to its suspension, the app provided campaign news, an event schedule, and ways to donate to the campaign, but at some point, it stopped working, prompting Google to take it down. Android… Source link

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., competing against digital upstarts in its freight-matching segment, is turning to Google’s AI to better pair shippers with carriers. The trucking and logistics company will work with Google to develop machine-learning models to make better matches between shippers and carriers using its J.B. Hunt 360 platform, aiming to help shippers see supply and demand needs days into the future and carriers to estimate future fuel and… Source link

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Wednesday rebuked a claim made a day before by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that put the blame for that state’s massive cold-weather power outage on the failure of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar. In fact, extreme weather like the winter storm that swept across the country in recent days will become more likely as climate change worsens, Gates told Yahoo Finance, advocating instead for an expansion of renewable energy as part of his call for… Source link

SAN FRANCISCO — For months, Facebook and Google have been locked in a stare-down with news publishers and lawmakers in Australia. At the heart of the fight is whether the tech giants should pay news organizations for the news articles that are shared on their networks. Under a proposed law from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, both Google and Facebook would be required to negotiate with media publishers and compensate them for the content that appears on their sites.

(NEXSTAR) – Google Maps has released a new feature that enables you to pay for parking and transit from within the app. To access the feature, all you have to do is connect your Google Pay account to Google Maps. Here’s how it works: Once you’re parked in metered parking, simply tap on the “Pay for Parking” button that appears and enter your meter number and the amount of time — without ever touching the meter. You can extend your parking time from within the… Source link

(NEXSTAR) – Google Maps has released a new feature that enables you to pay for parking and transit from within the app. To access the feature, all you have to do is connect your Google Pay account to Google Maps. Here’s how it works: Once you’re parked in metered parking, simply tap on the “Pay for Parking” button that appears and enter your meter number and the amount of time — without ever touching the meter. You can extend your parking time from within the… Source link

Google has suspended the Trump 2020 campaign app from the Google Play Store for policy violations, the company confirmed, following a report from Android Police which noted the app was unable to load any content and appeared to have been taken down. Both the Android version of the app and its iOS counterpart have been left online since the November 2020 elections, but hadn’t received recent updates — which likely contributed to the app’s stability issues. The Play Store version… Source link

(NEXSTAR) – Google Maps has released a new feature that enables you to pay for parking and transit from within the app. To access the feature, all you have to do is connect your Google Pay account to Google Maps. Is it too cold for custard? Not according to this Oshkosh staple Here’s how it works: Once you’re parked in metered parking, simply tap on the “Pay for Parking” button that appears and enter your meter number and the amount of time — without… Source link

Back in September, Google Maps announced the option to pay for parking fares from within its Android app. The payments went through Google Pay and the whole process was done in cooperation with Passport Parking. In a new blog post, Google announced the “Pay for Parking” feature within Maps is now available in over 400 US cities including Boston, Cincinnati, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C and coming to iOS users soon. In addition, Google Maps users will be able to pay… Source link