Google is finally rolling out emoji reactions to people using Google Meet for video calls starting today. The company said that this feature will be first available on iOS and the web with Android support coming soon. The search giant first announced this feature last year, but it is reaching users just now. Users can click or tap on the smile icon on the bottom pane to post a reaction emoji — with support for different skin tones — on the video call. When… Source link

Google is making Meet more social with a new feature called in-meeting reactions. The idea is that users can send one of nine emoji reactions, including 💖👍 and 😂, which will appear on the recipient’s window and be visible to all in the meeting. If multiple users send emojis, they’ll appear as a burst on the left side of your screen.  To use the function, you select the smile icon in the control bar, and can hover on the bar that pops up to select the skin tone of your choice for… Source link

Alphabet the parent of search-engine Google, is cutting jobs at its healthcare and robotics units as the latest round of technology-sector layoffs gathers pace. Verily Life Sciences, is letting go of 200 employees, affecting some 15% of roles at the company, and Intrinsic, a robotics software company is laying off 40 employees. Both divisions are within Alphabet’s (ticker: GOOGL) Other Bets unit. The cuts were reported by… Source link

A version of this article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, January 12, 2023 Today’s newsletter is by Myles Udland, Head of News at Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter @MylesUdland and on LinkedIn. Read this and more market news on the go with Yahoo Finance App. The final consumer price index of 2022 is due out Thursday morning, and is expected to show prices rose 6.5% over the… Source link

BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Google (GOOGL.O) and Porsche (P911_p.DE) are in talks over a possible deal to allow Google Apps to be used in Porsche cockpits, German business magazine Manager Magazin reported on Thursday, citing managers from both companies. A focus of the deal would be access to Google Maps, the report added. Spokespeople for Porsche and Google were not immediately available for comment. Porsche Chief Financial Officer Lutz Meschke said at a conference call last October that the… Source link

NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Google has been jolted after the Indian antitrust authority sought changes to how it markets its Android system, which powers 97% of smartphones in the world’s second biggest mobile market. As a Jan. 19 deadline approaches, the U.S. firm has asked the Supreme Court to put on hold the directives of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), arguing that they risk stalling growth of its Android ecosystem in the country. Google licenses the system to smartphone… Source link

Glassdoor, an American website on which current and former employees anonymously review companies, has published its annual ‘100 Best Places to Work’ list, for 2023. The list, for which ratings were determined based on reviews from the annual eligibility period, was topped by neither Apple nor Google, but by Gainsight, a San Francisco-based software firm established in 2009. “The list features winning employers across a range of industries, including technology, pharmaceuticals,… Source link

In-meeting reactions have finally arrived to Google Meet, giving users a new way to express themselves. The Google Meets platform has slowly improved, thanks to some meaningful additions that have been added over time. But if you’ve been itching to have a little fun and just share emoji reactions during your Google Meet sessions, a new update has brought this functionality to Google Meet on Web, Google Meet on iOS, and supported Google Meet hardware devices…. Source link

Ezra Miller is accused of stealing liquor bottles from a friend’s home in Vermont. (Photo: WireImage) Ezra Miller will plead guilty in their felony burglary case as part of a deal reached with prosecutors, Yahoo Entertainment has confirmed. The 30-year-old actor will cop to a single, lesser charge of unlawful trespassing as they’re accused of stealing liquor bottles from a neighbor’s Vermont home last year. Miller, who is nonbinary, previously pleaded not guilty to one count of burglary and… Source link

Ezra Miller is accused of stealing liquor bottles from a friend’s home in Vermont. (Photo: WireImage) Ezra Miller avoided jail in their felony burglary case as part of a deal reached with prosecutors, Yahoo Entertainment has confirmed. The 30-year-old actor copped to a single, lesser charge of unlawful trespassing as they’re accused of stealing liquor bottles from a neighbor’s Vermont home last year. “Ezra Miller pled guilty this morning to a misdemeanor unlawful trespass in Vermont Superior… Source link