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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google is pulling the plug on Podcasts app next week, here’s what you can do before it shuts down  The Times of India Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Suddenly Reveals Surprise Android Update That Beats iPhone  Forbes Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Suddenly Reveals Surprise Android Update That Beats iPhone  Forbes Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]If you watched certain YouTube videos, investigators demanded your data from Google  Mashable Source link

Earlier this year, Google Chat introduced a floating bottom bar, and Google Keep for Android is following suit.  When Google Keep got its Material You redesign in 2021, the primary change — besides Dynamic Color — to the bottom portion of the app was the floating action button switching from a circle to a square with rounded corners. (To my eye, the cutout for the FAB wasn’t very inline with Material 3. Look at how Google Tasks was updated.) Google Keep is now… Source link

Enlarge / The Google Phone’s Play Store listing still touts Nearby Places as a major feature. Google 9to5Google reports that Google has killed off the Google Phone app’s “nearby places” feature. Google announced the impending death of the feature in February, saying: “We’ve found only a very small number of people use this feature, and the vast majority of users go to Google Search or Maps when seeking… Source link

It looks like Google Drive could finally get a dark mode option for its web version, meaning perusing documents could become a lot easier on the eye for people who like their web pages muted rather than a searing while.  This information comes courtesy of 9to5Google, which reports that one of its Google accounts received an update that prompts users to try out a “New Dark mode” so that they can “enjoy Drive in the dark”. The option to trigger this dark mode is reportedly under the… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Apple iPhones Could Get Google’s AI Built In  Bloomberg Source link

(Reuters) -Apple is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation. The negotiations are about licensing Gemini for some new features coming to the iPhone software this year, the report said, adding that the terms or branding of an AI agreement or how it would be implemented have not been decided. It is unlikely that any deal would be announced until June, when Apple plans to hold… Source link

Apple and Google are actively negotiating the use of Gemini to power some of the generative AI features coming to iPhones this year, according to a latest report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurnman. The deal with Apple could be a game-changer for Google’s Gemini chatbot which has been embroiled in a number of controversies over the last month or so. … Source link