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Google is replacing its iconic Gmail envelope logo with a design that’s a lot more in keeping with other Google products. The new Gmail logo is now an M made out of Google’s core blue, red, yellow, and green brand colors. It more closely matches similar logos for Google itself, Google Maps, Google Photos, Chrome, and many more Google products. The envelope is no more. Fast Company reports that Google considered dropping the M altogether or fully removing the Gmail red color, but… Source link

One or more Nest Minis on your media console can give your TV audio the extra oomph it needs. Chris Monroe/CNET One of the… Source link

Google is commemorating the 20th anniversary of the “Cha-Cha Slide” with a unique Easter egg that literally gets the search results moving. Searching for “Cha-Cha Slide” will now bring up a knowledge panel with a sparkling microphone icon. Unless you’re ready to dance, please do not search for [cha cha slide] and click on the microphone. With your volume turned on. For the 20th anniversary of the song. Unless you’re ready, that is. https://t.co/VHSUcmHa8N pic.twitter.com/i1752NOBmb —… Source link

Google Vice President of Engineering Dave Burke provided an update about the Exposure Notifications System (ENS) that Google developed in partnership with Apple, as a way to help public health authorities supplement contact tracing efforts with a connected solution that preserves privacy while alerting people of potential exposure to confirmed cases of COVID-19. In the update, Burke notes that the company expects “to see the first et of these apps roll out in the coming weeks” in… Source link

Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, -4.47% GOOG, -4.23% on Friday said 20 states are “exploring” contact tracing apps for COVID-19 the company has developed with Apple Inc. AAPL, +7.87%. The technology lets app users track encounters with other people via Bluetooth and anonymously notify them if they become infected with the virus. Additionally, Google said public health authorities in more than a dozen countries and… Source link

Ad sales simply have not been adding up, but recovery is on the way. This is the general consensus of Wall Street analysts who follow Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, -4.41% GOOG, -4.20% after it reported a second straight quarter of declining advertising revenue but offered encouraging signs of a rebound. Still, it wasn’t enough to stop a 5% drop in shares Friday that jeopardizes its $1 trillion market value. Despite the… Source link

But Google’s ad sales were picking back up again by the end of the quarter, chief financial officer Ruth Porat said on a conference call. And growth at YouTube and Google’s cloud business continued to be relatively strong. Shares inched higher in extended trading. “We are cautiously encouraged by our results,” Porat said, adding that “it’s premature to say that we’re out of the woods.” Google’s giant advertising business had already begun to slow well before the pandemic…. Source link

Google revealed earlier this year that it’s planning to support Windows applications on Chromebooks thanks to a partnership with Parallels. It’s a collaboration that will see a full version of Windows boot inside Chrome OS, providing businesses the option to run existing desktop apps on Google’s range of lightweight Chromebook devices. In an exclusive interview with The Verge, Google is now detailing how and why Windows apps are arriving on Chrome OS. Google wants to give you access… Source link

Australia is closing in on a legally binding framework to force adtech giants Facebook and Google pay media companies for monetizing their news content when it’s posted to their social media platforms or otherwise aggregated and monetized. Back in April the country’s government announced it would adopt a mandatory code requiring the tech giants to share ad revenue with media business after an attempt to negotiate a voluntary arrangement with the companies failed to make… Source link

Listen to the content of this post: Data breaches grow Data breaches have grown in intensity and frequency in recent months as cybercriminals take advantage of coronavirus confusion. Large-scale data breaches increased 273% in the first quarter, compared to the same time last year, according to a new study from cloud computing company Iomart. More… Source link