Tag Archives: Alerts

Google is piloting its own ‘soundbox’ in India for merchants to get audio-based payment alerts • TechCrunch

Google is piloting its own ‘soundbox’ in India for merchants to get audio-based payment alerts • TechCrunch

Soundboxes — hardware used by merchants that emits sounds every time a mobile payment is made — have taken off in India, where point of sale activity can get busy and voice alerts from the soundbox help alert multitasking shopkeepers and assistants to a transaction going through. Now, to keep pushing ahead to build out its own payments business in the world’s second-largest internet market, Google is getting in on the act. The internet giant, which is currently one of the mobile… Source link

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Google rolls out tool to request removal of personal info from search results, will later add proactive alerts • TechCrunch

Google rolls out tool to request removal of personal info from search results, will later add proactive alerts • TechCrunch

This spring, Google announced it would expand the types of personal information users could request to have removed from Google Search results to include contact information, like a phone number, address or email. At Google’s “Search On” event today, where the company unveiled a number of announcements related to its Search products and services, it said this feature would now be rolling out widely to users in the U.S. and would later expand to include alerts. Originally, Google

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Google will send air raid alerts to Android phones in Ukraine

Google will send air raid alerts to Android phones in Ukraine

Android users in Ukraine will get air raid alerts directly on their phones before expected attacks happen near them, Google announced today. In an updated blog post, the company said it’s working with the Ukrainian government to roll out an alert system for Android phones in the country. The feature was first spotted by XDA-Developers. “Tragically, millions of people in Ukraine now rely on air strike alerts to try to get to safety,” Google says in the announcement. The Android pings… Source link

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Google adds Air Raid Alerts to Android phones in Ukraine – TechCrunch

Google adds Air Raid Alerts to Android phones in Ukraine – TechCrunch

Google is starting to introduce a rapid Air Raid Alerts system for Android phones in Ukraine, the company announced on Thursday. The new feature is the tech giant’s latest update on its response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. “Tragically, millions of people in Ukraine now rely on air strike alerts to try to get to safety. At the request, and with the help, of the government of Ukraine, we’ve started rolling out a rapid Air Raid Alerts system for… Source link

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The Oddly Addictive Quality of Google Alerts

The Oddly Addictive Quality of Google Alerts

When I started working on my first book, I asked some writers I knew if they had any advice. Quite a few mentioned setting deadlines for myself so that instead of facing one Everest-sized due date, I could work through a series of more manageable, less Himalaya-sized deadlines one at a time; many encouraged me to try writing a few hundred words every day, but some said not to write anything until the whole book was outlined and I knew how all of the chapters worked; a few others suggested… Source link

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Google Maps Appears To Be Adding Railroad Crossing Alerts

Google Maps Appears To Be Adding Railroad Crossing Alerts

POLAND – 2020/11/04: In this photo illustration a Google Maps logo seen displayed on a smartphone. … [+] (Photo Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images As shared by a Redditor on the /r/GoogleMaps subreddit, Google appears to be adding railroad crossing alerts. The notification, which appears near railroad crossings, warns drivers of possible delays, but also serves as a warning… Source link

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