Tag Archives: apps

[unable to retrieve full-text content]77 incredibly useful tips for Google apps: Gmail, Docs, Sheets, and beyond  Fast Company Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]$5,000 Google Jamboard dies in 2024—cloud-based apps will stop working, too  Ars Technica Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google’s Bard can now pull information from your apps, gets fact checking feature  Yahoo Finance Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Strict rules for lending apps, combating malware underline Google’s Play Store  Hindustan Times Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google removes hundreds of Kenya-focused loan apps from Play Store  TechCrunch Source link

Google’s new policy requiring digital lenders in Kenya to submit proof of license to operate in the East African country takes effect today. The policy aims to clamp down on rogue loan apps, which are pervasive in the country. This means that only providers with licenses from the country’s pinnacle bank, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), will be listed on Play Store, Google’s digital distribution service. Digital lenders whose applications are yet to get a… Source link

A new category of activity tracking applications has been having massive success recently on Google Play, Android’s official app store, having been downloaded on over 20 million devices. The applications promote themselves as health, pedometer, and good habit-building apps, promising to give users random rewards for staying active in their daily lives, reaching distance goals, etc. According to a report by the Dr. Web antivirus, though, the rewards may be impossible to cash out or are… Source link

The Google Home app for Android and iOS has been updated with an improved mobile-based remote for compatible smart TVs and “connected streaming or media devices.” In a tweet announcing the update last week, Google said that Home App users can now “easily control playback, switch inputs, adjust the volume, and more.” The new remote feature isn’t for controlling Chromecast devices or Android TVs — both of which are already supported by the Google Home app. Instead, it links up to… 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

The company appeals an antitrust ruling that’s about to take effect The European Union has taken a number of steps to curb the power of Big Tech in its jurisdiction — Google in particular has been on the receiving end of steep fines over antitrust violations. The company is also facing similar pushback from regulators in India. Back in October last year, the Competition Commission of India slapped the company with a fine of $161.9 million for compelling… Source link