McLEAN, Va. — The U.S. Army has provided Google Workspace, the search-and-software giant’s collaboration suite, to more than 180,000 personnel in the wake of email licensing shortfalls and other information-technology dilemmas. The tally, only expected to grow, comes about six months after the service started quietly testing the constellation of digital tools with a select group and three months after it began publicly rolling it out to troops. Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo on Jan. 12… Source link
Read More »US Army launches Google Workspace for troops
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is rolling out Google Workspace for soldiers new and old, months after the service quietly began testing the software suite as a potential solution to previous information technologies issues. Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer in a social media post this week said “Army Google Workspace is now operational and live,” adding that the service “implemented the first Impact Level 4 Google Workspace in the Federal Government to process Controlled… Source link
Read More »Gmail fix for junior soldiers? Army launches Google email beta
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has quietly started beta testing Google Workspace as an alternate email option and potential solution to the service’s previous information technology woes. The platform is intended to serve junior troops who may have lost access to official email accounts amid a choppy transition from Defense Enterprise Email and its mail.mil addresses to the Army 365 system, which involves Microsoft-based products, according to a source familiar with the matter. The new Army… Source link
Read More »U.S. ARMY SELECTED CANOO’S MULTI-PURPOSE PLATFORM FOR ANALYSIS & DEMONSTRATION
JUSTIN, Texas, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV), a high-tech advanced mobility company, has been awarded by the U.S. Army to supply an electric vehicle for analysis and demonstration. This contract supports the U.S. military’s focus to incorporate scalable and adaptable capabilities in operational and garrison environments. (PRNewsfoto/Canoo) “As an American company based in the heartland, it is an honor to be selected by the U.S. Army,” said Tony Aquila, Investor, Chairman &… Source link
Read More »BTS ARMY Day: Google Search Easter Egg Unlocks Audio From Band
BTS ARMY is feeling the love from Google. In honor of the ninth anniversary of the origin of BTS ARMY — the name of the K-pop superstars’ massive fanbase — on July 9, 2022, Google has launched a pair of new collabs with BTS. Starting Friday, fans who search for “BTS” on Google Search can unlock a secret Easter egg. On the search results page for BTS (on mobile or desktop), users can click on the purple heart icon that appears next to the BTS header on the upper left-hand… Source link
Read More »Day Trader Army Loses All the Money It Made in Meme-Stock Era
(Bloomberg) — It’s ending as fast as it began for retail day traders, whose crowd-sourced daring was the pre-eminent story of pandemic equities. Most Read from Bloomberg Nursing losses in 2022 that are worse than the rest of the market’s, amateur investors who jumped in when the lockdown began have now given back all of their once-prodigious gains, according to an estimate by Morgan Stanley. The calculation is based on trades placed by new entrants since the start of 2020 and uses… Source link
Read More »CSU alum, Army veteran illustrates Google search Veterans Day image
November 11, 2021 Columbus State alumnus and Army veteran Steve Tette’s work is being seen by hundreds of millions of Google users on Thursday, Nov. 11. The American realist artist was chosen to design the “Google Doodle” for Veterans Day. The doodles are a Google program to alter the search engine’s logo in celebration of holidays, anniversaries and the lives of influential… Source link
Read More »GameStop stock price sent higher by meme trading army ahead of earnings
The meme stock army is showing its support for the OG of the 2021 retail trading movement — GameStop (GME) — ahead of the company’s earnings on Wednesday evening. Shares of GameStop rose as much as 6% to $292 in afternoon trading on Tuesday as fast-money traders positioned themselves prior to the earnings release. GameStop was among the top five most commented stocks on social media, according to data from social monitoring service HypeEquity. Talk on social media of call options on… Source link
Read More »Microsoft $22 Billion U.S. Army Deal for HoloLens Advances
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.’s multibillion-dollar deal to build customized versions of its HoloLens goggles for the U.S. Army is moving forward, one year after the Senate considered freezing half the contract. The deal, initially unveiled three years ago, is now worth as much as $21.9 billion over 10 years, according to Microsoft. The agreement runs for an initial five years, with an option to add another five years. The software maker will manufacture the augmented-reality devices in… Source link
Read More »Silver prices hit highest since 2013 as Reddit army turns to commodities
Price of silver rose by more than10% on Monday. Photo: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters The price of silver (SI=F) rocketed more than 10% to its highest since February 2013 on Monday, briefly trading over the $30 (£ ) per ounce mark, as retail investors piled in on the commodity. It became the latest target after a retail frenzy last week saw the likes of heavily-shorted GameStop (GME) and AMC Entertainment (AMC) surge in revolt to large institutional investors. Recently amateur traders have been… Source link
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