Google is rolling out a few new changes to its ranking systems in search, which are designed to help surface good content in your results and hide some of the worst and most cynical stuff on the web. The company says that it is doing a better job of downranking content that exists only to summarize other content — which can sometimes be normal SEO stuff but is also increasingly a job for generative AI tools — and in combatting some of the tricks people use to trick its ranking systems.
Read More »Google Docs’ updated tables are designed for project management
Google has announced new dropdown and table tools for Google Docs, as it attempts to evolve its word processing software into more of a collaborative productivity tool. The search giant calls small modular features like these “smart chips,” and they’re part of the “smart canvas” initiative it launched last year. The features are rolling out over the course of this month across all Google Account tiers. The dropdown tool lets you insert a small dropdown menu into a Google Doc,… Source link
Read More »The Rayz Rally Pro is the first “Designed for Google Meet” device
As cool as videoconferencing hardware can look, it’s often exorbitantly expensive — the $2,000 Series One Desk 27 for Google Meet being a perfect example. Luckily, alongside that expensive Meet machine, Google also announced its “Designed for Google Meet” program and a more affordable first entry, the Rayz Rally Pro. It’s a $200 Nest Mini-like phone speaker that doubles as a microphone for Google Meet calls. The Rayz Rally Pro comes in a gray-tone fabric-covered body that looks… Source link
Read More »Pixel 6 will have new processor designed by Google
Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones Google Google announced Monday it will build its own smartphone processor, called Google Tensor, that will power its new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones this fall. It’s another example of a company building its own chips to create what it felt wasn’t possible with those already on the market. In this case, Google is ditching Qualcomm. The move follows Apple, which is using its own processors in its new computers instead of Intel chips. And like Apple, Google… Source link
Read More »Google Workspace picks up new features designed for remote work
Google is adding a smattering of new features to Google Workspace today, including new tools for categorizing your focus time in Google Calendar and Chat, better ways to join Google Meet videoconferences with multiple devices, and a version of its office suite for frontline workers. It’s also taking Google Assistant for Workspace out of beta and making it generally available. The company is trying to categorize these features as part of a new push for what it calls “collaboration… Source link
Read More »Pittsburgh artist designed Google Doodle honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. 51 minutes ago Monday’s Google Doodle was designed to show the duality of history and current events, pointing out similarities and differences in the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the one that’s taking place today. That’s according to the doodle’s creator. She is artist, Noa Denmon, 25, a Pittsburgh native who now lives in… Source link
Read More »Marissa Mayer, former CEO of Yahoo! launches “Sunshine Contacts” the app designed to manage contacts
This application, exclusively for iOS, manages users’ contacts efficiently in the background. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! November 21, 2020 3 min read This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process. Sunshine , the startup of Marissa Mayer,… Source link
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