One commercial during the 2021 Oscars generated nearly as much buzz as some of the nominees. A Google ad featuring a pair of grandparents who are deaf using various pieces of technology to communicate amid the pandemic broke the hearts of many viewers. As a CODA, or “child of deaf adults,” Googler Tony has always shared a unique bond with his parents. But when the pandemic forced a physical distance between them, they found new ways — and a new reason — to stay close. ?
Read More »Yes, you can change your YouTube channel name but not your Google account name. Here’s how
YouTube creators can more easily change their profile name and picture now, without changing their Google account information. James Martin/CNET … Source link
Read More »Google accidentally reveals Pixel 5a camera details and samples
? Anonymous q}m 4 minutes ago Anonymous, 52 minutes agohave you guys watch carefully from where the picture were taken? judging from the pic it seem … moreRight because leaks couldn’t happen any where else based on race. ROFL N32341219 Anonymous, 25 minutes agocome back when any of your omega supreme ultra chinese crap can stay consistent lol that’… moreHow about you come back here when Pixel stops taking consistently noisy photos and purely relying on… Source link
Read More »Google accidentally reveals Pixel 5a camera details and samples
Google recently confirmed the existence of the Pixel 5a to clear the confusion and rumors that suggested otherwise. In a more recent blog post related to camera features and the capabilities of the HDR+ algorithm, the company linked a Google Photos gallery full of camera samples taken with already existing Pixel phones. Two of the images, however, stand out. The first image that you see below has since been taken down, but the EXIF data has already revealed what we needed and it clearly… Source link
Read More »Google Promotes Usage Of Google Maps During National Parks Week
Google Maps is promoting its features in timing with National Parks Week. Lydia Kluge In timing with National Parks Week (April 17-25), Google is promoting how Google Maps can be applied toward visiting U.S. national parks. In late March 2021, the tech giant unveiled new updates to this program, which included more than 100 AI-powered improvements with Google Maps technology and advancements more up-to-date in real-time. Among other features, the new updates relate to… Source link
Read More »Google Doc Tips and Tricks: How to Make Someone Else the Owner of Your Document
Whenever you create or upload a document on Google Drive, Google, by default, makes you the sole owner and editor of the doc. So, if you wish to transfer the ownership of your doc to someone else to make it easy for them to edit or share it, you can tweak the settings. But, once you do that, you won’t be able to transfer the ownership back to yourself, and the new owner will have the ability to remove you and change access. Here’s everything that you need to know before making someone else… Source link
Read More »Google Search boss Prabhakar Raghavan earned $55 million in 2020
Prabhakar Raghavan, of Google Inc., speaks during the company’s Cloud Next ’18 event in San Francisco, California, July 24, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google‘s recently promoted Search boss Prabhakar Raghavan earned cash and stock $55.25 million last year, according to the company’s annual proxy filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. That amount takes into account his 2020 fiscal year salary of $655,000, stock awards amounting to $54.58 million that… Source link
Read More »Lawmakers push FTC to investigate Google Play for COPPA violations | Article
Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) seek to determine whether Google Play violated Section 5 of the FTC Act. “New research suggests that Google misleadingly markets children’s apps as compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) despite evidence that many of those apps illegally track children’s behavior and share their personal information without consent,” Markey and Castor wrote in the joint letter. “The FTC must use its full… Source link
Read More »‘Disability keeps getting left out’: A Google exec on boosting representation of people with disabilities — and bringing them into the C-suite
The Value Gap is a MarketWatch Q&A series with business leaders, academics, policymakers and activists on how to reduce racial and social inequalities. At the dawn of the dot-com boom, Silicon Valley was an ideal place for KR Liu to grow up and immerse herself in the latest gadgets. Liu, who was diagnosed with severe hearing loss at age 2, became skilled at disguising her disability by lip reading and relying on technology to communicate. “Email and instant messaging was wonderful… Source link
Read More »Google targets multi-cloud management with Anthos updates
Google rolled out a slew of updates for its Anthos cloud platform, debuting new capabilities designed to make it easier for customers to manage multi-cloud deployments. The company launched Anthos in April 2019, and subsequently debuted a telco specific version of the platform, Anthos for Telecom, in March 2020. Richard Seroter, director of outbound product management at Google Cloud, told Fierce the upgrades in its Anthos 1.7 release fall into two primary categories: those aimed at… Source link
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