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by: Felicia Bolton, Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Mar 31, 2021 / 12:20 PM HST / Updated: Mar 31, 2021 / 12:20 PM HST CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) — Google announced several new features coming to Google Maps. But the feature users are finding most fascinating is the one that allows you to use augmented reality to find your way indoors at large public places like malls, airports, stadiums and transit centers. Live view for Google Maps first… Source link

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Stephen Lam | Reuters Google, one of the first major U.S. companies to send employees home last year because of the coronavirus, is setting new remote work guidelines as it speeds up plans to get staffers back to the office. As millions more Americans get vaccinated by the day, Google is accelerating reopening plans in some parts of the U.S. on a volunteer basis… Source link

Google must allow workers at one of its data centers in South Carolina to talk about their pay and inform them of their rights to organize under a settlement it reached with the National Labor Relations Board. Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +0.78% GOOG, +0.64% and subcontractor Modis E&T have agreed to post notices telling employees, among other things, that they have the right to form, join or assist a union; discuss pay and working… Source link

Former Google senior director of U.S. public policy Adam Kovacevich weighs in on Congress’ section 230 hearings and what we can expect from them. Google will begin welcoming some of its U.S. employees back to the office on a voluntary basis over the next month. A spokesperson for the company told FOX Business that select offices in the U.S. will begin reopening at limited capacity based on specific criteria, including vaccine availability and downward trends in COVID-19 cases. “Because… Source link

Google said staff may start returning to some of its U.S. offices over the next month, another indication of how companies are preparing for a more normalized environment as Covid-19 vaccinations pick up. The search-engine giant owned by Alphabet Inc. said Wednesday the initial return period will be voluntary as offices begin to reopen but with capacity limits, according to an email from Google’s top people executive Fionna Cicconi. “Conditions vary… Source link

Google employees in the United States will likely be allowed to return to the office next month, the company said on Wednesday. Google and other tech companies that shuttered their offices at the start of the pandemic are gradually reopening work spaces as vaccines become widely available. Facebook told employees that its Menlo Park headquarters would open in May, and Uber has allowed a limited number of employees to return to its San Francisco offices. Other tech companies, like Twitter,… Source link

FLoC’s Privacy Protections How Is This Different To The Previous Process? Cohort Eligibility Google Launches Privacy Sandbox Website With Mozilla’s Total Cookie Protection and DuckDuckGo’s additional privacy protections, we’ve been waiting to see how Google responds to calls for more privacy while browsing. Some internet users don’t like the idea of their data being collected and used. In contrast, advertisers rely on information from third-parties to serve personalized ads to an… Source link

Google Scholar’s co-founder, Anurag Acharya.Credit: Amit Basu Google Scholar, the popular free search engine for scholarly literature, revealed an unexpected feature on 23 March: it is keeping track of whether research papers covered by funders’ public-access mandates are free to read. A scientist’s Google Scholar profile now displays how many of their papers should be free to read because a funder requires it; how many… Source link

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Google promised not to silence workers who talk about their pay, part of a settlement resolving one of the first legal complaints filed by a new union representing hundreds of employees and contract workers at the internet giant. “WE WILL NOT tell… Source link

Alphabet’s GOOGL division Google is adding useful and smart updates to its Maps app in a bid to capitalize on the uptake of digital maps throughout the world. New updates include navigating indoors with Live View, more information on weather and air quality and eco-friendly routes. In addition to these, the company is updating the delivery and curbside pickup feature of Google Maps. The latest move bodes well for its growing efforts toward delivering an advanced and seamless mapping… Source link