Tag Archives: Googles

Flutter, Google’s open-source framework for building multi-platform apps for mobile, web and desktop, is hosting its Flutter Forward event in Nairobi, Kenya today. As the name implies, the team is using the event to showcase up-and-coming features of the framework — most of which are still very early in their development cycle. The main highlights here are massively improved graphics performance, the ability to more easily embed Flutter code into existing web and mobile apps, and support… Source link

NEW DELHI, Jan 24 (Reuters) – India’s government on Tuesday tested locally developed mobile operating system BharOS, a move seen as challenging the dominance of Google’s Android just days after the U.S. giant suffered a major antitrust setback in the country. The government endorsement of the operating system comes after Google lost its fight in India’s Supreme Court to block an antitrust order that will force the company to change how it markets its Android operating system. “We have a long… Source link

Released back in the fall of 2021 with a first-of-its-kind Google Tensor processor, exceptional cameras, and an outstanding screen in tow, the 6.7-inch Pixel 6 Pro was predictably discontinued along its little non-Pro brother when the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro saw daylight a few months ago. Of course, a number of third-party retailers and major carriers continued to sell the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro in the US even after their manufacturer pulled the plug, and the coolest thing… Source link

Google’s decision to let go of 12,000 employees was only just announced on Friday, but it extended the recent trend of the “Big Tech” companies cutting jobs in previously unheard-of numbers, and now we’ve seen more reports about where those cuts happened. The Information reports that at Google, layoffs spread through nearly every group, including projects like Chrome, Search, Android, and Google Cloud. Its sources said they affected people who’d previously received “high… Source link

Area 120, the Google in-house incubator responsible for products such as Checks, Tables, Stack and ThreadBite, has been significantly affected by broader layoffs at Google parent company Alphabet. A spokesperson tells TechCrunch via email that the majority of the Area 120 team has been “winded down,” and that only three projects from the division will graduate later this year into core Google product areas. The spokesperson wouldn’t say which specific… Source link

Google has revealed that the theme of the 2023 Doodle for… Source link

Google logo is seen through the broken glass in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on … [+] February 28, 2020. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Revolution and Evolution of Search Many of us born before the Internet era remember life before search. To get an answer to a simple question we either asked someone with that knowledge, went to the library, or, used the Yellow Pages. The Internet changed everything. In just six years from… Source link

Washington CNN  —  The Federal Election Commission has tossed out claims by the Republican National Committee that Google’s spam filters in Gmail are illegally biased against conservatives, according to an agency letter obtained by CNN. The decision resolves a joint FEC complaint filed last year spearheaded by the RNC that alleged Gmail’s automated filters had sent Republican fundraising emails to spam at a… Source link

Apple may be getting some real competition for its AirTag from Google. The search giant is reportedly working on its own Bluetooth tracking device, as noted by Kuba Wojciechowski, a frequent leaker of Google’s Pixel products who spotted references to Google-made locator tags and a tracker. The project is currently codenamed “grogu,” named after the character from The Mandalorian that’s more affectionately known as Baby Yoda. Google clearly isn’t quite ready to reveal its Bluetooth… Source link

Biden admin accused of colluding with Big Tech ‘Big Sunday Show’ panelists discuss reports the Biden administration allegedly colluded with social media giants like Twitter and Instagram to censor ‘misinformation’ on its platforms.  The Federal Election Commission ruled that Google’s email platform, Gmail, does not filter emails for political purposes after the Republican National Committee filed a complaint against the Big Tech giant, alleging it censored conservatives by sending GOP… Source link