Zomato has announced that it has suffered a security breach with over 17 million user records stolen from its database. According to the restaurant search and discovery giant, usernames and hashed passwords were stolen by the attackers. Continue reading “Zomato suffers security breach, 17 million user records stolen”
At the Google I/O 2017 Stephanie Saad Cuthbertson, Director, Product Management Google announced that Android O will bring more fluid experiences, as well as improvements to what the company call “vitals” like battery life and security. Android Vitals focuses on optimizing battery life, start up time, graphic rendering time, and stability. On Google Pixel boot time will be 2x faster in Android O, compared to Android N.
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Google has unveiled a indoor positioning tech dubbed as Visual Positioning Service (VPS) at its Google I/O developers conference. It is basically GPS for indoors that helps devices quickly and accurately understand their location. VPS can direct you right to the item you are looking for once inside. Continue reading “Google showcases new Visual Positioning Service for Project Tango”
At the Google I/O 2017, Google announced Android Go for low-cost Android devices that have 1GB or less of memory. This is built into the Android O and upcoming Android versions, and promises smooth and efficient software experience. It also has better data management, offers better saving and also lets you top up directly from the data settings once data is over.
Google released Android O developer preview images back in March. Today during Google I/O 2017 it has started registrations for the upcoming Android O beta. When it released Android O developer preview, Google said that Android O will bring new power and performance optimizations and many new ways to extend your apps. Continue reading “Android O beta registration goes live, O Developer Preview 2 factory images, OTA now available”
Google has announced suite of Play Protect services to keep your Android devices secure. The security services aims at providing new protections and greater visibility into your device security. You will be able to see these service at work on your phone by navigating to the “My apps & games” section of the Google Play Store. Continue reading “Google beefs up Android security with Play Protect”
Google is bringing Smart Reply feature to Gmail. The feature that was available for Inbox by Gmail and Google Allo suggests quick responses to your messages. Continue reading “Google adds Smart Reply to Gmail for Android and iOS”
Google announced three new features for Photos at the I/O 2017 conference that are aimed at making sharing easy. Google Photos is getting suggested sharing, shared albums and photo books. Continue reading “Google Photos get suggested sharing, shared libraries and photo books”
You guys must have surely heard of IFA or Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin auf Deutsch which happens every year in Berlin in September. It is infact one of of the oldest tech conferences in Europe and used to be a Radio exhibition long ago. The organisers hold a GPC or Global Press Conference every year and they invited me to the press conference in Lisbon, Portugal few days back and It was indeed a great experience. IFA flew in over 300 journalists from all over the world and literally painted the whole town red in IFA colours. Continue reading “IFA Global Press Conference 2017 Summary”
Google at the Google I/O 2017 announced its standalone Daydream VR headset, as expected. HTC’s VIVE and Lenovo will be building these headsets that are coming later this year. Google will also create a standalone headset reference design powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 VR platform. Since it is an untethered headset that doesn’t require a smartphone like the first generation Daydream headset, and this comes with positional head-tracking.
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Google Home, its voice activated Google Assistant is geting new features. This includes option to schedule new calendar appointments, create reminders, Make hands-free calls and more new features. Continue reading “Google Home to get hands-free calling, proactive assistance, Bluetooth streaming and more”
Today at the Google I/O, Scott Huffman, vice president of engineering for search announced that Google Assistant on phone will now let you type, in addition to voice commands. Google Assistant will also get history within the conversation soon so that you can see what you’ve previously asked. Continue reading “Google Assistant now lets you type, adds new languages, to get Google Lens visual AI intelligence”
The rumors of Google Assistant coming to the iOS is indeed true. Google, today at its I/O developer conference in Mountain View announced that the Assistant will be available on the iPhone. Google’s Assistant takes on Apple’s Siri directly and it will be interesting to see who wins this battle.
Google’s Assistant has third-party integrations and is capable of handling complicated queries. Google Assistant also allows you to control your connected devices thanks to Google’s new partnerships with third-party companies. Continue reading “Google Assistant is now available on the iPhone”
Google CEO Sundar Pichai at Google I/O in Mountain View announced that the company has passed 2 billion active devices on its Android platform.
The growth is quite astonishing considering that Google has added nearly 400 million devices powered by its mobile operating system since September 2015 when it last reported this figure. Continue reading “Android surpasses 2 billion monthly active devices”
At the Tizen Developer Conference (TDC) 2017 in San Francisco, annual Tizen conference for developers, Samsung introduced Tizen 4.0, the next generation Tizen platform. Unlike the Tizen 3.0 that is limited to devices such as TVs and smartphones, Tizen 4.0 offers development environment that can be refined according to the characteristics of various devices by subdividing functional modules. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Tizen 4.0, ARTIK 053 IoT module and more”
