Google’s senior vice president for Search, Amit Singhal is bidding adieu to the company after a 15 year long stint. Singhal, who joined Google in 2000 will be replaced by John Giannandrea, currently vice president of engineering and head of artificial intelligence.
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Google today said that Google Search app will now understand more complex queries. It can now break down a query to understand the semantics of each piece. The app is starting to truly understand the meaning of what you’re asking, said the company. Google introduced voice search in 2008, and the Knowledge Graph in 2012. Knowledge Graph that powers the Google Search app cards got updated earlier this year to add details about common health conditions. Continue reading “Google Search app now understands more complex, natural-language questions”
Yahoo has signed a deal with Google to provide search ads. The deal builds on an existing search partnership with Microsoft under which Yahoo gets a percentage of revenue from ads displayed on its sites.
Google has announced that it will now begin indexing content from iOS apps in mobile search results. The move comes from the company a month after it started suggesting users install Android apps right from its search results.
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Back in October last year, Google started asking third-party Android app developers to integrate the ‘Ok, Google’ voice command action for their in-app searches. Now, on Thursday the Search giant announced that the feature has been made available to its “first set of partners”. Continue reading “‘Ok, Google’ custom voice actions rolling out for third-party apps”
Google’s planned mobile-friendly update is finally out. The Search giant announced that the update has begun to roll out globally starting Tuesday. Continue reading “Google pushes ‘mobile-friendly’ search rankings for smartphones”
You can now simply click and download a copy of your entire Web Search History to any device. Continue reading “Google now lets you download your Web Search history to any device”
Google introduced Google Now cards for Cricket last year during ICC World T20. You might have noticed new Google Now cards related to ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 if you had searched for it or added a cricket team in Google Search. Today Google has announced that it has partnered with Star Sports to offer pre-game videos, in-game highlights, and post-match recaps for the match’s most exciting moments within the search results in Google Search for mobile and desktop. Continue reading “Google Search now offers Cricket World Cup 2015 videos, highlights and more”
Google Search’s Knowledge Graph that powers the Google Now search cards that pop up when you search for certain things will now offer details about common health conditions when you search for them. One in 20 Google searches are for health-related information, says Google. Continue reading “Google Search gets Knowledge Graph for health-related info”
Earlier this week Google Maps got Street View for 12 World Cup stadiums in Brazil. Now Google has introduced a new Google search feature for both mobile and web that would let you view schedules for Football world cup match schedules just by searching for world cup in Google. These schedules are set your own time, so that you can keep track of them easily. Continue reading “Google Search now offers FIFA World Cup schedules, live scores and more”
Google has enhanced offering on its iOS app and added several features. The recent 4.0 updates brings improved voice question capabilities that allows users to ask Google basic questions like “What is the weather” and so on. Conversations are initiated with “Ok Google” command. This feature was already available on Android devices.
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Google, which already takes care of your many day-to-day activities will now even help you remember where you have parked your car. The tech giant has updated its Search app on Android with Parking Location card that offers the ability to automatically detect where you have parked your car and help you find that spot later.
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Google had earlier announced that it will soon be allowing users to search for content within applications. For example, if you search for a movie, then you will be prompted for a search result that will open inside the IMDB app if you have it installed. This feature was announced by Google sometime back and has been in use for a limited geographic area. Now, Google has expanded the availability of this in app search to global users.
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Given the strained relationship between Google and Microsoft’s Windows Phone smartphone OS, we’re pleasantly surprised to report that the official search app on the platform just got a pretty major update. The search app which till now essentially let you use Google Search on a Windows Phone device has been updated to support sign ins with your Google account. More importantly, voice commands are now instantly displayed on the screen. Continue reading “Google Search update for Windows Phone brings improved voice search, image viewing”
Google has a introduced a new feature in Google Search for Android, where users will be able to write on their screen in India’s most common language – Hindi. Handwrite has been an option that has been there for quite sometime now, but Hindi was not an option until now. Handwrite enables users to Google search by handwriting on the screen instead of using the on-screen keyboard. From today, users will be able to write Hindi words on the screen and get search results based on that. Continue reading “Google Mobile Search for Android gets support for Hindi Handwrite input”
