September 20, 2016
Pinterest hires a head of engineering for its new Seattle office
While there’s plenty of talent in the San Francisco Bay Area — where Pinterest’s main office is over at 5th and Brannan in San Francisco — it can…
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September 19, 2016
Voice is chat’s next battleground
Chatbots were meh. Sure, they’ll get better. But the upcoming innovation in chat is about being more human, not less. With the proliferation of adequate speech recognition, AI…
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Google Photos ups its movie and sharing game
One of Google Photos‘ standout features has long been its ability to automatically create short movies whenever it recognizes you went on a trip. Until now, though, the…
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Google Maps picks up mapping analytics and visualization startup Urban Engines
This isn’t so much an acquisition as a welcoming back into the fold. Urban Engines was formed in 2014 by a bunch of former Google employees, with backing…
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Google introduces new app and video ad capabilities
Google is announcing a couple of upgrades to its ad capabilities today as part of the DMEXCO digital media conference in Germany. First up are its Universal App…
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Evernote is moving all its data, machine learning tech to Google Cloud Platform
Evernote — the popular note taking and productivity startup with 200 million users — has built its reputation around an app that lets you record and track all your life’s details…
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Google Photos on iOS can now enhance your Live Photos
The Google Photos iOS app can now do more with your Live Photos, thanks to the addition of rendering and advanced stabilization technology it previously rolled out in…
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Google given until September 20 to respond to EU Android antitrust charges
Google has been given another extension to respond to European Union charges its Android mobile operating system is in breach of the region’s competition law. Read More Powered…
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Smartphone apps now account for half the time Americans spend online
Here’s a stat that’s sure to worry Google: smartphone applications now account for half the time that U.S. users spend online, up from 41 percent back in July…
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Google’s Search app on Android can now find content buried in your apps
More of the content we’re looking for is saved in mobile applications, which is why Google has been working to bring that information to the surface by indexing…
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