Aiming to gain insight into how people commute through the city, Portland has rolled out a pilot project to replicate data on their movements. According to a report in GeekWire, the project relies on mobile software from Sidewalk Labs, the Google-owned startup. The Replica software...
Google has recently upped its game in the food service area of retail, further proof that innovation is heating up when it comes to restaurants – and another signal of how the connected vehicle ecosystem is developing. For those who haven’t heard the news in...
Google users can now place restaurant orders right from Google Maps, Google Assistant or Google Search. The function taps into partnerships with delivery companies, and consumers can order without downloading another mobile app, The Verge reported. The function operates in Google Maps and Google Search...
Google has revealed that some of its enterprise customers had their passwords stored on its systems in plaintext. The tech giant announced on Tuesday (May 21) that the bug affected “a small percentage of G Suite users,” so it did not impact individual consumer accounts,...
Google is halting a business relationship with Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications company, in what is seen as a blow to the company that has been on the radar of the U.S. government. According to a report in Reuters citing a source familiar with the matter,...
Google is launching a product that will make it easier for users to plan and organize their travel plans. The new product will integrate flight and hotel search functions, as well as organize people’s travel plans and save any research on a destination. While the...
Google Assistant is now available on select Sonos speakers. Sonos announced that Google Assistant has been integrated into Sonos One and Sonos Beam via a free software update, available now in the U.S. Support in the U.K., Germany, Canada, Australia, France and the Netherlands is...
Google has announced that it is opening the Google Safety Engineering Center (GSEC) in Munich, Germany, which will be a global hub for the company’s cross-product privacy engineering efforts. In addition, Google plans to double the number of privacy engineers in Munich to more than...
Google has launched a new service geared toward emerging markets that enables people to pay for apps without needing a credit card. According to reports, the new service, dubbed pending transactions, enables Android users to choose different payment options at checkout when purchasing an app or...
