Google has invested in startups around the world through entities such as CapitalG and GV (formerly Google Ventures) – and its parent, Alphabet. But on Thursday (May 31), the company announced a new investment effort: It is partnering with Orange Digital Ventures, which is Orange’s...
Google has rolled out a new feature in which flight, hotel and car rental bookings are now part of Google Assistant‘s settings. According to a report in Android Police, when users access their travel reservations via the Google app or the Home app, they will see...
Google might be feeling pretty smart today about its high-tech Home and Home Mini speakers. That’s because a new research report puts Google ahead of Amazon in first-quarter shipments of smart speakers, the first time that has happened. Google in Q1 shipped 3.2 million of...
Yelp announced that it has renewed a European antitrust complaint against Google. The online reviews company filed a similar complaint in 2014, stating that Google’s local search tools, such as business listings and reviews from Google Maps, receive top billing in results over links to Yelp...
The Justice Department is facing calls by Treasury Secretary Steven Munchin to look over the clout and power technology firms including Google have over the economy in the U.S. Bloomberg, according to comments Mnuchin made on a “60 Minutes” segment focused on claims that Alphabet’s Google has a monopoly when...
One year after it went on sale, Google is adding more functions to its connected jean jacket with Levi’s, including support for ridesharing alerts, Bose’s “Aware Mode,” and location saving. Last year Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group introduced Jacquard, a connected apparel platform that lets...
The latest iteration of Google Maps is slated to launch this summer, TechCrunch reported, with a slew of new features that tie into exploring surroundings, rather than just focusing on getting from here to there. The tech trade publication wrote on Friday (May 11) that the...
Google’s most futuristic product, Duplex, is drawing heavy criticism from those who question the ethics of placing robots in conversations with humans, without the other parties realizing it. Google previewed Duplex at its I/O Developer conference on Tuesday (May 8), showing off the experimental service...
Aiming to make Google Assistant smarter, Google announced Tuesday (May 8) Google Duplex, a new technology for carrying out tasks over the phone using natural conversations. In a blog post, Yaniv Leviathan, principal engineer and Yossi Matias, vice president of engineering at Google, said the...
