Instead of adding text comments in YouTube VR, Google announced that it will be creating shared rooms where users can voice chat about the videos they’ve watched on the site. According to TechCrunch, the system doesn’t sound much different from Oculus Rooms, which allows you to...
Google just made a major move to expand its revenue beyond the realm of digital advertising. At the keynote address of this year’s I/O developer conference, Google’s CEO announced that the company will be selling AI computer chips, called Cloud Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), via...
Alphabet (GOOG) races against Amazon to break the coveted $1,000 milestone in 2017. Both companies have been boosted by strong Q1 earnings in the past few weeks. For Alphabet, shares leaped nearly 4 percent at Friday morning’s open (April 28) following a major beat on...
While Facebook has become the major place to go for finding local events like concerts, lectures and meetups, Google is giving the social media giant a run for its money. This week, Google announced updates to its app and mobile web search that enable people to use...
Google may be gearing up to include facial recognition in Android Pay, judging from the code on a new version of its payment app. According to a report, 9to5Google did a so-called APK teardown of Android Pay Version 1.22 and found Visual ID, a feature that is...
If you often have difficulty remembering where you parked your car, you’re in luck: Google announced this week that Google Maps now supports saving car parking information. According to Fortune Magazine, after parking, mobile users tap on a blue button in the Google Maps app...
Google has reportedly included a new shopping feature in its image search that shows users looking at clothing what items go with it. According to a report in Recode, the new search feature is called “style ideas” and will be available via mobile search. For instance,...
While Google Express provides home deliveries for groceries and other goods in the states, the company’s app, which launched in India, Google Areo, is more focused on food delivery and home services, according to 9to5Google. Areo, which has a simple interface, features cards listing the categories of services you can...
While Alphabet stock (GOOG) made a bit of early-April headway toward recovery following advertiser flight, the past two weeks essentially netted a whole lot of not much. At the time of writing, one GOOG share was worth $823.55, up 0.02 percent from Tuesday’s close with...