May, 2017

• 17 May

  Google Lens vision recognition tells you what you’re looking at

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Google Lens is smart enough to identify flower species 1:32 Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Wednesday announced a new initiative called Lens that uses computer vision and image recognition to help you with everything from editing photos to identifying a flower, simply by taking a picture. More from Google I/O 2017 …

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• 17 May

  Google Assistant is available on the iPhone

  

  It’s official, you can now use Google Assistant on the iPhone. And it looks and works pretty much just as it does on Android. At Google I/O, the company’s annual developer conference, it was announced that there is now an iOS version of Google Assistant available for the iPhone. Starting today, we’re bringing the #GoogleAssistant to iPhones. Whether at home …

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• 17 May

  Google Assistant wants to be the next Venmo

  

  Google really wants to make buying things easier, adding a transactions function to its virtual assistant that will enable payments, identification, notifications, receipts and account creation. Plus, you’ll also be able to send peer-to-peer payments with your voice. At Google I/O, the search giant’s annual conference for developers, it was announced that Google Assistant will let you send cash digitally …

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• 17 May

  YouTube 360 video coming to TV screens, game consoles soon

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Watch and control YouTube 360 videos on the big screen 0:55 Do you like big-screen TVs? Do you like YouTube 360 video? Well, has Google got a feature upgrade for you. The company says its big-screen YouTube app will soon receive an upgrade to enable you to pan around the many 360-degree videos available on YouTube, …

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• 17 May

  How Google injects speed into the mobile web

  

  Google has tried for years to rehabilitate the web on your phone — and it now has evidence it says shows the effort is paying off. When you’re on your phone, tapping that link in Facebook to a news story or opening the browser to look up movie times can be a wince-inducing process. Even on a fast network with …

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• 17 May

  Google Photos is better at sharing your photos than you are

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Google Photos gets smarter with suggested sharing 2:22 With Google Photos, you’ll no longer have to worry about finding and sharing that perfect shot. Announced at Google I/O 2017, the updated app will not only be able to remind you to share photos, but also whom to share them with. Called Suggested Sharing, the feature will …

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• 17 May

  Google Assistant voice control coming to Android TV

  

  Now playing: Watch this: See Google Assistant on Android TV in action 2:09 OK Google, take over my TV. Google Assistant, the company’s voice recognition and control technology found in devices like Google Home, is coming to Android TV. That means devices that use Google big-screen operating system, namely select streaming boxes and recent Sony TVs, will soon get even …

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• 17 May

  Pandora said to be back in takeover talks with SiriusXM

  

  SiriusXM may not be done with its ambitions to take over Pandora. The Liberty Media-backed satellite radio giant is in active discussions about making a bid for the beleaguered online radio streaming service, the New York Post reported Wednesday. SiriusXM has shown interest before in a possible acquisition of Pandora and recently resumed talks with Pandora’s banks over the size …

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• 17 May

  5 ways Microsoft can prevent the next WannaCry

  

  “PC” stands for personal computer. And that idea of personalization has only expanded as the definition of computer has morphed to include the mobile devices that we carry with us, such as the phones that most people now consider an extension of their body. I bet your phone is within your reach right now — or at least in the …

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• 17 May

  Google Assistant wants to make buying stuff easier. Just ask it

  

  Google Assistant will start letting you order and buy things, thanks to an update to the tools Google makes available to developers. The search giant on Wednesday unveiled the new transaction features for its digital helper at Google I/O, its annual conference collecting the legion of developers who work in the far-flung corners of its empire. The three-day event is …

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