Google Maps is reportedly working on a fresh way to avoid delays in Navigation. The new feature, which Digital Trends reported is currently testing for some Android users, allows you to report crashes and speed traps. That crowdsourced data is then used to warn other drivers or offer them more efficient alternative routes, much like the data …
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Black Friday 2018 sales starting earlier than ever at Best Buy and Walmart
This year, Black Friday will get started early. Like, on Thursday. You may want to experiment with a Thanksgiving lunch instead of Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22. Best Buy and Walmart have both announced that their in-store Black Friday sales will kick off on the evening of Thanksgiving Day. Best Buy will open its stores from 5 p.m. local time on …
Read More »Looks like Android is ready for the wave of foldable phones coming
There’s been a lot of talk about foldable smartphones. Most of these rumors have centered around phone-makers developing the technology — like Samsung, Huawei and Apple. But now another major player has gone on the record to share its plans: Google’s Android. At the Android Dev Summit on Wednesday, Android announced that it’s officially adding support for foldable devices. We just …
Read More »Samsung Developer Conference 2018, day 2: Watch it live here
Yesterday, we got a foldable phone. But Samsung’s Developer Conference is only half over. In addition to the very intriguing foldable Infinity Flex Display, the Korean electronics giant gave a big shot in the arm to Bixby, its voice assistant competitor to the likes of Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri. It opened Bixby up to third-party developers (the core audience at its …
Read More »Google AI helps NYT get a handle on 5 million photo archive
Google’s computer brains are helping The New York Times turn a historic archive of more than 5 million photos into digital data that’ll appear in the newspaper’s features about history. The newspaper’s “morgue” has 5 million to 7 million photos dating back to the 1870s, including prints and contact sheets showing all the shots on photographers’ rolls of film. The …
Read More »Google rebrands, updates its Files Go management app
Files Go is getting a new look and losing half its name. On Thursday, Google rebranded its Files Go app. It’s now called Files by Google, according to a company blog post. Google said it redesigned the app to focus on content in Android phones, such as telling you how much space you’re saving and how you can fill up …
Read More »Google’s Chrome will soon crack down on sites that trick you into a subscription
You probably don’t think too much about whether your browser will protect you from the bad parts of the internet, but Google’s Chrome is hoping to change that. Google said it plans to tune up the web browser, used by nearly two-thirds of people on the internet, to crack down on pages that are out to trick you into signing …
Read More »Android phones could become a whole new tech experience in Europe
Around the world governments are increasingly discussing how best to regulate big tech companies, but one woman — EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager — is already showing them how it’s done. This year Europe’s Competition Commission hit Google with the second of two huge antitrust fines for promoting its own interests and stifling opportunities for rivals to innovate, grow and …
Read More »How your privacy gets cooked by those restaurant waitlist apps
I hate having to wait. But do I hate it enough to give up my privacy? This dilemma popped up on a Wednesday night in October, as I stood at the front of a Szechuan restaurant in Brooklyn, eyeing the empty tables inside. It wasn’t particularly busy, and I really wanted this special grilled fish I knew I couldn’t cook. …
Read More »Samsung redesigns its smartphone user interface with One UI
Samsung’s trying to make it easier to use its smartphones by redesigning the software running on them. The company on Wednesday unveiled its new One UI user interface. It will roll the software out to the Galaxy S9, S9 Plus and Note 9 in January — and the interface will be on the upcoming foldable phone that Samsung showed for …
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