Baidu CEO Robin Li is confident the company will win in a fight with Google in China, but Chinese internet users don’t seem to agree. The man behind Baidu, China’s version of Google, declared his company is very confident of engaging in another battle with the US-based search giant and winning again if it decides …
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Google on Monday announced Android 9.0 Pie’s name and availability. The latest flavor of Android is currently available to Google Pixel ($695 at Amazon) devices and will begin rolling out to more devices this fall. Now playing: Watch this: Android P: A slice of ‘Pie’ 1:19 One feature Google left out of the final release is its Digital Wellbeing platform. …
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There are many new features in Android Pie you can expect to make their way to your Android phone, the timing of which depends on how often your phone’s manufacturer updates its operating system. Google Pixel ($695 at Amazon) owners, however, can get these features right now. Now playing: Watch this: Android P: A slice of ‘Pie’ 1:19 New navigation Android …
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In a piece of good news for the troubled manufacturer, Essential has announced its PH-1 phone has become the first non-Google phone to receive the latest Android operating system on the day of release. Though this is a welcome development for the Android OS in general, Essential’s own future is uncertain. While the company says that its PH-1 phone will continue to receive updates …
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Google on Monday announced Android P is now Android Pie. Google also revealed Android Pie is now available for Google Pixel users. The update includes new features such as official cutout support — the notch is here to stay — and other under-the-hood improvements to help developers begin using in apps. Now playing: Watch this: Android P: A slice of …
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Google on Monday announced the official release of Android P — now officially dubbed Android Pie — for users of its Pixel phones. There are plenty of new features in Android Pie, some of which you may think makes the latest flavor so appealing. Here are nine reasons you’ll want a piece of Pie. Now playing: Watch this: Android P: …
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The next generation of Android is on its way. And you guessed it — the P is for Pie. Android Pie, the new version of Google’s mobile operating system, previously called Android P, comes first to the search giant’s Pixel smartphones starting Monday. Google initially announced a preview version of the software in March, then demoed some features at its annual I/O developer …
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Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are seem to have been on the cusp of mainstream success for years. But you can’t decide if they offer something for you until you understand what they offer at all. Now playing: Watch this: What is AR and how does it differ from virtual reality? 3:17 Augmented reality AR is when you …
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Airbnb is serious about business travel. To back that up, the home-rental company on Monday shared updates about how people use its professional community, which was recently rebranded as Airbnb for Work to “better encompass the unique benefits only Airbnb can offer today’s modern workforce.” Airbnb for Work bookings tripled from 2015 to 2016, and then tripled again from 2016 …
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Is Google’s Dragonfly real, and does it mean the Silicon Valley company is cooperating with China to censor citizens’ searches? That’s what a bipartisan group of US senators wants to know. Sens. Mark Warner, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Ron Wyden, Cory Gardner and Robert Menendez sent a letter Friday to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking those questions, after reports Wednesday …
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