Google’s official podcast app rolls out today — with typical Google SEO genius or irony, depending upon your outlook, it’s simply called Google Podcasts. It boasts some interesting features such as progress across devices synced by Google Assistant and recommendation personalization. Android (at least stock Android) hasn’t had a preloaded podcast app like iOS, instead …
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If your summer travel plans will take you to faraway lands, then there are two items that are indispensable for your trip: your passport and the Google Translate app. Here are five ways to get the most out of Google Translate. Offline translation You can’t be guaranteed steady Internet access throughout your travels. For times when you are without, you …
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Are you all about gadgets? Are you into wearables? Then the next few years might be very exciting for you. Health and fitness are at the heart of smartwatches nowadays. But with rapid developments in cellular connectivity, especially 5G, and integration with more internet-of-things devices, IDC predicts that upcoming smartwatches will be all about making your life more efficient. “The …
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Video on Facebook is about to get more interactive. Facebook on Tuesday announced a grab-bag of developments for video on its giant social network, including the addition of interactivity features that can turn anyone into the Scott Rogowsky of their own HQ Trivia-like empire. Facebook also said it’s widening ways for people to make money off their videos on Facebook, like …
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With technology increasingly intertwined with all aspects of business, CNET@Work can help you — prosumers to small businesses with fewer than five employees — get started. While every small business is different, there are a certain set of applications that nearly every small business needs. These applications are typically bundled into office “suites” and consist of email, calendar, word processing, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The future of augmented reality headgear and smartglasses is still very much in flux. The long-awaited Magic Leap might emerge this year. Microsoft’s Hololens has hung in a state of enterprise limbo — one from which it may finally emerge next year. Little …
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Google is venturing into Asian e-commerce with the help of a local powerhouse. The company said Monday it will invest $550 million in JD.com, a leading Chinese e-commerce company also known as Jing Dong, to provide consumers easier options to shop online and tap into the Southeast Asian market. “The Asia-Pacific region is one of the largest and fastest growing …
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The ability to book a ride with Uber disappeared from the Android Google Maps app with no explanation; it still gives you estimates and displays the available cars but now provides an “open app” button to perform the transaction. Google gave no explanation, just a throwaway bullet point in its Request a Ride help section for Google Maps. This brings …
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Amazon is ready to give you instant gratification, Australia. The online shopping giant has officially launched Amazon Prime in Australia, giving shoppers access to speedy deliveries and free video streaming perks that US Amazon users have had for over a decade. First launched in the US in 2005, Amazon Prime gives shoppers a raft of shipping benefits as well as …
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JPEG turns 25 this year, a remarkable achievement when you think about how the latest smartphone becomes ho-hum in a matter of months. But to celebrate JPEG’s birthday, we might finally be seeing something better. That’s because the Joint Photographic Experts Group has begun work on a successor, called JPEG XL that at a minimum should cut photo file sizes …
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