Facebook wants to help you find a job. Not just by networking, but by actually finding listings and applying right on its website. The social network unveiled its job search hub in the US and Canada in February 2017. On Wednesday, Facebook said it’s rolling out the product more widely, bringing it to 40 new …
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Google’s messaging app for groups — Hangouts Chat — used to be only for people in the company’s early adopter program. But this week, Google is releasing it to any corporate customer who wants to use it. Hangouts Chat lets co-workers, or any group of people, message each other in dedicated chat rooms. People can also share files, photos and …
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On Saturday at Mobile World Congress in Spain, Alcatel announced a new portfolio of phones. If you haven’t been keeping track, Alcatel makes some wonderful Android phones that are easy on the wallet. The company’s early phones like the Idol 3, Idol 4 and 4S packed a ton of functionality at a relatively low price. Alcatel’s new phones fit into …
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Google is firming up a tool that should help programmers bridge the divide between Android phones and iPhones. It’s hard to write software that matches the appearance of both Apple’s iOS software and Google’s Android operating system, which is one reason developers often hire separate teams to create two versions of the same product. Google, though, is finishing up a …
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Google Lens was first revealed alongside Google’s Pixel 2 ($98 at Amazon) and Pixel 2 XL ($249 at Amazon) phones as a tool to help users identify real-world objects. Since then, Google has expanded Lens to more Android phones, and even plans on bringing the feature to the iPhone. Now playing: Watch this: Google Lens is smart enough to identify …
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Smartphone fans are getting a sneak peak at two upcoming devices thanks to Evan Blass, Venture Beat’s mobile reporter, who posted photos of what appears to be prototypes on Twitter. Screenshot of Evan Blass Twitter account On Monday Blass tweeted images of what he identified as Lenovo Moto E5 Plus and Huawei P20 prototypes. The images come ahead of the phones’ launches. …
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Google is continuing its push to make its digital assistant a global hit. At Mobile World Congress, the search giant said Monday that developers can now create apps for Google Assistant in seven new languages: Hindi, Thai, Indonesian, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Dutch. More languages should be added by year’s end, the company said. Google, by the way, dubbed these …
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For the last several hours, my Samsung media badge was, well, a plain media badge: a rectangular piece of cardboard with rounded edges connected to a plastic clip and lanyard that hung around my neck, like so many press credentials I’ve collected over the years. A digital rendering of the Galaxy S9, courtesy of my media badge. Roger Cheng/CNET Its …
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Apple and Google are fierce competitors when it comes to phones, digital assistants and map apps. But they get along quite amicably when it comes to Apple’s iCloud service. In its latest iOS Security document, a detailed explanation of the technology choices it makes to keep you from getting hacked, Apple disclosed it’s using Google’s cloud-computing infrastructure to store iCloud data …
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ZTE’s midrange phone line, the Blade series, wasn’t that memorable when CNET reviewed the Blade V8 Pro last year. But it did offer a low price and good battery life. The newest Blade V9 and Blade V9 Vita, announced in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress, may not blow you away either. But the overall feel and specs are better, and …
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