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Is This Viral Picture Real Or Fake? Use Google's 'About This Image' To Dig Up Its Digital DNA
Thursday, October 26, 2023 - 7:07am | 849Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) owned Google’s “About this image” feature was rolled out on Wednesday to provide users with context and origins of online images that could assist them in distinguishing between real and fake AI-generated images online...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Was Reportedly Worried About The Search Engine And Apple's Deal Having Bad 'Optics'
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 - 10:10pm | 806Emails from Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai, predating his appointment as the company’s chief executive officer, have unveiled his concerns about the bad ‘optics’ of Google’s deal with Apple Inc. (...
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Google's 'Incognito Mode' Lawsuit Heats Up: Judge Refuses Summary Judgment, Trial In Sight
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - 1:41am | 561The $5 billion ‘Incognito Mode’ lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google took a step forward as a California judge rejected the company’s request for summary judgment. What Happened: On Monday, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers ruled...
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What Alphabet's Google Is Doing With Chrome And Android By 2017
Friday, October 30, 2015 - 11:01am | 382The Wall Street Journal reported that Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s Google plans to "fold" its Chrome operating system into its Android mobile operating system. Google engineers have been working for roughly two years to combine the operating systems. Google...
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7 Innovations From Google Since Its Last Quarterly Report
Thursday, January 29, 2015 - 5:01pm | 592Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is one of the world’s leading companies when it comes to technological innovation. With Google’s quarterly earnings release, today is a good time to take a look at what the company has been up to over the past three months. Here’s a list...
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Jefferies: Google Is Apple's Top Competitor And Apple Is Losing
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 9:45am | 328Sundeep Bajikar of Jefferies presented an interesting thesis on Wednesday: Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) top competitor. "Our analysis suggest that Google provides the majority of most popular Consumer Cloud Services, which are expending...
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Dropbox Acquires Startup Droptalk
Friday, June 6, 2014 - 10:56am | 700Dropbox, the startup that won’t stop, has acquired another startup called Droptalk according to TechCrunch. Droptalk developed a tool, available so far only in limited beta, that allows users to share links privately with friends via a Chrome extension. The plan was to offer iOS and...
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Avoiding Windows XP Armageddon
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 10:43am | 588As Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) support for the Windows XP operating system ends Tuesday, depending on which experts you ask, the world faces either the end of computing as we know it or not much at all. The truth, as is often the case, probably lies in the middle. Although Microsoft will no longer...
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Google's Eric Schmidt Says Switch Your Apple Friends to Android
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 10:43am | 592In a detailed post on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google+ social network, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt offered step-by-step directions for his many friends who he said were switching from their Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones to one of several “more intuitive” Android smartphones. In the post,...
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Google's Eric Schmidt Says Android Security Beats iOS (GOOG)
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 12:45pm | 529At the Gartner (NYSE: IT) ITxpo Symposium Monday, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt said Android was a more secure OS than that of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. The resulting laughter was palpable. Schmidt apparently was serious. This despite the fact that 79 percent of...
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Google Patents Location-Based Security Feature (GOOG)
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 11:10am | 562Adapting device security to physical location is an idea whose time has come, at least for Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Engadget reported Thursday that the company had applied for a patent on a system that alters the security system on your smartphone and other devices to fit your surroundings. If...
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Google Search Just Got Smarter And More Personal
Friday, August 16, 2013 - 9:19am | 581The ability to carry on an actual personalized conversation with your computer, tablet or smartphone is about to get a step closer. Over the next few days Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) plans to roll out an upgrade to Google Search that will allow you to ask questions like “When will my package arrive?”...
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Google's Chrome Password Security Said To Be Flawed (GOOG)
Thursday, August 8, 2013 - 10:25am | 592Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chrome Web browser is one of the most highly touted available for computers and devices. It offers speed, efficiency, and ease of use but for security (at least password security), it might need some work. Software developer Elliott Kember, in a blog post Tuesday, said...
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Google Engages In A Delicate Balancing Act with Motorola (GOOG)
Friday, August 2, 2013 - 11:01am | 557At the same time Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) tried to leverage the $12.5 billion investment it made last year to purchase Motorola Mobility, the company also has to be careful that its partners don’t feel Motorola is becoming the “favored child.” According to The Wall Street Journal, Google is in the...
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Google Chromecast Making TV Executives Nervous (GOOG)
Friday, July 26, 2013 - 9:41am | 718The premiere of the Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chromecast streaming device has excited the masses to the point the device is already sold out and on backorder. Related: Google's Sold-Out Chromecast Soars to $100 on eBay It has also raised concerns, on the part of television executives and others...