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Do you remember the movie The Circle with Tom Hanks and and Emma Watson? It was not all that great, though the message of user privacy is one that could serve as a cautionary tale to consumers. Tesla founder Elon Musk is certainly aware of...
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A big challenge for people who travel abroad is one of communication. Many people only speak one language making it hard to communicate when you break free from your own country (and comfort zone). One of the coolest features of the newly...
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Google Fiber started off with a simple enough premise: providing lightning-fast internet and TV service to customers at reasonable prices. Given that many Americans have just one or two ISPs serving their area (usually, with just one of...
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Google's legal troubles with a former collaborator and renowned architect who worked on a project under the company's secretive Google X division are not going away. If fact, they are intensifying. In addition to accusing the company of...
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Sometimes the things that Alphabet/Google tries to do out of its X branch sound insane, but this is why it's called the moonshot factory. One of the odd projects that has come out of X is Project Loon. The idea behind this project is to...
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Google on Wednesday formally introduced its new generation of Pixel phones, with pricing starting at $649 for the 5-inch Pixel 2 and $849 for the Pixel 2 XL, placing them in premium territory. You can tack on another $100 if jumping from...
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The camera is one of the most-used features on modern smartphones, and manufacturers are always cooking up news ways to make them faster, boost image quality, and add new effects typically reserved for standalone professional cameras. For...
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Yesterday a leak turned up that claimed to tell what specs the Google Pixelbook was going to pack into its chassis. Today the device has gone official and we know exactly what hardware is used and how much the Pixelbook will cost.
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When it comes to AI smart speaker, Amazon has been the market leader with its Echo ever since it was introduced back in late 2014. The retail giant just recently refreshed its Echo family, but Google isn’t sitting idly by. In fact, it is...
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Given all of the leaks out of Mountain View over the past month, we already knew about most of what Google planned to announce today at its major hardware event. As expected, the company announced the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones...
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Perhaps Google should invest in a bumper sticker that reads, "My AI is an honor student," and then motor around Redmond and Cupertino where Microsoft and Apple are respectively headquartered. Compared to Bing and Siri, Google's artificial...
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There has been some excitement amongst the Android faithful over the Pixel 2 smartphones that are due to launch today, and leaks have landed recently giving us an idea what the devices will look like. Those images have already stoked the...
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In just a few hours from now, Google will kick off its hardware event and introduced a bunch of new devices, among them the highly anticipated Pixel 2 its larger sibling, the Pixel 2 XL. What is left to unveil after numerous leaks and...
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It seems like every major OEM wants to get into the high-end notebook space these days, even Google. Typically its Chromebook machines are some of the least expensive notebooks that you can lay your hands on. Take for instance the HP...
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Google Street View is a great way to explore a new area and plan out vacations or a big move before you hit the road. You can check out images of entire neighborhoods along with places to shop and eat so you know where things are and what...
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We are just a couple of days away from Google's big devices event, which means that you can expect to see more leaks over the next 48 hours. The latest leak revolves around Google's upcoming Android 8.0 Oreo flagship, the Pixel 2 XL.
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Google has announced a significant change in how it handles digital publications that show stories and news items on Google Search results and on Google News. Google had a policy in place in the past called First Click Free that required...
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It seems that Google is taking another page from Amazon and prepping a smart speaker with a built-in display. Amazon already offers such a thing—the Echo Show, which ups the ante from Amazon's other Echo products by allowing users to make...
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What do we have here? Everyone has been so focused on Google's upcoming Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, that no one stopped to think that the company might have something even more "premium" in development. Well, today, a fresh leak...
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We are down to less than a week to go before Google lifts the veil on its Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL handsets. There have been numerous leaks and rumors surrounding these second generation Pixel phones up to this point, though as we head into...
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There are not many secrets surrounding Google's Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL handsets, both of which have been subject to numerous leaks and rumors the past several months. It's through those leaks that we learned the Pixel 2 will have dual...
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There has been a surprising amount of cooperation between some of technology's biggest players when it comes to supporting competing devices. For example, you can load an Android handset with Microsoft software, which is exactly what Bill...
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