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New Delhi: Google-owned YouTube on Wednesday morning suffered global outage as users reported several issues like receiving error messages while trying to watch videos along with logging problems. YouTube users also reported issues with accessing website elements like the sidebar navigation, switching accounts or the Setting menus, for example. YouTube confirmed the site was experiencing […]
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San Francisco: Google has sued a scammer who used a network of fraudulent websites that claimed to sell basset hound puppies — with alluring photos and fake customer testimonials — in order to take advantage of the elderly during the pandemic. This scam disproportionately targeted older Americans who can be more vulnerable to cyberattacks. Google […]
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San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube, which officially rolled out Picture-in-Picture (PiP) to the iOS app last June, has reportedly now ended the test for iPhone and iPad users. The experiment has disappeared from youtube.com/new after hitting its early April end date. Google notified people with a “the feature you are trying has been turned off” banner […]
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New Delhi: Google has introduced multi-search on its platform that allows people to use text and images at the same time to find the most relevant results. Currently available as a beta feature in English in the US, multisearch allows people to search with both images and text at the same time, to help them […]
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New Delhi: In a bid to protect users from installing outdated apps which can put their data at risk, Google has announced to block and hide apps on Play Store that have not kept up with latest Android operating system (OS) updates. Starting November 1 this year, existing apps that don’t target an API level […]
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Seoul: Tech giant Google will be violating South Korean law if it pushes through with its plan to remove apps linking to external payment methods, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said in a new legal guidance. Last year, the country passed a law that requires major app stores to accept alternative payment methods, and Google […]
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San Francisco: In a bid to improve the quality of writing and fix straightforward grammar and spelling errors, tech giant Google is adding several new assistive writing features in Google Docs for its users. The new features offer a variety of stylistic and writing suggestions as users compose documents. “We have added several new assistive […]
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New Delhi: Google has announced to add a new “highly cited” label to Search results to help users find the original source of a trending story. The company said it is introducing a way to help people identify stories that have been frequently cited by other news organisations. “This label will appear on Top Stories. […]
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San Francisco: Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube today is testing timed-specific emoji reactions for a small group of users. Viewers can throw out an emoji when a specific moment in a video resonates with them. Users can also get a feel for how others reacted throughout the duration of a video, reports Engadget. There will […]
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San Francisco: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has accused tech giant Google of training its employees on how to shield business communications from discovery in cases of legal disputes “by using false requests for legal advice”, according to media reports. The DOJ told the judge overseeing its antitrust case against the tech giant that […]
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San Francisco: Android 12 has brought a lot of additional features and now a new report has claimed that the next gen Android 13 platform will bring wallpaper effects, new media controls and foreground manager. Android 13 will give users new wallpaper effects ‘Cinematic Wallpaper’ in the developer preview that would allow users to apply […]
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San Francisco: Google has reportedly acquired Raxium, a five-year-old startup focused on developing microLED displays for AR and VR applications. The terms of the deal are unknown, but Google put a value of $1 billion on Raxium, according to a report from The Information. microLED is similar to OLED in that it doesn’t use a […]
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According to a post on its Developers blog, Google will be introducing three main updates to the store -- ranking and promotability changes, alerts for low-quality apps and device-specific ratings and reviews.
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Former XDA Developer's editor-in-chief Mishaal Rahman said he was tipped about the feature seemingly rolling out, reports The Verge.
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While the website loaded as usual, the actual maps disappeared, leaving a blank world.
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Some apps may no longer require certain permissions which were previously granted by the user to enable a specific feature, or retain a sensitive permission from an older Android version.
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New Delhi: Google has showcased several new features for three billion global players across platforms, as it ramps up its Cloud gaming service Stadia and help developers build high-quality Android games. At the virtual ‘Google for Games Developer Summit’, the tech giant announced Android Game Development Kit updates, new Immersive Stream for Games and shared […]
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San Francisco: Google is reportedly planning to add six new games to Stadia. So far, in 2022, Google Stadia has added 12 new games. In 2021, the search engine giant delivered 107 to Stadia, and the company promises at least 100 new games during this calendar year, reports 9To5Google. Google last week revealed three big […]
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In late February, Google had earlier announced that it will be cutting down on advertisements and media from the Russian Federation as a response to the country's invasion of Ukraine, reports GizmoChina.
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According to GSM Arena, this update comes as part of Google's Play Services and reportedly, the company is enabling it at the request of the Ukrainian government.
