Microsoft Edge planning to raise its game with a new feature missing from Chrome

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Microsoft Edge may have found another way to compete with Google Chrome by introducing a brand new feature that users might welcome. The latest beta…

Google Maps is about to get over 100 updates, some powered by AI and machine learning

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google Maps is getting another huge update, bringing with it lots of fancy features to help users find their way around. In total, the update…

Google to contribute $25 million to combat fake news

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Alphabet-owned Google will contribute $25 million to the newly set up European Media and Information Fund to combat fake news, the company said on Wednesday,…

Google’s Android collects 20x more data than Apple’s iOS, research reveals

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Tech companies have been talking more about privacy in recent years, and Apple proudly says that it protects user data more than anyone else. However,…

Facebook, Google plan new undersea cables to connect Southeast Asia and America

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Facebook said on Monday it planned two new undersea cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia, and North America in a project with Google and regional telecommunication…

Sindh government developed Google Maps & handed it to Google, claims Sindh’s IT Minister

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Apparently, the Sindh government was behind the development of Google Maps and its traffic display system, rather than the MIT/Harvard graduate engineers working for Google.…

U.S. lawmakers grill big tech CEOs on misinformation, fake news

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In their first appearance before Congress since Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter were asked by U.S.…

Google photos is now integrated with Google lens to enable smarter access

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Launched in 2017, Google Lens is an image recognition system used to recognize objects, scan text or a QR Code, automatically connect to a Wi-Fi…

Silicon Valley firms to keep their offices closed despite ease in restrictions

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Seems like big tech firms are in no hurry to open up their offices. Several of San Francisco Bay Area’s largest technology companies including Twitter…

YouTube is testing automatic product detection in videos

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

YouTube is notoriously fond of testing interesting features and running experiments. One of its latest experiments involves testing an automated list of products detected in…

A look into Android 12 Developer Preview 2

By Usman Aslam ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

After the successful launch of the Android 12 Developer Preview, the Preview 2 version now allows users to delve into the top new user-facing features.…

Ex-Google Employees come up with their own privacy-focused search engine

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Privacy enthusiasts have long wanted a search engine alternative for Google that is privacy-focused. Now, the dream is all set to become a reality. As…

After Australia, now US wants to make Facebook & Google pay

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Australia has dramatically changed the relationship between the news media and digital platforms by requiring Google and Facebook to pay for original content. The U.S.…

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