Apple’s “Siri” is joining the ranks of high-tech home gadgets. This particular gadget is the first of its kind controlled by the voice-activated digital assistant. As reported, “Siri” for the home will go on sale starting this week, following an announcement from Google that it is in the process of building software specific for home … Read more
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has launched the Google Impact Challenge: Disabilities program to give $20 million in grants to nonprofits. The goal of the project is to identify new areas of opportunity to make a difference in the lives of the one billion people around the world who are currently living with a disability. The new Google … Read more
Google has just released its first major update to its Android Wear platform, including many new features that are bound to be intriguing for consumers. The update, Android 5.1.1, unleashes a host of features for both new and existing Android Wear smartwatches. The updated platform has already launched for the LG Watch Urbane and is … Read more
Twitter and Google have announced that they would be joining forces in order to increase user traffic to its websites. As part of the partnership, tweets from Twitter will now be displayed in Google search results for related terms. For example, a Google search for Taylor Swift would now pull up some of her latest … Read more
Reports are surfacing that Google may soon add a buy button to the results displayed from conducting an internet search using the search engine. According sources cited in a Wall Street Journal report, the buy buttons would be introduced by the search giant in the next few weeks. Clicking on the buy buttons would transport … Read more
Google has announced that it has reached a deal for the acquisition of Timeful, a scheduling iOS app that syncs with your calendar. Timeful uses machine learning, data analysis and behavioral science to create a digital calendar optimized for time management. The company was founded by Yoav Shoham Dan Ariely, and Jacob Bank and was … Read more