The Google Play Store is filled with high quality Android apps. From Pulsar to Libby, here are the apps I consider essential.
Because who wants to wait a whole five seconds for a chatbot to answer their question?
With the Google Pixel 9 release date just around the corner, Google is apparently set to bring more AI features to the upcoming device.
You don't have to unlock your phone and launch apps to use WhatsApp, Google Messages, Instagram, and Snapchat: You can keep them open in desktop browser tabs instead.
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt probably has become a pretty unpopular guy among teenagers over the last few weeks. His new book, “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness,” essentially calls for a revolution in how parents administer smartphones and social media to their teens. Put simply, Haidt writes that kids should have little to no access to either until they turn 16. While some have questioned the science behind Haidt’s...
A study earlier this year by German academics verified what many users of Google search had long suspected: the search engine, once the gold standard for such activities, had been getting worse. The reason, the researchers concluded, is that too much low-quality content was being optimized to appear higher inRead Entire Article
Beneath their surfaces, word processors like Google Docs have a treasure trove of hidden features that make it easier to draft large documents and collaborate on them with coworkers. I have covered a few Google Docs tips before, but now I have a few more to share.
Ed Zitron wrote a piece named The Man Who Killed Google Search. It goes through in detail how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads - led a coup so that he could run Google Search, and how an email chain from 2019 began a cascade of events that would lead to him running it into the ground, he said.Everyone in the SEO/SEM space is talking about this article and I came back to the SEO on fire. If you have not read it yet, you should.Update: I added Google's statements to this below:I'll...
Google is testing placing the date in the snippet on the same line as the URL in the snippet. This is instead of placing it before the snippet's description section.This test was spotted by Shameem Adhikarath who posted screenshots of both variations on X, the one on the bottom is the test:I am not sure if this is some sort of formatting bug with Google Search or if this is a real test.Forum discussion at X.
Back in January, Samsung announced the Google-developed Circle to Search AI feature for its Galaxy S24 series before Google unveiled the it for its Pixels, signifying a strong partnership between the two companies in the AI space. In case you've been wondering whether there's more AI stuff to come from these two companies in the future, the answer is a resounding yes. Google and Samsung are working together on developing new AI features for their respective smartphones running Android, as can...
Google keeps promising to phase out third-party cookies on Chrome but not actually doing it. The company vowed to deprecate cookies back in 2020, pushing the date back to 2023 and then 2024. We did get some traction earlier this year, when Google disabled cookies for one percent of Chrome users, but those efforts have stalled. Now, the company says it won’t happen until next year. It’s easy to drag Google for this but it’s not entirely in the company’s hands. The tech giant is working closely...
Apple will debut a major revamp of the Calculator app in macOS 15 later this year, according to AppleInsider. The overhauled version of the Calculator app for Mac will reportedly feature: An enhanced unit conversion system located in the main user interface, including for currency conversion with up-to-date exchange rates. "Math Notes" to allow the Notes app to communicate with the Calculator app in mathematical notation, also coming to iOS 18. A history tape in the sidebar to show...