Google Fiber’s chief executive officer Gregory McCray has stepped down after only five months in the role. Google’s parent company Alphabet is on the hunt for a replacement, but as McCray was only hired back in February, the company may have been left flat-footed in the search for a stable chief to oversee the high-speed […]
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Google Fiber’s chief executive officer Gregory McCray has stepped down after only five months in the role. Google’s parent company Alphabet is on the hunt for a replacement, but as McCray was only hired back in February, the company may have been left flat-footed in the search for a stable chief to oversee the high-speed […]
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Google Fiber’s chief executive officer Gregory McCray has stepped down after only five months in the role. Google’s parent company Alphabet is on the hunt for a replacement, but as McCray was only hired back in February, the company may have been left flat-footed in the search for a stable chief to oversee the high-speed […]
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Google Home users got a surprise on Thursday when their virtual assistants cheerily mentioned that the live-action remake of “Beauty and the Beast” is opening in theaters this weekend. The ad seems to pop up when users ask for a rundown of their day, which kicks off the Home’s “My Day” feature. That feature is […]
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Uber’s self-driving car pilot program hasn’t had the most impressive track record — and Waymo, Google’s autonomous vehicle division, has just added some insult to that injury. For those who have been following Uber’s endeavors in California, they might remember that Uber’s self-driving cars had to be taken over by human drivers just about every […]
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been known to enjoy ambitious flights of technological fancy, but this may be his flightiest: Bloomberg reports the enigmatic billionaire, who favors dark attire and once leapt out of an airplane wearing Google Glass to promote the launch of the wearable, is now working on a secret airship in a […]
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been known to enjoy ambitious flights of technological fancy, but this may be his flightiest: Bloomberg reports the enigmatic billionaire, who favors dark attire and once leapt out of an airplane wearing Google Glass to promote the launch of the wearable, is now working on a secret airship in a […]
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Google has finally figured out how to open-source Chrome for iOS. On Tuesday, Google announced that developers could now modify and compile the iOS version of Chrome. Previously, developers could compile open-source versions of Chrome for the web and Android. With this new update, Chrome for iOS is now joining Google’s open-source Chromium project repository. […]
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Want to use that new selfie emoji? How about the facepalm or avocado? If you’re on Android, or texting someone who is, there’s a good chance those new characters aren’t working. That’s because Google, like Apple, ties emoji updates to its new software releases: update to the latest version of Android, get the newest emoji. […]
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Most of us have never stepped anywhere near a rainforest, much less had a chance to explore it — something Google hopes to change with its new augmented reality experience. The “Into the Wild” exhibit sees some 1,000 square meters turned into a virtual rainforest, home to orangutans, Malayan tapirs and tiny mouse deer. In […]
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