Google today said it has updated the satellite images in Google Maps and Google Earth with much higher-resolution pictures. The company put to use imagery captured by the Landsat 8 satellite, which launched in 2013, to improve the clarity, color, and resolution. Google says it also improved its processing techniques, using millions of images to […]
Google plans to change the results shown when people search for symptom-based information. Moving forward Google will show a list of related conditions to symptoms like stuffy nose, cough, or headache. The results will provide a description of the symptom itself, list possible self-treatment options, and alert when symptoms warrant a doctor visit. “Our goal […]
Facebook has made it possible for people to comment on posts, photos, or videos with videos of their own. Facebook says the idea was to “enable more engaging and immersive conversations.” Comments now support videos, links, photos, stickers, and emoji. Videos can be used as replies to posts made by people, groups, company pages, and […]
Twitter informed millions of users this week that their usernames and passwords may have been exposed in a database breach. The database in question was not maintained or operated by Twitter, but held as many as 33 million account details. Twitter says “nefarious individuals” may take advantage of the leak by testing the usernames and […]
Netflix has launched its own simple-to-use site for users to test their connection speed. Fast.com measures only the download speed of the user’s connection, using Netflix’s servers as the source of the download files. Though it does not offer other details, such as the upload speed, ping, or latency, the site does also provide a […]
Google today announced the Google Assistant, a conversational assistant with two-way dialog capabilities meant to help people search and find answers. The Assistant takes what Google Now can already do to a new level. Google says it already handles vast amounts of voice search every day. The product, meant to compete more directly with Siri, […]
Google has some big announcements at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) this week. Chief among them in my book is the announcement of the Google Cloud CDN going into Beta. This is big for Publishers ho want to speed up delivery of images, audio and video and will take on big players like Amazon’s […]
Facebook is adding several tools to its Messenger service with the the goal of making it easier to begin conversations with others. To start, the company is rolling out Messenger Codes, which allows people to scan one another’s code and begin chatting. The service will also begin relying more heavily on usernames, which can be […]
Google is improving its Google Photos service by boosting the product’s ability to automatically create and annotate albums. Google says Photos will suggest new albums, featuring the best shots, after events/trips are synced online. The albums will feature maps and location points, highlighting where images were captured, should users wish. Moreover, users can add text […]
Google has updated its Hangouts app for Google Apps (business) customers and increased the number of people allowed on a single video call from 15 to 25. Users don’t have to do anything to take advantage of this change, though only the 10-most active participants’ video windows will be visible at one time.
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