Google today updated its Google Music service for Android, iOS, and the web with the hope that it will provide better, more personalized music recommendations. Moving forward, Google Music will match users’ existing libraries and playlists with outside cues, such as location, weather, and activity, to make smarter suggestions. The new machine learning features within […]
After opening up early testing for a handful of creators over the past couple of months, YouTube has today opened up a new feature for all content creators ─ “end screens.” This new feature is specially designed to encourage viewers to continue watching content from that creator and subscribe to their channel. To do […]
Google is rolling out an update to Google Photos that introduces some new AI-assisted tools. First, Photos will reach deep into users’ libraries to pair old photos of people with the newest photos of those same people so you can reconnect with those older memories. Second, Photos plans to automatically assemble highlights from selections of […]
According to the Associated Press, Yahoo disabled automatic email forwarding at the beginning of the month. Like postal mail forwarding, the electronic version automatically sends a copy of incoming messages from one account (Yahoo) to another (Gmail). Users who previously set up the function are unaffected. Those folks, however, trying to cut ties after Yahoo’s […]
Google today updated Google Calendar for Android and iOS devices with a new smart scheduling tool. Users can now tap a “find a time” button and Calendar will automatically suggest meeting times and available rooms based on preferences. The tool takes into account all attendees’ availability, as well as meeting locations. It will suggest times […]
Ian Hickson, who edits the HTML specification at the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG), called out the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for not offering security researchers legal protection when they report bugs in web DRM schemes. Hickson previously oversaw the standardization of the HTML5 specification at the W3C and also protested the […]
Google said it plans to support emails made with responsive design so they are easier to view and interact with on mobile devices. Responsive design allows emails to reformat themselves based on the screen size and shape, making text, links, and buttons bigger. This in turn makes it easier to tap or select items within emails. […]
Beginning January 2017, Chrome version 56 and beyond will begin to label HTTP websites as “Not Secure.” Initially, only pages that transmit passwords or credit card numbers will be labeled this way, but Google’s end game is to mark all HTTP connections as non-secure. Google has been encouraging HTTPS adoption for some time through incentives […]
Netflix, being one of the biggest video streaming services in the world, tested how efficient various video codecs are for a given level of quality. The company discovered that the royalty-free VP9 codec developed primarily by Google is almost as efficient as HEVC, and can sometimes be even better at resolutions of 1080p and higher. […]
Twitter has streamlined the process for individuals seeking to verify their accounts. Users can now request a verified account through an online application. Twitter isn’t handing out verified accounts to anyone. Interested users need to explain why their account should be verified as part of the application process. Verified accounts have typically been reserved for public figures, […]
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