Google Glass Is Resurrected in the Workplace
When Google Glass hit the market a few years ago, it was supposed to be the Next Big Thing, a sleek and futuristic hands-free device that allowed you to experience (and capture) the world anew through a computer lens. Now it’s something of a punchline in the tech world, or, for those Android app developers […]
Google Is Using Machine Learning to Improve Your Job Search
During last month’s Google I/O developer conference, the company laid out its ambitious plan to incorporate AI technology into all of its products in the coming years. It has some potentially revolutionary plans up its sleeves, most notably Google Lens, a combination of AI, computer vision, and AR that turns your smartphone camera into an […]
Is Uber’s CEO About to Go on a Forced Leave of Absence?
It does not matter that Uber is worth something like $70 billion — just about everyone in tech agrees that something has to be done to change the ride-hailing startup’s poisonous corporate culture. At this point, it’d take a whole book to recap the company’s tempestuous, controversy-laden year (and I’m sure somebody is already in […]
Google Lens Turns Smartphone Cameras Into Search Devices
Last year, Google CEO Sundar Pichai proclaimed, “We’re evolving in computing from a ‘mobile-first’ to an ‘AI-first’ world.” Yesterday, during the keynote address of the Google I/O developer conference, the company showed that it’s putting it’s money where it’s mouth is. Pichai made it clear Google’s goal is to incorporate AI technology into all of […]
Facebook Launches Instant Articles to IOS
iPhone users getting their news through the Facebook mobile app will start to see more lightning bolt icons alongside their reading options — the icon signifies “instant articles,” Facebook’s push to boost loading time for articles on mobile by allowing select publishing partners to post articles using a highly optimized format that will make them […]
iOS Apps Earning Nearly 5 Times More Than Android
Mobile app developers continue to choose the iOS platform over Android. Google may be wondering why so many developers flock to create software for the iTunes App Store over Google Play. The main reason is blatantly obvious. Developers follow the money. Apple’s dominance over the mobile app ecosystem may be waning slightly, yet applications launched […]
Why Apple is Killing Android in the Business World
The Android platform may be dominating the overall smartphone market but is still lagging leap years behind iOS on the business front. The vast majority of businesses choose to outfit their employees with an iPhone these days and that trend doesn’t appear to be changing anytime soon. During the I/O developer conference Google announced plans […]