Google has launched a website for its Read Along app for encouraging young children to practice reading. The website, which is introduced as a public beta, works with Chrome, Firefox, and Edge browsers on Desktop and Android, with support for iOS and more browsers such as Safari coming soon. The concept of the website is […]
Google is tracking you if you have Location History and Web and App Activity settings enabled. Here’s how to disable them. If you’re using any of Google’s apps on your iPhone or Android device, there’s a good chance you’re being tracked by the search giant. Although your Google account’s location history is disabled by default, […]
Google will move Hangouts, mobile users, to Chat today Google has announced it will shut down its Hangouts messaging service in November and will today start telling users of the mobile app to move to Google Chat in Gmail or the Chat app. It’s been almost two years since Google announced it would retire Hangouts in favor […]
International multinational technology company, Google, has announced that it will be setting up its first Africa product development centre in Nairobi, Kenya. The centre which is expected to help create transformative products and services for people in Africa and around the world is coming barely 4 weeks after Microsoft opened the new African Development Centre […]
As part of its commitment to African startups and underserved communities, Google today announced new initiatives targeted at startups and SMEs in Africa. This includes a $3 million Black Founders Fund for African startups and a $3 million Google.org grant to help low-income communities develop entrepreneurial skills and funding. Google for Startups Black Founders Fund The Google […]
Andriod maker, Google has deleted Adamu Garba’s social media app, Crowwe from its play store. The removal comes weeks after the founder touted the app as an alternative to the banned microblogging platform Twitter in Nigeria. The Crowwe app has been described as an instant messaging and financial transaction app that comes with a digital wallet that […]
10 years ago, computing was complicated. Slow boot times, clunky hardware and intrusive updates were the norm. Computers were invented before the internet, and they hadn’t fully caught up to how people were using the web. So Google set out to design something new. The idea was to create a cloud-first experience that was fast, […]
Google’s Area 120 – an in-house incubator, where Google engineers pursue their pet projects that sometimes turn into actual products – has launched a document scanner called Stack, and it may just be one of the best such apps out there. Like most document scanners, Stack uses your phone’s camera to create a scan of a document, […]
The app was first introduced by Google in 2016 and today competes with other virtual assistants, such as Microsoft Cortana, Apple Siri, and Amazon Alexa. Google Assistant is the default virtual assistant preinstalled on many Android smartphones. In addition to helping throughout the day to make your life easier, the Google Assistant app provides advanced […]
How can I update my browser’s homepage? Internet browsers are preloaded with a default homepage, often Google.com or Bing.com, which opens upon launching your Web browser. These preset pages can be easily changed to launch a default homepage of your choice. The steps for changing the default homepage vary slightly depending on your Internet browser. […]
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