News & Reviews:   Google

Heard a new song or tune on the streets but can't identify it? Previously, most people would use Shazam and call it a day. But if you want an alternative, Google has released its own Shazam-like feature.

You know that joke about how our Facebook advertisements seem to know what we were looking for after having that conversation? Well, turns out that it's quite true. As confirmed in leaked documents from one of Facebook's alleged marketing partners.

In the last few months, Google has slowly added Gemini support to all its platforms. This includes Gmail, where you can now use Gemini to help draft emails. The company added a new refinement style, and is now introducing a new search method in Gmail.

One of the most interesting features of foldable screen devices is the Interpreter. However, this feature is limited to Samsung devices and requires a special application in OneUI only. In the future, it may become more flexible as Google Translate starts to provide dual-screen mode support.

Yelp, one of the services focused on location and place directories, has now filed a lawsuit against Google, saying Google abused their position as a search engine in prioritising its offers and reviews over other service providers. So, what should you know about it?

It seems that the beta version of the latest Android operating system, Android 15 is in its final phase. After all, Google confirmed that Android 15 will be available in October 2024. So, what should you know about it?

One of the reasons why Apple users will only buy other Apple products is because of the very robust ecosystem support. For example, from a MacBook, you can use the iPhone internet without having to open the phone. Today the Google Essentials application has been launched by Google to make it easier to install Google applications on Windows PCs. So, what should you know about it?

In line with various announcements related to new devices, now Google has also officially launched Google Store access for users in Malaysia. Through it, users are not yet able to make purchases, instead, it is currently focusing on showing the range of Google devices and products under the Pixel brand for the Malaysian market.

OpenAI is now rolling out a capability that allows users of the free version of ChatGPT to produce up to two images per day with the DALL-E 3 model. Previously, the DALL-E 3 was only available to paid users of ChatGPT Plus.

With mobile web browsers, the search engine is almost always Google. This is because Google pays smartphone manufacturers big bucks for that advantage. In 2021, Google even paid Apple USD26 billion (~RM116.26 billion) to become the default Safari browser search engine. But clearly, it's not just because of the money.