News & Reviews:   Google

Google is rolling out a feature that allows you to find out whether any of your private information is being exposed. 'Results about you' offers users more control over their online data, making it easier to request deletion of the information.

Google today announced a couple of new features that are coming to Google Search that are sure to make our lives better online. The new features are a new module that will show relevant search results from online forums such as Reddit and Quora and the other is a new way to find translated news coverage using machine learning.

Following a series of leaks and rumours, Google announced during Google I/O 2022 back in May that it is indeed working on the Pixel Watch and touted it for release after September 2022. Now, we’ve got a date for the launch (7 October 2022 in Malaysia) and Google is further teasing us with the wearable with a new official video showcasing its design in full.

Blogger and security engineer Sam Curry got the shock of a lifetime recently after he found out Google had transferred USD249,999.99 or ~RM1,136,374.95 into his account for no reason. Perplexed by the transfer, he contacted Google and eventually was told by the tech giant that a “human error” caused the accidental large sum transfer.

Privacy is one of the major reasons people use Incognito tabs. The good news is that Google is now making Chrome's Incognito tab even more secure, as users can now set fingerprint lock to protect the tabs from someone else using their phone.

The iOS 16 lock screen has created a buzz after launching. Many took the chance to customize it with their styles, not to mention the lock screen widgets that help get you to be more productive in some ways. With that said, Google has also announced a series of lock screen widgets for iPhone users.

Google has announced a few updates regarding its work on emojis on Android as well as other Google products. These include Unicode 15 emoji additions, animated versions of Android’s emojis and more!

Google might have prepared not just one but two tablets for next year. 9to5Google has found signs of a Pro variant of the Pixel tablet, and it could arrive alongside the already confirmed standard model.

A new report has arrived stating that smartphones with less than 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage will not be able to run Google Mobile Services (GMS) with Android 13. It will serve as the updated requirement for the Android OEMs.

YouTube is introducing a slew of new products that cater for education and learning on the platform which includes a new ad-free video player as well as tools specific for educational content creators. In a blog post yesterday, YouTube announced the YouTube Player for Education, a new embedded player that shows content on commonly used education apps without ads, external links or recommendations.