News & Reviews: Google
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Dec 20, 2022
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that Google Search recently recorded its highest-ever traffic during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final between France and Argentina. The final, held on Sunday (18 December 2022), was one of the most entertaining finals in World Cup history and Google was effectively the information hub for many people around the world for the match and the World Cup finals as a whole.
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Dec 19, 2022
Google is onto something that will make our lives easier. The tech giant announced that it's working on an AI model that can decipher difficult-to-read handwriting, especially on notes and prescriptions written by doctors.
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Dec 09, 2022
Google's web browser will now help you save battery power and memory. Two new performance settings, Energy Saver Mode and Memory Saver Mode, will get rolled out with the upcoming Chrome 108 update for Windows, macOS and ChromeOS desktop users.
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Dec 08, 2022
Google has revealed that it will be merging its Google Maps and Waze teams under one department to cut costs and consolidate operations. Specifically, Waze, the mapping service acquired by Google way back in 2013 will be joining Google’s Geo organisation which also houses Google Earth and Google Street View.
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Dec 08, 2022
As we move towards the end of 2022, Google just released its annual Year in Search 2022 results. Not only is it available globally, but each country gets its own top 10 lists as well. Before we show you Malaysia's top searches in Google, you would be surprised to know that Wordle is actually the most searched word in Google in 2022.
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Dec 07, 2022
YouTube has revealed that it will be introducing custom global emotes for comments and live chats on the platform. Called YouTube Emotes, the feature is similar to the one popularised by the Amazon-owned live streaming platform Twitch.
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Dec 05, 2022
When downloading or updating apps from Google Play Store, the only way to check the progress without going in the app store is by swiping down the notification panel. In the future, it might be unnecessary to do so while waiting for the download to complete, as Google could use a floating bubble as a progress indicator.
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Nov 21, 2022
The FIFA World Cup 2022 kicked off yesterday. Not only is Google offering us a scoreboard to keep track of the matches, but it also launched a mini-game for us to kill off some time.
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Nov 03, 2022
Google has announced a convenient new feature on Gmail that would allow users to track the delivery of their packages directly on the platform. Revealed in a blog post, Google said that the feature will be rolling out in the “coming weeks” to Gmail users.
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Nov 03, 2022
Google Play Games for PC beta was announced earlier this year but finally, towards the end of 2022 - the Google Play Games beta is now available for download. All mobile players in Malaysia alongside the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines, and Singapore can now visit the beta website and check it out here.
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