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Always wanted to have the ability to run apps side by side? Well, ever since the introduction of Android N, Google did just that but they could only do that if they have already installed a separated browser alongside Chrome to do that. Now, Android N Developer Preview 3 has fixed that.

By now, you should have heard about Daydream VR which is part of Google's I/O 2016 highlights. During the presentation, Clay Bavor mentioned how Google is redesigning several of their in-house apps with an interface just for virtual reality, one of them was, of course, YouTube and this is how the Youtube VR app will look like in the Daydream headset.

With the upcoming release of Android N, Google has taken steps to create a more robust VR experience for the Android platform. During Google I/O, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai was on stage to introduce DayDream, the VR platform that will be built into Android itself.

In other news during Google I/O 2016 event earlier today in the USA, Google has also revealed Android Wear 2.0 with several important smartwatch upgrades aimed to make the user's wearable experience to the next level. Presented by David Singleton, below are some of the upgrades from the new upcoming version:

In just a few hours ago, Google I/O 2016 kicked off in California, USA and they didn't waste any time announcing several Android and Google features, on this topic, we will take a look at their first two announced features - Google Assistant and Google Home. But what are they?

Yesterday, we reported that a Go-playing computer program, AlphaGo, grabbed the first win against the best Go player in the world, Lee Sedol and it was the first time that a system could do such feat in human history. Today, it got the second win again this time after 211 moves. Both players played two full hours of regulation time, going into by?-yomi overtime. And just for your information, AlphaGo actually learns from experience. 

If you've never heard of Google DeepMind, then welcome to the right place to get yourself educated. DeepMind is an artifical intelligence designed by Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman in London during the year 2010, its purpose it to solve intelligence and use it to make the world a better place and was acquired by Google in 2014.

And just yesterday, during its first game at the Google DeepMind Challenge match, the system has defeated the world's best Go player, Lee Sedol after 186 moves. This is the first time in history that a computer program has bested a top-ranked human Go player on a full 19x19 board with no handicap.

Google Malaysia and TNS Research recently got together to reveal the answer to the question, "Who watches YouTube in Malaysia?". Surprisingly enough, research reveals that it isn't just all our kids watching chocolate surprise egg videos. Instead, the answer turns out to be the millenials of Malaysia and many of our senior citizens (about half to be exact). In fact this number is set to grow as high speed mobile Internet and mobile devices become more accessible (cheaper).