Google Home, unveiled on Tuesday, gives you immediate access to Google Assistant whenever and wherever you need it. Ask for a recipe while in your kitchen, ask for the latest sports scores while in your living room, or ask for current traffic conditions as you get ready for work in the morning....
- Thursday, 06 October 2016 02:33
- By Robert Hensonw
Just about every player in the Big Data and analytics game was in New York last week at the Strata + Hadoop World conference, to showcase their latest technologies. Over 7,000 people attended the event where keynote speakers, including White House chief data scientist DJ Patil, laid out their v...
- Wednesday, 05 October 2016 04:27
- By Rachel Bilson
How has the rise of mobile changed the way people view Google SERPs? Contributor Kristi Kellogg summarizes a session from SMX East in which Mediative's Chris Pinkerton discusses the results of eye-tracking studies. Chris Pinkerton, the vice president of business development at Mediative, has b...
- Wednesday, 05 October 2016 01:47
- By Jeremy Frink
With the release of the Google Trips Android and iPhone app earlier this week, I decided to plan and visit London using the latest app from the search engine giant to see what opportunities there are for local businesses and their marketing teams alike. Google Trips is a personalized tour guide in y...
- Tuesday, 04 October 2016 07:36
- By Mary Sacco
Google Maps has updated its mobile app with new voice search capabilities which can help people do more while keeping their eyes on the road. Now, after entering driving mode, the “OK Google” voice command can be used in various ways. It will be obvious when a voice command can be used...
- Tuesday, 04 October 2016 07:31
- By Mercedes J. Steinman
Google’s official blog, now known as “The Keyword”, combines articles across nineteen separate company blogs in one place. No longer will you have to go to the Google AdWords blog for AdWords news, then jump to the Google Maps blog for Maps news, and so on.If you’re looking for official...
- Tuesday, 04 October 2016 07:21
- By Peggy Graves
Google has been spotted testing trending search results on mobile in the Chrome app. For some, visiting the Google homepage and tapping on the search bar will deliver a list of current trending searches. Those who have seen this test in action report Google displays up to 5 suggestions for trending ...
- Tuesday, 04 October 2016 06:43
- By Peggy Graves
Cortona Search box is one of the recent additions Microsoft made to the Windows 10 Taskbar. But the problem with this search box is when you type something in the Cortona search box, the search will be done both on your device and Online which tends to slow down your search results because they...
- Monday, 03 October 2016 03:49
- By Clara Johnson
Google has rolled out its new algorithm Google Penguin 4.0. Michael Jenkins explains how these changes will affect your website and what you can do to avoid being penalized. It’s been a two-year wait for SEO tragics – Google’s anticipated Penguin 4.0 started rolling out over the weekend and wh...
- Saturday, 01 October 2016 01:54
- By Eric Beaudoin
Is the Internet making us stupid? I’ve gone from being tired of this question to being more and more confused by it. A recent poll says that about two-thirds of Americans think that the Net is indeed making us stupid. But I wonder what the percentage would be if the question were “Is the ...
- Friday, 30 September 2016 07:21
- By James Gill
Local search marketing can be especially challenging for businesses with multiple locations. Contributor Jason Decker explains how to do it right. Search marketing for a local business is tough — but those of us helping businesses with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of locations kn...
- Thursday, 29 September 2016 01:20
- By Barbara Larson
Google has removed the search tool that allows users to change their geo-location. Columnist Clay Cazier documents four ways to get around this restriction and emulate a search from any city. In late November 2015, Google removed the location search filter from the (shrinking) list o...
- Thursday, 29 September 2016 01:08
- By Anna K. Sasaki
Yahoo has launched a new software update for its email app. Among other features like link and video previews and in-app account It uses Android’s native fingerprint authentication, meaning that it’s supported on any Android devices featuring fingerprint sensors. Users who decide to...
- Wednesday, 28 September 2016 06:35
- By James Gill
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - With speculation mounting that Twitter Inc TWTR.N will soon have a new corporate owner, the 10-year-old social networking service - which has long struggled to define its core purpose -may end up heading in one of several distinctly different directions depending on who end...
- Tuesday, 27 September 2016 09:19
- By Jennifer Levin
Introduction and Disclaimer Before we dive into the subject, I believe that a little disclaimer is necessary to make sure that everybody reading is at least a bit aware of what they are doing. To clarify, any iteration of Windows released for commercial use is not made with user privacy in mind. Tha...
- Monday, 26 September 2016 04:32
- By Issac Avila
Lawyers, beware. Robots really are coming for your jobs. Exhibit A: Venture-capital firm Invoke Capital just made a multi-million-dollar investment in Luminance, which is developing artificial intelligence to automate the legal drudgery involved in corporate mergers and acquisitions. The robot lawy...
- Monday, 26 September 2016 01:21
- By Rene Meyer
Well, that's a relief. Samsung's initial pleas for customers to stop using and return their Galaxy Note7 devices with faulty batteries weren't particularly fruitful, but now that the recall is official and replacement devices are arriving en masse, the plan is working. App...
- Friday, 23 September 2016 07:38
- By Eric Beaudoin
It had been a while since SEOs were abuzz with a possible Google update, but a big one hit just before Labor Day weekend, according to chatter amongst webmasters. In fact, website owners may be looking at two separate updates since many site owners reported seeing big fluctuations in their...
- Tuesday, 20 September 2016 00:43
- By Clara Johnson
Demand for big data expertise is growing every day, as more and more companies become aware of the benefits of collecting and analyzing data. Unfortunately, the number of people trained to analyze this data isn’t growing in line with the demand. This creates a challenge for companies looking to hi...
- Tuesday, 20 September 2016 00:17
- By Eric Beaudoin
After weeks of urging consumers to return and exchange their Galaxy Note7 phones, Samsung, in partnership with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), has officially recalled the phones over defective batteries that could potentially explode. Up to 1 million No...
- Sunday, 18 September 2016 08:38
- By Jeremy Frink
In a move that basically confirms the name change for the upcoming Google Pixel phones, the search engine giant has reportedly renamed the Google Nexus Launcher to a new Google Pixel Launcher. The Nexus Launcher has been here for some time, but it only featured as a beta version. APK files of...
- Thursday, 15 September 2016 12:08
- By Eric Beaudoin
The new version of a SQL query engine for Hadoop scheduled for release later this month adds “auto-cubes,” a type of multi-dimensional dataset that, in this implementation, consists of aggregated “micro-cubes” that are generated based on usage patterns learned by the SQL accelerator. New Yor...
- Thursday, 15 September 2016 10:33
- By Clara Johnson
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is cautioning air passengers that they should not turn on or charge their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones while on board and they should not stow them in checked baggage, following reports that a few dozen of the phones' batteries have exploded or caught fi...
- Monday, 12 September 2016 06:22
- By Anna K. Sasaki
Samsung's exploding phone crisis is getting worse. A 6-year-old boy was rushed to the hospital in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday after a Galaxy Note7 caught fire in his hands, according to a report in the New York Post. "The child was watching videos on the phone when the...
- Sunday, 11 September 2016 15:47
- By Phyllis McMullen
Upon discovering that it had been hacked by China, the Canadian government’s scientific-research body did digital damage control on an enormous scale. Firing up its vintage fax machines, it jettisoned scores of computer servers, bought its staff hundreds of new laptops and drew up a list of about ...
- Saturday, 10 September 2016 09:34
- By Anna K. Sasaki
