Author: Sys-Admin

Google Location History explained: How police are broadly using Android geo data to solve crimes

Location data taken in aggregate can power useful features, with Google leveraging that history for traffic updates, recommendations, and ads. A new report today reveals how U.S. law enforcement is increasingly requesting that data as part of criminal investigations. While useful, privacy advocates argue that such overbroad practices risk “snaring the innocent.”

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This week’s top stories: Pixel 3 re-reviewed, system updates & Material Theme in Play Store, more

In this week’s top stories: we review the Pixel 3 a second time six months into its life, the Play Store preps triggering system updates, we uncover the Play Store’s upcoming Material Theme redesign, and more.

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Google app 9.66 preps dark theme, ‘Assistant powered intelligent tips,’ Face Match training [APK Insight]

The latest Google app beta is rolling out this evening with several notable features in development. Google app 9.66 reveals a dark mode for the notoriously white app and Face Match training, as well as “Intelligent tips” for the At A Glance widget.

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‘Google’s Top Searches’ was a category on ‘Jeopardy!’ this evening

Google searches taken in aggregate often reveal interesting insights about what’s currently trending around the globe. It also makes for fun trivia, with this evening’s episode of Jeopardy! featuring a whole category about “Google’s Top Searches, 1999-2018.”

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9to5Google Daily 255: Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL codenames leak

Listen to a recap of all the top 9to5Google stories of the day. 9to5Google Daily is available on Google Play, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.


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Alphabet Scoop 049: Google Pixel 3a/Pixel 4 leaks, Nest Hub Max, Google Cloud Next

This week we talk about some more Google Pixel 3a and Google Pixel 4 leaks, the seemingly incoming Nest Hub Max, and a week of news from Google Cloud Next.

Alphabet Scoop is available on Google Play, Google Podcasts, iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, and through our dedicated RSS feed for Pocket Casts and other podcast players.

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New at Google I/O 2019: Android CameraX, hearing aid support, designing Material dark themes, interviews

With I/O 2019 less than a month away, Google has posted more sessions which attendees and live streamers alike can expect at the developer conference. Notable highlights cover Android, Gaming, and many Fireside Chats with famous people in technology and science.

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YouTube reportedly using ‘quality watch time’ as new internal measure for video success

The past several months have been an absolute whirlwind for YouTube, and now the company appears to be making some internal moves to change things for the better. According to a new report, YouTube has two new internal metrics for measuring the success of a video, including “quality watch time.”

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