The new Google Maps will provide users augmented reality turn-by-turn directions, recommendations, the friend sharing features and more. Let’s look at some of the new features that are coming to Google Maps soon. Ar Directions Well, if you are amongst those who don’t like staring at the map every time you walk in a new city, then Google Maps is about to get an extraordinary feature for you. The new feature essentially combines Google’s Street View and maps data to show real-time version of Street View, combining real-world images with map overlays....

referring to the absence of a 3.5mm ‘headphone’ jack, of course, ironically, a year after publicly mocking Apple for dropping this. See my Google Pixel 2 review for a whole section on this omission. As in previous years, Google has gone with the ‘big and small’ strategy, though this time around, despite the disparity in screen diagonals (5″ versus 6″) the phones themselves aren’t that different in terms of size in the hand, thanks to the difference in aspect ratios and bezel sizes....

On November 13, Google officially published the Android 5.0 factory images for the Nexus 5, 7 and 10. While the Nexus 4 was initially left out of the party, the older Nexus handset is finally joining the Lollipop army. On Friday, November 14, Google published the Android 5.0 factory image for the Nexus 4, making it possible for some owners to upgrade directly to the latest version of the mobile operating system....

The multisearch feature is embedded in Google Lens, the image recognition tool that’s accessible via the Google app. For now, the feature is available in beta for US users searching with text in English. It’s also geared towards shopping searches. For instance, a user could take a screenshot of an orange dress and add “green” to their query to try to find the same dress in that color. It’s also helpful for non-commercial searches; a user could take a picture of a rosemary plant and add the query “care instructions” to figure out how to take care of their new plant....

So, to help you feel safe and give your friends and family peace of mind, today the tech giant Google launched its own new personal safety application known as “Trusted Contacts”. As we mentioned earlier that it is an application that simply allows users to share their location with their friends or relatives, even if your phone is offline or you can’t get to it. Currently, the application is now available only for Android and it also works without an Internet connection....

Real-time image processing and HDR+ are still the bread and butter of the Pixel camera experience, but it’s the side dishes like Photo Unblur, Guided Frame, and Magic Eraser that will resonate with most users – professional or not. And Google continues to bet on making the most inclusive cameras in the business. One example is putting its machine learning to work in optimizing for a wide variety of skin tones....

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Google has struck deals with T-Mobile and Sprint in the United States that will allow it to sell wireless service directly to consumers. At the moment, it is not yet clear when the company plans to start offering the service to consumers, how much it will charge for it, and more. Sprint is the third largest carrier in the United States followed by T-Mobile at fourth....

Google’s take on the genre does fall more toward the simplistic side of the spectrum, spreading its capabilities across a relatively simple set of options and menus. However, being tied into the Google ecosystem makes Tasks a sneakily well-integrated solution for connecting your Gmail and Google Calendar content into a simple, powerful goal tracking system. Let’s take a closer look at Google Tasks, its Gmail integration, and how it performs at organizing business and personal tasks....

Eligible devices like Google Pixel and Nexus have already started to receive the Android Oreo updates. Android O comes with several new features, bug fixes and improvements on the notification panel. Let me tell you, Google maintains a habit of keeping its launchers exclusive for its own hardware line. We can take a look at Pixel launcher which is available on Google Play Store to pixel device only. Well, installing the launcher through APK was an option, but not all features were intact....

Security researchers at Avast have recorded over 57,000 detections of WanaCryptor 2.0 ransomware in 99 countries. Let me tell you, after the attack, the ransom being demanded is $300 worth of bitcoins. Just now we have also seen Reserve Bank of India has shut down some ATMs all over the India as a preventive measure against the ransomware and had also asked banks to put in place a software update at ATMs....

Nokia N95 It did not ultimately live up to its promise of “this is what computers will become,” but I still think the Nokia N95 was a landmark device, simply because it made high-quality multimedia available on a phone, and also because it had a very different form factor – you could slide the keyboard out from one end, and dedicated sound controls from the other. Our suggestion, swap the sound control keys with dedicated camera control keys and retain the slide out keyboard and of course have a slightly larger display (even though its 2....

Why this matters: Moto Body collects much better data about your physical activity than Fit. However, you can also share your Motorola data with Google’s service. Motorola generally takes the right approach to include software on its Android devices; it’s focused. It follows Motorola’s design guidelines but doesn’t overtake the operating system or push itself on you.

Starting now, those situations will happen a lot less frequently. has announced it is doubling the size of attachments Gmail users can receive from 25MB to 50MB, which should be more than enough for giant pictures Fs. ed, there are plenty of better ways to send huge attachments than just dropping them into the body of an email, but if someone you know insists on doing it, at least you’ll receive them now....

The idea is quite straightforward — Whenever you connect to an unmetered WiFi, Chrome on Android will automatically begin offloading articles which it thinks is popular in your locality. In addition to that, if you’ve signed in with your Google account, the app will learn from your past browsing habits and download relevant content for offline use. When you no longer have access to the internet, Chrome will notify you about the available pages and you can simply check the Downloads folder in the app for reading them....

Well, Google is one of the top-most empathetic company in the world and it also pays its employees very well. Now, a Chandigarh student has been hired by search giant Google at a whopping annual salary of Rs 1.44 crore. The Lucky 16-year-old from India will soon be flying to the United states at the summons of Google for a training program and a job. Harshit Sharma is a residence of Mathana in Kurukshetra, Haryana and has completed Class 12 from Government Model Senior Secondary school....

The Google Home hub is a new product from Google that, among many other things, hopes to promote Google Assistant just as much as any of the other products Google announced today. At the launch event, Google made it possible for publications to get some hands-on, or voice-on, time with the Google Home, to help get an idea for how it will work, what it looks like in the real world, and if it’s worth that $129 price tag....

It’s a reasonable doubt to raise since like its predecessors; there’s no scarcity of bugs plaguing Google’s new Pixel 3 lineup. Memory management issues which malfunction the phone’s biggest selling point, an imbalanced set of speakers, to name a few. I have yet to encounter these hitches. But that’s not my answer to that perpetual question. The reason why I prefer the Google Pixel over the cheaper, technically more capable Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and why I wouldn’t mind spending that large amount on it every two years is vastly different than what most buyers even look for in their next phone....

The unannounced smartwatch is getting a lot of attention for a good reason – a pre-production sample was left behind in a restaurant, and photos were later published online. No, you’re not having déjà vu. Below, you’ll find everything we currently know about the Pixel Watch, which you’ll quickly realize isn’t a whole lot beyond a couple of photos. What will it be called? For years, rumors have claimed Pixel WatchBut that’s not set in stone...

These are the Google Pixel 2 and Google Pixel 2 XL, where Artificial Intelligence comes first. The tech giant Google recently introduced its new line of smartphones with the new Pixel 2 available in two dimensions: 5-inch and 6-inch. The Pixel 2 XL is constructed of aluminum and features a 6-inch pOLED screen with 18:9 ratio and QHD resolution. For those who like to wear polarized glasses, the new Pixel features a circular polarization that makes it easy to see the content on the screen....

Overall, TAG said threat actors were increasingly using the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a phishing and malware lure, and were targeting critical infrastructure such as oil and gas, telecommunications, and manufacturing. “Government-backed actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, as well as various unattributed groups, have used various Ukraine war-related themes in an effort to get targets to open malicious emails or click malicious links,” TAG said....