Check All the Products and Services Killed by Google Here

Check All the Products and Services Killed by Google Here Google, the tech giant that has a lot of successful apps, hardware, and services, has a habit of discontinuing products they don’t see a future in. In fact, several apps and services are getting purged by Google these days making it harder to keep track of them. Well, to keep an eye on all such products that end up in Google’s Cemetery, there exists a website namedKilled by Google....

November 24, 2019 · 2 min · 340 words · Heather Holmes

Fitbit Users Are Giving up Their Devices After Google’s Acquisition

Fitbit Users Are Giving up Their Devices After Google’s Acquisition Earlier this month, Googleacquiredpopular wearable device maker Fitbit in a whopping $2.1 billion deal. While this acquisition could make the software giant’s scope of making Wear OS better, existing Fitbit users are apparently not happy about it due to privacy concerns. “I’m not only afraid of what they can do with the data currently, but what they can do with it once their AI advances in 10 or 20 years....

November 24, 2019 · 2 min · 351 words · Michael Stone

Gamers Perform Worse When They’re Insulted: Study

Gamers Perform Worse When They’re Insulted: Study Have you ever noticed yourself performing worse after a teammate of yours insulted you for a wrong move you did in the game? Well, you’re not alone. In fact, a new study suggests that the performance of gamers tend to decline even ifthey’re getting insulted by a robot. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University conducted a study that involved asking participants to play a logic-based game with Pepper, a humanoid robot by SoftBank Robotics....

November 24, 2019 · 2 min · 333 words · Diana Allen

Gen Z Teens Want AirPods for Christmas : Survey

Gen Z Teens Want AirPods for Christmas : Survey The Christmas season is almost here and people are pondering their minds to choose the best gifts for their loved ones. A recent survey breaks down the top brands desired by teenagers that influence their purchase decisions. According to the survey conducted by Piper Jaffray among more than 1,000 US consumers, it has been revealed thatAppleis the “top-listed consumer brand for teens”....

November 24, 2019 · 2 min · 352 words · Laura Walter

Google Assistant Can Now Narrate Your Stories to Kids

Google Assistant Can Now Narrate Your Stories to Kids Think you’re terrible at storytelling and your significant other is unavailable to narrate stories to your kids? Don’t worry,Googlehas got you covered. The software giant has introduced a neat feature addition to its Google Nest range of smart home products earlier this week. Dubbed My Storytime, the feature will allow parents to record themselves narrating stories so that the other parent can simply ask Google Assistant to read those recordings....

November 24, 2019 · 2 min · 341 words · Sarah Graham

Sony Launches a New Wearable Speaker That Rests on Shoulders

Sony Launches a New Wearable Speaker That Rests on Shoulders Sony has launched a wearable speaker in the US that can be worn like a neckband. Unfortunately, it is not a Bluetooth speaker as you might be thinking. Sony SRS-WS1 Immersive WearableSpeaker is wirelessand rests around your shoulders. It is meant to be worn while watching movies or any video for that immersive audio experience the Japanese tech giant claims....

November 24, 2019 · 2 min · 337 words · Linda Lynch

This Company Failed to Detect Security Flaw Until Hacker Maxed out Servers

This Company Failed to Detect Security Flaw Until Hacker Maxed out Servers While companies work round the clock to fix the damage done by a security attack, this company didn’t even notice that its security got compromised, until the hacker maxed out the storage of their servers. According to a recentreport, the security of Utah-based tech company InfoTrax Systems got breached over 20 times from May 2014 to March 2016. The hacker reportedly gained access to the company’s client dataincluding the sensitive personal information of 1 million consumers....

November 24, 2019 · 2 min · 345 words · Dwayne Smith
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