Gizmodo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

5, but what would a new operating system be without new hardware to showcase it? Microsoft is having what many have pegged as a Surface hardware event on Sept. We already know Microsoft is launching Windows 11 on Oct. 22 at 8 a.m. It’s all virtual, of course, and there’s a link available if you want to… Read more.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

Google and Samsung are in discussions for a deal that would give the US tech giant’s services more prominence on Samsung phones at the expense of those from the Korean manufacturer, according to a report by Bloomberg. The deal would reportedly involve promoting the Google Assistant and the Play Store over Samsung’s own alternatives.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Unlike Google and Apple, Amazon doesn’t have a smartphone platform of its own for native integration of its voice assistant, after the short-lived Amazon Fire Phone. Google regularly updates Android, and the feature relies in part on systemwide microphone access. (GeekWire File Photo / Nat Levy).

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The Investing Edge

AUGUST 8, 2013

There have been several reasons put forth to explain Android’s overtaking iOS: phone variety, price points, Google marketing pushes, general usability, etc. In the cases of both PCs and smartphones, Apple implemented a walled garden approach to establish complete control of hardware, OS, and applications.

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The Verge

MAY 17, 2021

A new tweet from the official Wear OS Twitter account is teasing an update tomorrow at I/O 2021 to Google’s frequently forgotten smartwatch operating system. In the last year, Google has added a new keyboard , support for third-party Tiles (Wear OS’s answer to glanceable widget-like information), and improvements to performance.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 28, 2021

Complaints about the resource-hogging Google Chrome… Read more. I also have 17 Microsoft Edge tabs open, which take up 535MB of memory. Aside from those two extra tabs on Edge, I have the same webpages open, yet Chrome is hogging more memory.

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CTOvision

JULY 26, 2013

On Wednesday AM Sundar Pinchai, VP of Android and Chrome at Google, held a “breakfast event” in which he detailed the new Nexus 7 tablet, the Chromecast, Android 4.3, Also, it appears Google and Asus have learned from last time, with a line of accessories already up for grabs (details here ). and some other details.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

All indications point to Google announcing its latest Chromecast during tomorrow’s hardware event. Instead of a no-frills TV dongle that plays content sent over from the apps on your phone or computer, the new Chromecast finally has a proper menu system and familiar user interface — and now it comes with an actual remote control.

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The Verge

MAY 23, 2021

Once again , Google is hitting the reset button, combining with Samsung’s Tizen wearable operating system for a new wearable OS, tentatively called “Wear.”. It’s trying yet again, this time with Samsung’s Tizen OS helping to fill in the gaps that Google, for whatever reason, can’t. Photo by Avery White for The Verge.

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Network World

JULY 17, 2024

Interest in the open-source network operating system SONiC is rising as major networking vendors and start-ups look to offer resources to help enterprises give SONiC a try. SONiC is seen as a significant alternative to more traditional, less flexible network operating systems. What is SONiC?

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The Verge

MAY 19, 2021

Yesterday brought the momentous news that Google and Samsung will merge together their Wear OS and Tizen-based smartwatch platforms into a single operating system. Speed and responsiveness were one of the major talking points when Google and Samsung made this announcement during the I/O 2021 keynote.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

It’s high time that Google followed that example with a Pixel Watch that does the same thing for Wear OS. It’s pretty likely that Google is already working on something along those lines: When we asked, Rick Osterloh told The Verge’s Dieter Bohn that its own Wear OS wearable is just a matter of time. Photo by Dieter Bohn / The Verge.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Google says “it’s time” to now bring its mysterious Fuchsia operating system to “additional smart devices and other form factors” beyond smart displays, according to a number of job listings first spotted by 9to5Google. The first generation Nest Hub, which was updated to run Fuchsia earlier this year.

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The Verge

MAY 18, 2021

At the I/O developer conference on Tuesday, Google announced a range of new privacy measures, including a new partition within Android to manage machine learning data more securely. The partition will make it easier for the operating system to protect that data, while still keeping it available for system-level functions.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Along with the launch of the new Chromecast with Google TV , which we’ve just reviewed , Google is changing the name of the Google Play Movies & TV app to Google TV. The app is Google’s store for renting and buying movies and TV, and in truth Google is following Apple’s lead here. It’s $49.99 Android TV.

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2022

While the ads can be easily dismissed, they’re still a frustrating experience in an operating system that’s traditionally been ad-free. Sadly, Microsoft isn’t alone in advertising its own services in its operating system or apps. Microsoft has been experimenting with ads inside Windows for a decade now.

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Dataconomy

JANUARY 8, 2024

Is Google Wallet not working? These fixes aim to restore the magic, ensuring Google Wallet remains your go-to for swift and secure transactions. And if you’ve tried it all and still face challenges, we’ve got one more trick up our sleeves—introducing the best Google Wallet alternatives.

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Network World

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Android is headed to the internet of things in the form of Android Things, an operating system that grew out of Project Brillo and will be able to get updates directly from Google. It will be easy for developers to scale their prototypes up to large production runs using custom versions of those boards, Google says.

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Galido

AUGUST 2, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Enhancing the User Experience: Fantastic Android Q Features Proving Google as the Ultimate Winner - Information Technology Blog. Hence, Google has introduced an open-source operating system running excellently over the smartphones and furnishing the customization needs of smartphone manufacturers, Android. .

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The Verge

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Google never stops issuing updates to its Android OS (well, unless your phone is old enough to have outlived its update period ), and it has recently introduced its latest upgrade: Android 12. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Everything you need to know about Android.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

” Amazon is at a disadvantage on smartphones vs. Google and Apple, which integrate their voice assistants directly into the popular mobile operating systems. TalkSocket works with PopSocket’s swappable accessory system, attaching to the base and accordion design.

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Vox

MAY 19, 2021

Google’s upcoming Android 12 will have several new privacy features. Google is once again playing catch-up with Apple. Google’s latest attempt to play catch-up to the privacy features in Apple’s iOS was on display again Tuesday, when the company announced details of its Android 12 operating system.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 18, 2021

Google’s newest Chromecast dongle has a lot going for it, including support for an increasingly broad range of apps. But despite being made by Google, you won’t find every Android app on the device—just the ones that have been approved and tweaked for big-screen use. If you want to install other apps and games, here’s… Read more.

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Galido

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

An android phone is a powerful and highly advanced Smartphone which runs on the Android operating system, which is created by Google. Android operating systems run on almost all the mobile and handheld devices, it also provides a host of handsets for the biggest mobile manufacturers in the world.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2016

The Company also designs and sells hardware, and delivers online advertising to the customers. The Company operates in five segments: Devices and Consumer (D&C) Licensing, D&C Hardware, D&C Other, Commercial Licensing, and Commercial Other. It provides consulting and product and solution support services.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

4K, which Amazon says is coming soon, might be more of a challenge for Luna on this hardware, especially without dialing down graphical settings in some demanding games. Amazon’s main cloud streaming rivals, Microsoft and Google, are using entirely different hardware and operating systems for their own cloud gaming services.

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The Verge

JUNE 9, 2021

It’s part of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s plan to build more consumer devices that circumvent Apple and Google, the two dominant mobile phone platform creators that largely control Facebook’s ability to reach people. The watch offers Facebook a way around Apple and Google. Facebook’s track record for making hardware is spotty.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2021

The Oppo Watch 2 has launched in China, featuring the same Apple Watch-style design as the original Oppo Watch but with improved internal hardware. As was the case for the Chinese model of the original Oppo Watch, the Oppo Watch 2 runs Oppo’s Android-based ColorOS, not Google’s WearOS.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Android 11’s first public beta has arrived today, and it brings a bunch of big new features to Google’s operating system — including a few that should look pretty familiar to iOS users who have had similar functionality for some time. Think of it like the AirPlay icon in iOS’s Control Center but for Google speakers.

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CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2016

The Company operates through five segments: Global Technology Services (GTS), Global Business Services (GBS), Software, Systems Hardware and Global Financing. Its GBS segment provides consulting and systems integration, application management services and process services. AoE: The AI of everything (itworldcanada.com).

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The Verge

JANUARY 13, 2022

There are some unique complicating factors this year, but it’s the same old Android — the good and the bad Android 12 is one of the platform’s most ambitious updates in recent history, bringing a major design overhaul to every corner of the operating system. After that, the timeline looks a little different from previous years.

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GeekWire

JULY 21, 2021

The news, announced Wednesday morning, is part of a broader effort by Amazon to boost developer interest in Alexa skills, which are the equivalent of apps for Amazon Echo devices and other Alexa-enabled hardware. Amazon announced more than 50 new developer features and tools as part of its Alexa Live virtual conference.

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Network World

OCTOBER 10, 2024

So, there’s a race on right now for what company will be the default platform for generative AI, the operating system for the next evolution of the enterprise, the middleware that will tie it all together. Nvidia is a good choice of hardware partner for generative AI, says Ari Lightman, professor at Carnegie Mellon University.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 31, 2024

This trick for “de-Googling Google” has been making the rounds on social medial for the last few days. Operating Systems/Applications I’m in agreement with Simon Willison and others on the use of “slop” to describe the artificially generated content that is increasingly polluting search results.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2024

From networking to security and from hardware to the cloud, there’s something in here for just about everyone. Servers/Hardware Permanent damage? Chaim Gartenberg shares a look back at 10 years of Google’s AI-specialized chips (the Tensor Processing Units, or TPUs). Running Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)?

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The Verge

JULY 22, 2021

Google has finally given its new, unified smartwatch platform a name — and it’s an obvious one: Wear OS 3. Google says that Wear OS 3 updates will start rolling out to a limited set of smartwatches in the “second half of 2022.” Google says it will be faster than current smartwatches while also offering longer battery life.

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The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

This week on The Vergecast , co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn welcome back deputy editor Dan Seifert to examine what’s new in the updated iPhone operating system. What does this mean for the future of Google’s hardware ambitions? The Vergecast theorizes.

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