Tag: Google
Google Search Announces Major Changes to The Leadership Team
The world's biggest search engine, Google, has a new Head of Search, Elizabeth Reid. Previously, Liz Reid was the head of Core Search Experiences....
NEW! Apple Considering Google’s Gemini AI for iPhones
According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is engaged in active negotiations with Google regarding the potential licensing of Gemini, Google's leading generative AI...
Gemini Advanced Launched, Free In Kenya for 2 Months
The AI dish Google has been cooking is now served. Last year, Microsoft ran off with ChatGPT and Copilot. Google's response at the time...
Oracle Picks Kenya as Its Data Centre Site in East Africa
Oracle has announced plans to establish Kenya as a site for its data centers. This will make Kenya Oracle's second public cloud region in...
Pixel Passkey Upgrade is Here, Marking the End of Passwords
In the latest Pixel Feature Drop, Google has unveiled an enhancement to Google Password Manager called passkey upgrades. This new feature enables Pixel users...
Expect More Google Layoffs, CEO Sundar Pichai Says
It appears that Google isn't done with layoffs with more job cuts expected throughout the year according to an internal memo sent to the...
Google Upgrades Search Experience with Circle to Search and Multisearch
Google introduced two features for search on their Android devices: Circle to Search and Multisearch. According to Google, Circle to Search is "a new...
Google Search Dominated By Spam Low Quality Websites
Recent research conducted by German researchers delves into the impact of SEO spam on the quality of search results across major search engines, with...
Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs
Google has confirmed it has laid off hundreds of employees across multiple divisions within the company. In what the company is terming as a...
Users Might Soon have to Pay for Extra Storage for WhatsApp Backups
Google and WhatsApp have announced plans to remove the unlimited storage quota for WhatsApp backups on Android. Once this change rolls out, WhatsApp backups...
Google’s AI-Powered Search Expands to Kenya & 120+ Countries
Google has expanded its AI-powered search experience to more than 120 countries and territories including Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, and Mexico. The search...
Google Will Enable Users to Remotely Uninstall Apps
Google is making it easier for Android users to uninstall apps across multiple devices through the Play Store. With the latest update (v38.3), a...
AdSense Moves to Pay-Per-Impression and Changes How Publishers Will be Paid
Google AdSense announced it's moving from its paying-per-click (PPC) model to paying per impression. Pay-per-impression is an online marketing advertising model that determines payment...
Why Google’s Knowledge Graph Update Brings Corporate and Personal Branding into SEO
In July 2023, Google unveiled a significant update to its Knowledge Graph. The Knowledge Graph is a database of billions of facts about people,...
Google’s Crawl Prioritization System: How to Give Your Website Content Priority
Recently, indexing has been an issue troubling many individuals. Google has not helped with the recent update to its core system. This update made...
Google Widely Rolls Out Feature to Detect URL Typos
Google is bringing its URL typos detection tool to Chrome on Android and iOS. This accessibility feature was announced earlier this year for Chrome...
Phone Theft: Global Companies Hold Meeting To End the Menace
Probably the most important device to humans today is a mobile phone. Due to this, phone theft has grown and created a booming backstreet...
Exploring Android 14: All About Google’s Newest OS
At the Made by Google 2023, Google also unveiled Android 14. This may have gone under the radar with the spotlight on the much-anticipated...
Google Pixel 8 Series Unveiled: On-Device Generative AI & OS Support till 2030
Google has unveiled the Pixel 8 Series in the Made By Google 2023 event featuring the new Tensor G3 chipset, AI features, an advanced...
Microsoft, Google’s AI Data Centres Are Too Thirsty
Microsoft's data centres in West Des Moines, Iowa, have come under scrutiny for their substantial water consumption. According to a report by the Associated...
Google Ads: Kenya Only Country In Africa Authorized to Serve Pharmaceutical Ads
Google has dedicated advertising rules for healthcare and medicine. Pharmaceutical Ads targeting a specific destination have to follow set laws and industry standards.
Some healthcare-related...
25 Years of Google: Notable Numbers at This Milestone
Google turns 25 today. It was founded by doctoral students Sergey Brin and Larry Page in Stanford University’s computer science program.
The two had a...
Google Bard Expands to YouTube, Gmail and Drive
Google has announced key updates to its AI chatbot Bard, integrating it into various services and apps including Gmail, YouTube and Drive.
The company...
AI-Related Searches Peak in Kenya as Interest Rises
Google Search trends reveal that searches for Artificial Intelligence (AI) are at an all-time high in Kenya as interest in the topic rises. Search...
Google’s Latest Round of Layoffs Affects Hundreds
Google parent company Alphabet is downsizing its workforce again this year, this time affecting its global recruitment team. The company has confirmed the layoffs...
Google To Introduce Shorts In The Play Store
Google has announced it is working on introducing a short-form video series feature in the Play Store called "The Play Report".
The Play Report is...
WEI: Google’s Controversial API Will Deny “Non-Approved” Browsers Webpages Access
Google has proposed forcing a controversial Web Environment Integrity API (WEI) into Chromium. What this means, in a nutshell, is that users can be...
Google Intros Invisible Watermark to Identify AI Generated Images
Google AI researchers have announced a tool that will help identify images generated by AI. At a time when AI images are becoming more...
Google Messages Could Soon Bring Satellite Texting Support To Android
Google is reportedly working with Garmin, a GPS navigation and wearable tech company, to bring two-way satellite texting to Google Messages. The satellite texting...
Google Announces “AI First” Accelerator Program for African Startups
Google has unveiled the “Google for Startups Accelerator: AI First” accelerator program aimed at supporting African startups to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve...
Google Removes 43 Malicious Apps from Play Store, Users Urged to Delete Infected Apps
Google has removed 43 malicious applications from the Play Store after it was discovered the apps drain users' phone batteries. Android users have received...
Google AI-Powered Search Intros Additional Coding Capabilities and AI Summaries on Articles
Google Search is rolling out additional generative AI features in its AI-powered Search experience dubbed Search Generative Experience (SGE). The new updates will include...
Google Could Soon Allow You to Link Your Android Devices Together
Google is reportedly working on a feature that could allow you to link your Android devices together once they have logged into the same...
Google is Adding eSignature Support to Google Docs and Drive
Google is introducing eSignature support for users to request signatures and sign documents directly in Google Docs and Drive. The feature is currently in...
Two-Thirds of Popular AI Chrome Extensions Pose Serious Threats to User Privacy and Security
A report by Incogni has revealed that two-thirds of popular AI Chrome extensions could wreak havoc on user security if turned malicious. The report...