Tag: Google
Google Confirms Huawei Mate 30 Won’t Launch with its Licensed Android Version or its Apps and Services
If you were looking forward to purchasing the Huawei Mate 30, then this news will damp you down. Huawei's flagship phone for this year...
Google Cracks the Whip on Predatory Loan Apps on Play Store
You may have seen a deluge of loan apps on the Play Store and they have become quite popular since they offer easy credit...
Google to Finally Drop Support for Unencrypted FTP Connections in Chrome
Some of us have used File Transfer Protocol (FTP) connections to get access to files from the internet. Often, the file-hosting system is used...
Google Removes 85 Adware-Infected Gaming, Camera and Photo Editing Apps from the Play Store
The Google Play Store is the most popular and important app distribution platform on Android and its official nature makes threat actors publish innocent-looking...
KRA Seeks to Tax Foreign and Local Revenue Generating Apps
Governments have been catching up trying to cash in on the digital revolution that has been the case for the past decade. Apps have...
Google Employed Machine Learning to Generate the ‘Nigerian Accent’ for Maps
One of the biggest problems in the world is language barriers. The tech industry has made this a bit better with tools like Google...
A Lot of Google Employees Think a Break-Up Would Be Good for the Company
A lot of Google employees think that Elizabeth Warren's and Bernie Sanders' calls for breaking up big tech companies like Google and Facebook would...
YouTube to Start Rethinking How It Counts Views After Recent Controversy
YouTube has come under fire from Badshah, a Bollywood rapper set a new record that the Giant video-sharing platform isn't talking about. The Indian rapper recently...
Google and Huawei Were Working on a Huawei-Branded Smart Speaker. Trump’s Trade Ban Halted Its Progress
Donald's Trump Trade ban on Huawei not only affected their smartphone business with Google but also another project the Chinese tech giant was working...
Comparison Between Google Photos and Gallery Go
On Wednesday at the third annual Google for Nigeria event, the tech giant launched Gallery Go, a Google Photos alternative for low spec'd phones that...
NSO Group Improved Their WhatsApp Spyware, It Can Now Pry Your Google, Facebook and iCloud Data
If you thought the WhatsApp hack by NSO Group early this year was worse, the Israeli company has now improved their spyware to do...
Google to Settle Privacy Abuses and Job Discrimination Case in Multi-million Payout
In most cases, tech corporations do not run their operations smoothly. Since the organizations command a substantial market share, they are always under scrutiny...
Google is Working on Yet Another Social Network
Google is a hugely successful company but there is one area they haven't done so well: social networking. Google Plus died the other day,...
Hurrah! for Android TV Users as the Platform Picks Amazon Prime Video Support
People who love watching TV shows from a variety of streaming services have always been aware of the shortcomings packaged in their boxes, especially...
Dark Mode Is Now on Google Keep for the Web – Here’s How to Enable It
Looks like 2019 is the year of embracing dark mode. Early this May, dark mode rolled out to the Google Keep Android app and...
Google Now Lets You Auto-Delete Your Location History and Web Activity Data
This is huge!! For a company that relies on user data, Google letting you auto-delete your web activity and location history data is a...
Google App Beta Tests a More Convenient Way of Sharing Searches
Google is currently testing a quick and more convenient way of sharing searches on its Google App beta plus another new carousel feature.
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The Genius Way Google Was Caught Scraping Lyrics
Music site, Genius has recently accused Google of scraping lyrics from its site. If you listened to your favorite song and wanted to look...
Huawei Shouldn’t Be Cut off from Android – Google Shares Its Fears
Google doesn't want a forked version of Android and wants Huawei back on its official Android version. In a recent report by the Financial...
Apple Launched a New Web Sign in at WWDC 2019 – Here’s How It Works
At WWDC 2019, Apple made both software and hardware announcements. One feature they unveiled aimed at privacy was the company's single sign-on(SSO). This feature...
Change These Default Privacy Settings Right Now! From Facebook, Twitter, Google, Microsoft, Apple, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Amazon
From 2018 to the past few months of 2019, our personal data from social media sites and other tech giants has been hacked, scandalized...
Huawei Is Now Back on Google’s Android Q Beta Program
It looks like Huawei is going to end this week on a good note. It has been a rough couple of weeks for the...
Samsung Renews Its Android License Deal with Google
As things crumble for Huawei, Samsung is strengthening its relationship with Google following the search giant company canceling Huawei's Android license. The South Korean...
Google Stored Passwords of Some G Suite Accounts in Plaintext
Google joins the likes of Facebook and Twitter of being the culprits who stored passwords in plaintext. This privacy mishap affected some of its...
Google Data Explain the Importance of Setting up a Recovery Number to Prevent Phishing Attacks
Google really wants you to protect your account against phishing attacks by using all the necessary security features the company is providing to its...
The Present Is Private: Google’s Commitment to Privacy
Goole I/O 2019 began yesterday and Privacy was one of the most touched on subjects during the developer conference the tech giant hosts every...
Makerere University is Among the 20 Grantees of The Google AI Impact Challenge
Yesterday, Google launched the 2019 edition of the I/O conference and they announced a lot of cool stuff. However, a certain announcement went under...
Kenyans Want to Know How to Cook Mandazi and Get Pregnant Based on Trending Searches
We know people usually search for the weirdest things on Google and it can be a good indication of the zeitgeist of the month....
Google Has a Cool Avengers Themed Easter Egg
Movies tend to generate a lot of hype on social media. It is especially felt on Twitter since it is such a lively social...
How Telkom Kenya Leverages Caching and Peering to Boost Mobile Data Speeds
Telkom is planning to deploy higher capacity undersea cables that will see substantial improvement on its network, with the first phase of the project...
