Google Maps adds the ability to pay for train ticket within the app
. Image Credit: Play Store Google Maps has come a long way; and it is interesting to know that the app keeps getting better just like old wine. Google Maps has just announced a couple of new features including the ability to buy train tickets within the app. To achieve this, Google Maps is integrating two mobile parking payment services into its app–Passport and ParkMobile. With the two mobile payment services you will be able...
EU to make Google and Facebook pay publishers for news
Image Credit: Vote Watch Days after Google announced that publishers in Australia will be paid for news content provided, the Financial Times is reporting that the European Union is working on similar legislation. The reported legislation, according to FT, will force big tech companies like Facebook and Google to pay for news. Recall that Google had threatened to deactivate Search in the Australian market some weeks back. Google later...
Google backtracks on threat to pull out of the Australian market
Image Credit: Aljazeera Google seems to have backtracked from earlier plans to disable Search in Australia. The search engine in a new blog post announced that it will pay some publishers as part of a licensing program to refer traffic to their stories. Recall that Google had planned to pull out of the Australian market following a new legislation, though not passed at the time. This led to controversy between the search engine giant...
Google Meet’s new ‘green room’ makes it easier to do a pre-check before meetings
Image Credit: The Verge Google Meet has added a very important feature that could help to boost your confidence before a meeting. The videoconferencing app has just added a new feature called ‘green room’. Green room allows you to do a pre-check of your audio, your dress, and your environment prior to a meeting. This will most certainly guard against those embarrassing moments when the lighting is bad, audio is muted by mistake, and...
How to do safe Internet Banking on a VPN
How to do safe Internet Banking on a VPN Source – BBC.com Modern society is on the verge of mass digitalization, and this is certainly a good thing. Just think about this: through mobile banking, you can easily check your bank accounts or order statements, pay any bills, and even make contributions to charitable organizations at any time of the day, without leaving your home. On the other hand, with the increase in the number of...
Google Gboard is testing ‘Grammar Check’
Image Credit: Play Store Grammer is an integral part of writing a proper article—it defines you as a writer. It is basically impossible to communicate right if you are mixing things up grammar-wise; and that is why it is probably wise to have a grammar checker tool. To help you out with your writing, Gboard is testing a Grammar Check feature. The exact date and time Google began testing the feature is not known, but it is now obvious...
