Google Launches Interview Warmup Tool
It uses AI to assist users in practicing how to answer job interview questions. https://grow.google/certificates/interview-warmup/ Google Interview Warmup Tool The search engine giant launched a new tool called Warmup. It’s part of its Grow with Google and Career Certificates initiatives. The main goal is obviously that Google wants you to ace your interviews. Google describes this new tool as a new way to prepare for your next...
Senate introduces new bill that could potentially break Google’s ad business
Image Credit: WSJ The US Senate has introduced a new bill aimed at breaking up Google’s advertising business. If successfully passed into law, the bill would prevent companies that process more than $20 billion in annual digital ad transactions “from participating in more than one part of the digital advertising ecosystem,” reports The Wall Street Journal. The Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act has the...
Google’s Russian Unit to File for Bankruptcy
Its Russian bank account has been seized. Unable to Pay Staff and Suppliers Reuters reported that Google’s subsidiary in Russia will file for bankruptcy. It stated that the tech company is unable to pay its staff and keep its unit. In 2021, the company had made $2.086 billion while its number of employees reached more than 100. But the authorities in the said country seized the company’s bank account. As a result, it...
Google Maps Introduces New Immersive View
The new feature was announced at the Google I/O event. https://blog.google/products/maps/three-maps-updates-io-2022/ Immersive View of Google Maps On Wednesday, Google announced a lot of new products and features during the Google I/O event. In addition to Pixel Watch, the company also announced Immersive View. It’s a new feature for its Maps app. It uses billions of photos in 3D with the help of machine learning. Thus,...
Google bringing end-to-end encryption to Messages group texts
Image Credit: Engadget: Google has announced that it is bringing end-to-end encryption [E2EE] to group tests. The company made the announcement at the 1/O 2022 developer conference during the week. According to Google, the expanded feature will be available as an open beta later in the year. Not much was revealed about the E2EE in group chats, but it is believed that the option will work similarly to the one-on-one conversations,...
Google Pixel Watch is Coming
Google announced it during the Google I/O conference. Pixel Watch with Health-Tracking Features This is a long-awaited smartwatch from Google. The company announced it to further its expansion into hardware. Although it did announce it during the conference, it didn’t reveal more details during the device’s fall launch. Before the announcement, there were leaks circulated online. Google didn’t confirm that it was going...