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DeepMind wants its healthcare AI to charge by results — but first it needs your data

DeepMind wants its healthcare AI to charge by results — but first it needs your data

Mark your Google calendars because from today ‘Don’t be evil’ rides again, via the DeepMind AI division of the Alphabet ad giant, as a Hippocratic assurance to ‘Do no harm’.  It’s no small irony that DeepMind’s new mantra for its healthcare push, voiced by co-founder Mustafa Suleyman at an outreach event today for patients to hear what the Google-owned company wants to build […]

Google sends out invites for its October 4 Pixel phones event

Google sends out invites for its October 4 Pixel phones event

Google just sent out invites for an event in San Francisco on October 4th. Rumor has it that the company will reveal its next smartphones at the event. While the invite itself only features Google’s own logo, the company also just posted a teaser video and site that both strongly hint at a new phone. The URL for […]

Evernote is moving all its data, machine learning tech to Google Cloud Platform

Evernote is moving all its data, machine learning tech to Google Cloud Platform

Evernote — the popular note taking and productivity startup with 200 million users — has built its reputation around an app that lets you record and track all your life’s details hold them there, for life. Today, the company is shifting gears on the question of how it will keep hold of and track that information: Evernote is migrating all of […]

Google Maps picks up mapping analytics and visualization startup Urban Engines

Google Maps picks up mapping analytics and visualization startup Urban Engines

This isn’t so much an acquisition as a welcoming back into the fold. Urban Engines was formed in 2014 by a bunch of former Google employees, with backing from Google Ventures and Eric Schmidt. The startup was formed to help deal with urban congestion and improve user commutes. Last February, the company launched a self-titled […]

Google’s Diane Greene talks AWS and machine learning at TechCrunch Disrupt

Google’s Diane Greene talks AWS and machine learning at TechCrunch Disrupt

Diane Greene, executive vice president of Google Cloud Enterprise, appeared on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco with TechCrunch editor Matt Burns today, and talked about her role running Google’s massive cloud business. She came on board last year when Google bought her startup, bebop Technologies for $348 million, and she immediately brought with her […]

Google launches final release version of Angular 2.0

Google launches final release version of Angular 2.0

After Google launched the first version of its Angular web application framework in 2010, it quickly became one of the hottest web technologies. Since then, the web has changed, though, and when Google announced Angular 2 in 2014, it created quite a stir in the web development community because this new version wasn’t just an update, but […]

Google introduces new app and video ad capabilities

Google introduces new app and video ad capabilities

Google is announcing a couple of upgrades to its ad capabilities today as part of the DMEXCO digital media conference in Germany. First up are its Universal App Campaigns, where developers can promote their apps across search, display, Google Play and YouTube advertising. Google says these campaigns have resulted in more than 3 billion app […]

Google’s new iOS app Cardboard Camera lets you snap VR photos to share with friends

Google’s new iOS app Cardboard Camera lets you snap VR photos to share with friends

Google today launched a new application for iOS users called “Cardboard Camera,” which allows you to create 3D, 360-degree photos using your mobile device’s camera. The app was previously available only on Android, following its launch in December 2015, but didn’t yet include a social sharing feature. Using the new version of Cardboard Camera, you […]

Google will acquire Apigee for $625 million

Google will acquire Apigee for $625 million

Google announced today that it intends to purchase Apigee, an API management platform that went public last year, for $625 million or $17.40 a share. The company, which helps customers build digital products with open APIs, has an impressive customer list including Walgreens, AT&T, Bechtel, Burberry, First Data and Live Nation. In a blog post announcing the […]

Google Photos on iOS can now enhance your Live Photos

Google Photos on iOS can now enhance your Live Photos

The Google Photos iOS app can now do more with your Live Photos, thanks to the addition of rendering and advanced stabilization technology it previously rolled out in a photo editing app called “Motion Stills” this June. The Motion Stills app improves your Live Photos by helping you to do things like crop out the […]