Tech giant Google is reportedly testing adding Lens to desktop Search on the web.Google Lens is primarily a visual lookup tool for mobile devices, but it is been branching out to Chrome. The next expansion could see Google Search on…
How to Enable Dark Mode on Google Search Desktop
Google – after months of testing – has announced that it is finally introducing the official dark mode feature to Google search, on desktops. This will let users who would like to avoid bright web pages continue their web searches…
Google launches People Cards to help Africans who want to be found on Google Search
Google today introduced a new mobile-only feature that makes people more discoverable on Google Search. Google launches People Cards to help Africans who want to be found on Google Search. [gadgetstouse] People Cards allow people to create their presence on…
Youtube celebrates Africa at Google For Nigeria cultural night
• Announces Initiative To Support Emerging Nigerian Artistes It was a celebration of Nigerian culture at this year’s Google For Nigeria’s cultural night, which held recently at the Podium, Lekki, Lagos. Aside from cultural displays from Edo, Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa,…
Would life be happier without Google? I spent a week finding out
People had to get by without the search engine giant before it was launched in 1998. But is it possible to live your life – and do your job – without it these days? ‘There are still plenty of “now…
Google employee fired over diversity row considers legal action
The computer engineer fired by Google for suggesting women are less suited to certain roles in tech and leadership is considering taking legal action against the company. James Damore, a chess master who studied at Harvard, Princeton and MIT and worked at…
Google wants to use artificial intelligence to hide crashing Android apps on the Play Store
According to a new blog post (which we first saw reported on The Verge), Google is planning to use machine learning algorithms to analyse “performance data, user engagement, and user ratings” on the Play Store’s apps, and downgrade buggy, crashing ones to stop…
These are the most powerful brands in the world
For the last five years, Apple held on to the title of the world’s most valuable brand. Then this year, the iPhone maker lost the top spot to Google, according to consultancy Brand Finance’s Global 500 rankings. As Apple’s brand value…