Sep 25, 3:35 PM EDT Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury Technology By Alex Perry 09/25/18 AT 3:02 PM Starting in October, Google will change its ad policy in a way that is likely to please cryptocurrency enthusiasts. The search giant announced in its ad policies change log that advertisers will once again be able to advertise cryptocurrency exchanges, a reversal of a policy Google instituted earlier this year.There are some caveats. Google will only allow ads for regulated exchanges of digital currencies, while still prohibiting ads for other cryptocurrency products. Advertisers trying to sell crypto wallets and trading advice will still be turned away by the company, according to CNBC.In addition, Google will only accept cryptocurrency exchange ads in the United States and Japan from certified advertisers in those countries. All of these changes will go into effect starting in October. Google will allow cryptocurrency ads … [Read more...] about Cryptocurrency News: Google Will Allow Cryptocurrency Ads Again In October
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Exclusive — House Technology Chair: Google’s Drone Contract Refusal ‘Awfully Close to Being Un-American’
Google’s decision to not renew its artificial intelligence contract with the Pentagon “comes awfully close to being un-American,” says Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX), chair of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Google employees “basically threatened the management who immediately rolled over,” Smith told Breitbart News in a wide-ranging interview.“The employees said, ‘Well we don’t want to do anything that will help the military in any way. We have some indirect contracts with the military where we give them some information and we want to stop that’.” “Of course, it took the management a millisecond, well actually a few hours, to roll over and capitulate,” Smith added. The Hill, last month “Google, facing internal pressure, told employees… that it would not renew its contract with the Defense Department’s flagship AI program, known as Project Maven, after it … [Read more...] about Exclusive — House Technology Chair: Google’s Drone Contract Refusal ‘Awfully Close to Being Un-American’
Good news: Google’s Android P can halve photo sizes. Bad news: Not on lower-end phones
The good news is that the next version of Google's Android smartphone software, Android P, has a feature to shrink your photos to half the size of an ordinary JPEG. The bad news is there's no guarantee that every phone will actually be able to use it.That's because of hardware and patent licensing limits on the technology used, called High Efficiency Image Format (HEIF). To get full benefits, phone makers will have to pay for high-end hardware and license patents to use it.You may have heard the term last year, when Apple was championing the technology in iOS 11 and its latest iPhones. Now Google's coming around to it. Halving the amount of storage space that photos consume -- and the amount of data they siphon off your monthly network plan when you're sharing or syncing -- is a great benefit. But it's still not clear how well HEIF will deliver that benefit for Android users. On iPhones, Apple made sure its chips can handle HEIF and resolved the patent hassles. But all bets … [Read more...] about Good news: Google’s Android P can halve photo sizes. Bad news: Not on lower-end phones
Comments for : Google Pixel 2 likely to include one of HTC’s gimmicky features
posted on 18 Sep 2017, 23:06 11 1. zunaidahmed (Posts: 1144; Member since: 24 Dec 2011) How about squeeze to take a pic in landscape mode? Or squeeze to wake screen? There are so many more useful ways to utilize the "squeeze" feature, I dont really think the manufacturers have fully utilized it yet posted on 18 Sep 2017, 23:59 17 7. Tech-shake (Posts: 92; Member since: 14 Nov 2016) It is gimmicky until a certain company with a bitten apple does it ;) posted on 19 Sep 2017, 01:33 6 12. joey_sfb (Posts: 6794; Member since: 29 Mar 2012) Yeah! It's going to be premium feature 10 years from now. 25. sgodsell (Posts: 5787; Member since: 16 Mar 2013) If people think this feature is a gimmick, then 3D touch is even more of a gimmick. posted on 19 Sep 2017, 00:16 0 8. Pabliell (Posts: 121; Member since: 22 Mar 2016) The most useful feature of this edge squeeze is breaking in half, because of soft frame. I'll pass. posted on 19 Sep 2017, 03:48 0 17. … [Read more...] about Comments for : Google Pixel 2 likely to include one of HTC’s gimmicky features
Google Nexus 5 vs LG G2, Samsung Galaxy S4: specs comparison
In case you've somehow missed the news, Google just refreshed its Nexus lineup with a new, 5-inch model – its slimmest and fastest to date. The Google Nexus 5, as the smartphone is called, is here to succeed the Nexus 4, bringing upgraded hardware specifications, all the while sticking to "pure" Android 4.4 KitKat, free of carrier bloatware and UI modifications. It can be yours for as little as $350 off contract, which is a pretty good deal no matter how you look at it.But the Google Nexus 5 is far from the only note-worthy smartphone in Androidland. On one hand, it's looking pretty good in the specs department, sporting a 1080 by 1920 pixel display, a Snapdragon 800 SoC, and an 8MP camera with optical image stabilization. But on the other hand, many of its Android alternatives – alternatives like the LG G2 and the Samsung Galaxy S4 – are at least as capable, if not better, in many key areas. And to give you a clearer representation of how the Nexus 5 stacks up … [Read more...] about Google Nexus 5 vs LG G2, Samsung Galaxy S4: specs comparison