Easy Google TV Streamer upgrades could turn it into a true Apple TV competitor
Summary Wi-Fi 6 support is essential for better streaming in the future. Algorithms, suggested content, and AI-generated summaries need improvement. An over-emphasize on YouTube needs to be addressed. Google’s long-awaited and much-anticipated update to its Chromecast finally came along late last year. The aptly-named Google TV Streamerwas a significant improvement on its predecessor, with faster…
10 Google Shopping Product Feed Optimization Tips & Tricks
Google Shopping isn’t just about bidding and budget management – it’s about feeding Google the best possible data. Unlike traditional search ads, where keywords dictate targeting, Shopping campaigns rely on your product feed. The quality, accuracy, and completeness of your product data determine how often and where your ads appear. A well-optimized feed improves impressions,…
Xiaomi 15 Ultra review: ugly phone, beautiful camera
After two years telling anyone who’d listen that Chinese manufacturer Vivo made the best cameras in any smartphone, last year’s Xiaomi 14 Ultra changed my tune. It became my favorite phone and camera, handling everything from holiday snaps to product review photoshoots. With the 15 Ultra, Xiaomi took the best and made it better with…
Compilation: 15 Hilarious Google Flops | Web Designer Depot
When it comes to tech, Google has been synonymous with innovation, success, and world domination (hello, Android and Chrome!). But even the mightiest giants trip over their own feet from time to time. While Google’s wins are legendary, its failures are just as fascinating—and in some cases, downright hilarious. So buckle up, because we’re taking…
Google DeepMind Releases PaliGemma 2 Mix: New Instruction Vision Language Models Fine-Tuned on a Mix of Vision Language Tasks
Vision‐language models (VLMs) have long promised to bridge the gap between image understanding and natural language processing. Yet, practical challenges persist. Traditional VLMs often struggle with variability in image resolution, contextual nuance, and the sheer complexity of converting visual data into accurate textual descriptions. For instance, models may generate concise captions for simple images but…
How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets – Krebs on Security
Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new…
Mapping India: How Google Designed a User-Centric Navigation Experience | Web Designer Depot
Building Google Maps for India wasn’t just about technology—it was about truly understanding how people navigate a country as complex and diverse as this. Unlike cities with orderly grids, India’s roads are often winding, unmarked, or informal. And the way people think about directions? It’s as human as it gets: “Take a left at the…
Nexus 7 Pixel edition: it’s time for Google to resurrect the greatest tablet ever
Summary Google has released a number of tablets over the years, but none have quite lived up to the hype of the original Nexus 7. Google’s 2012 Nexus 7 was built by Asus — it ran on the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, and it shipped with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It’s time for Google to…
Google DeepMind at ICLR 2024
Research Published 3 May 2024 Developing next-gen AI agents, exploring new modalities, and pioneering foundational learning Next week, AI researchers from around the globe will converge at the 12th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), set to take place May 7-11 in Vienna, Austria. Raia Hadsell, Vice President of Research at Google DeepMind, will deliver…
I’ve never been more productive thanks to these Google Calendar hacks
Summary Share multiple calendars with yourself to view all events in one interface. Use Google Tasks as a Kanban board by creating multiple lists. Categorize events by creating multiple color-coded calendars within one account. As a self-proclaimed productivity enthusiast, if something doesn’t make it into my Google Calendar, it’s simply not going to happen. I’m…