New Yorker magazine features augmented reality cover
This week’s New Yorker magazine features an augmented reality cover to tie in with its ‘innovators’ issue.
Google bans payday lender ads
Google plans to ban ads from so-called payday lenders in its search results, in a move the company hopes will limit what it calls a “harmful” industry.
Facebook’s controversial facial-recognition app Moments launches in Europe
Facebook has launched its photo-sharing app in the EU and Canada after adapting its controversial facial-recognition software to work around each region’s privacy laws.
Google Analytics can now track individual user behaviour on apps
Google has added a new user-centric analysis capability within its analytics software, letting web page owners analyse the actions that an anonymous individual has taken on their site or app.
Facebook in court battle over facial recognition privacy
Facebook has lost the first round in a court fight against some of its users who allege it “unlawfully” collected and stored users’ biometric data derived from their faces in photographs.
Blue or black? Google search links could soon change colour
Google is currently testing a colour change for its search results, moving from the iconic blue links to a more monochrome black… and some users aren’t happy.
Google’s AI granted access to 1.6m NHS patient records
The NHS has given the medical records of 1.6 million patients to Google’s AI technology DeepMind, according to a news report.
Content across continents: Maximising the reach of your B2B communications
Here’s the content conundrum in a nutshell: one minute you didn’t have it and struggled to get any message out to your target audience let alone a consistent message; now you are awash with it – and still struggle to get a consistent message out to your target audience. Simon Woolley, engagement specialist at press … [Read more…]
It’s official: Chrome overtakes IE as world’s most popular browser
After years of debate over which browser is best, the industry has finally reached a consensus: Google Chrome is more widely used than Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Google CEO predicts end of physical computers in an “AI-first world”
Google’s vision of the future is one where physical computes are replaced by a smart assistant that follows you everywhere, according to its CEO.