News and notes on the latest from Google.
Many users have been complaining about how their phones have been plagued by random app crashes this afternoon, particularly those who own more recent Samsung flagship and mid-range smartphones. Other phones such as the Google Pixel and OnePlus phones seem to be also affected albeit not as heavily. It’s been a cause of headaches for hundreds of users so far, with seemingly no particular reason.
Back in March of this year, Google unveiled Stadia, a new cloud gaming service. While a lot about how the service would function (on a backend) was revealed, pricing, games, and other launch info were still unknown, until today at Stadia Connect.
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Last year, the EU had hit Google with a €4.3 billion antitrust fine. One of the reasons was that Google makes Android phone manufacturers install the Google Search app and Chrome as a condition for allowing them to offer access to the Play Store and other Google services. According to the EU, this helped Google’s monopoly over web search. Google did split Android, Chrome, and Search to comply with regulations, but now Google will also start presenting prompts to Android users in Europe with an option to download other search apps and browsers.
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Today, at Game Developers Conference 2019, Google unveiled “Stadia,” a cloud gaming service. Using this service, you can play AAA games on multiple devices without the need for a dedicated graphics card. All the processing is done on Google’s servers and you can simply stream the gameplay right onto a laptop, desktop, tablet, phone, or even a Chromecast.
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There are plenty of great things about the web, but there are an equal number of websites that try to abuse features present in web browsers in order to make you see ads or cause you frustration. One of these things is called “history fudging.” When you press the back button to leave a website, nothing happens or you are randomly hit with an ad, and you have to click it many times to truly leave.
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2018 is almost over. There’s been a lot that’s happened in the past year. Google announced many new products, made some major changes to existing products, and shut down some products. To end 2018, let’s “rewind” by taking a look back at what all Google has been up to in the past year.
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Advertising in general on the internet has degraded in the last few years, with malware and scam-ridden popups on websites becoming a major issue. With many browsers adding AdBlock, Google Chrome is one of the late entrants in the ad-blocking enabled browsers. Starting with Chrome 71, which is expected to roll out to stable in December, Google will block all ads it deems “abusive” in nature.
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Google was greeted by the European Union with a hefty fine back in July due to allegations of using its dominant position in search to exploit other competitors in the search industry. Following the ruling and to avoid future fines like this in the EU, Google is setting in motion a restructuring that could potentially mean more expensive phones for consumers in the EU.
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Google Chrome remains to be one of the most used browsers across all devices, and with the recent updates to Chrome, its appeal has increased. Now, additional features are being added in the latest update, v70.
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Google Chrome is turning 10 years old, and it’s getting a shiny new revamp from head to toe. The dino game (the one that you play when there is no internet) is also getting a makeover!
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