Tag: Google

July 17, 2023

Congratulations! You put in the work, rallied your engineers, and successfully migrated from Universal Analytics to Google Analytics 4 (GA4). Now what? How do you pull the data you need to make well-informed marketing decisions? With GA4, there’s an abundance […]

March 14, 2023

Computing giant Google announced today that it will release previews of three new AI features, including AI composition for Google Workspace, developer prototyping and coding via PaLM and MakerSuite, and validated models for its Vertex AI service. The Workspace features, […]

February 28, 2023

The chatbots did their job. They inspired awe, mockery and even some fear. Most importantly, they drew attention. Front-page headlines, cover stories and word of mouth caused millions to try them, leading businesses and developers to ask how they could […]

July 30, 2021

Software developers and engineers have rarely been in higher demand. Organizations’ need for technical talent is skyrocketing, but the supply is quite limited. As a result, software professionals have the luxury of being very choosy about where they work and […]

May 6, 2021

Google plans to make multifactor authentication (MFA) compulsory for Google account holders to better protect them from compromise in an increasingly dangerous and sophisticated threat landscape. Announced by Mark Risher, Google director of product management, identity and security, to coincide […]

October 19, 2020

Earlier this month, Microsoft 365 users were unable to log in to multiple Microsoft 365 services that use Azure Active Directory, including Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Office.com, Power Platform and Dynamics 365. Users already logged in were unaffected and the services […]

August 24, 2020

When it came to analytics services, I wrote off Microsoft long ago. At the time it was vying with Google for internet supremacy among consumers, as an attempted extension of its ubiquitous operating software, Windows. Time has passed. And while […]

March 16, 2020

Workers at America’s largest companies are not covered under a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Friday that is supposed to support American workers impacted by the spread of the novel coronavirus. The bill still has to be […]

October 30, 2019

Google’s App Engine cloud has added official support for Java 11, the latest long-term support (LTS) version of the Java language platform, as a production release. The App Engine Standard Environment Java 11 runtime is generally available for running any […]

September 19, 2019

On behalf of 50 state Attorneys General, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a nationwide antitrust probe of Google on September 9 and issued a 29-page civil investigative demand, which was obtained by the business press, directing Google to answer […]

August 22, 2019

Google today announced a new long-term initiative that, if fully realized, will make it harder for online marketers and advertisers to track you across the web. This new proposal follows the company’s plans to change how cookies in Chrome work […]

April 17, 2019

Everyone has had this experience: you’re sitting in a bar or the airport and your head starts bobbing to a catchy song. Type a few lyrics into Google and framed at the top of the first results page you get […]

April 17, 2019

From immersive entertainment to interactive retail experiences like virtual makeup to complex factory repairs with smart glasses, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are making a big impact. Consumer and business interest in AR and VR has been booming […]

April 11, 2019

Last year I wrote a blog post questioning whether Google was ready to become a mainstream enterprise vendor. As I pointed out in that post, Google has danced around enterprise for years but has never been able to establish itself […]

February 21, 2019

Google has continued to expand its Android Enterprise Recommended program, adding Managed Service Providers and businesses with MSP business units that provision, manage, and support devices on behalf of customers. In a blog post, Google announced 15 initial launch partners: […]

January 29, 2019

The world of security news is often awash with myths about Android security. While the headlines can focus on hyperbole and dramatic accounts, the real story and data is far more favorable for Google’s mobile operating system. The Android team’s […]

September 19, 2018

Augmented reality is frequently predicted to be a major game changer, more so than virtual reality in the evolution of technology. But aside from smartphone-based apps such as Pokemon Go, and Google Translate, which can instantly translate street signs in […]

July 13, 2018

The field of artificial intelligence, to those on the outside, must appear to be an orderly gathering of intellectuals collaborating at the cutting edge of technology. It’s not. If you dig beyond the hyperbole of Elon Musk and the wonders […]

July 6, 2018

“Personal data is the new oil of the internet and the new currency of the digital world.” Not my words, but words of Ms Kuneva, the European commissioner back in 2009. As much as the bureaucrats are removed from the […]

November 10, 2017

Apple is switching Siri’s default search provider from Bing to Google. It’s also making the switch on iOS Search and Spotlight for Mac. This means, if you ask Siri a question for which she needs to visit the web — […]