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Android 14 DP2: Settings app gains wild in-app predictive back gesture

For the last few years, the Android team has been working on ways to improve the back gesture, making it more clear what going back will actually do. With the latest Android 14 preview, the Settings app has a predictive back gesture that can show which page you’ll be going back to. The “predictive back gesture” was added with Android 13, and at first, it was solely designed to let you know…
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Google Cloud’s ‘Immersive Stream for Games’ was shut down alongside Stadia

It seems that when Google shut down Stadia for consumers, Google Cloud also formally discontinued its B2B offering, “Immersive Stream for Games.” In 2021, Google made a sharp pivot with Stadia, shutting down the Stadia Games and Entertainment division that was responsible for developing first- and second-party games for the platform. With that, the platform shifted firmly away from focusing on…
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How NLP is turbocharging business intelligence

Natural language processing (NLP), business intelligence (BI) and analytics have evolved in parallel in recent years. NLP has shown potential to make BI data more accessible. But there is much work ahead to adapt NLP for use in this highly competitive area. Integrated NLP-enabled chatbots have become part of many BI-oriented systems along with search and query features. Long-established and…
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Google Messages rolling out the new icons for read receipts

After testing in October, Google Messages looks to be widely rolling out a redesign of read receipts with icons replacing words (sent, delivered, and read). 9to5Google has a rebooted newsletter that highlights the biggest Google stories with added commentary and other…
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Soci raises $120 million to boost AI for digital marketing

Global and national brands have been upended by changes brought on in omnichannel marketing as customers access search engines and social media sites that provide highly localized results. “Brands must ensure consistent localized marketing efforts while still appealing to the unique local audience, and marketers must find ways to consolidate workflows while optimizing local channels,” Afif…
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