MobileNews

Google Home app will get an Android TV remote on both Android and iOS ‘soon’

A few months after its reveal at Google I/O 2021, Google started rolling out its new Android TV remote in the Google TV app last month. Now, the company is confirming plans to bring the same functionality to the Google Home app on Android and iOS devices. In a community post today, Google confirmed plans to add a remote for Google TV and Android TV devices to the Home app. This would live…
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MobileNews

Google is now focused on making its iPhone and iPad apps feel more native to iOS

Google applications on iOS have long been criticized for not feeling native to the platform. Earlier this year, the company’s designers reviewed their approach for developing iOS apps and opted for a change.  Google apps on iOS have long looked and functioned near identically to their Android counterparts. That in itself is fine and the company’s prerogative, but Apple enthusiasts have…
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AI & RoboticsNews

AI lab DeepMind becomes profitable and bolsters relationship with Google

The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now! DeepMind, the U.K.-based AI lab that seeks to develop artificial general intelligence, has finally become profitable, according to the company’s latest financial report. Since being acquired by Google (now Alphabet Inc.) in 2014, DeepMind has struggled to break even with its…
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NewsSpace

Blue Origin postpones William Shatner’s space flight by a day

Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company Blue Origin said Sunday it will postpone the flight that is slated to fly William Shatner to space due to forecasted high winds at its launch site. The flight of the company’s New Shepard spacecraft is now scheduled for 9:30AM ET on October 13th, a day later than originally planned. It’s targeted to lift off from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in Texas. A…
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