Stories with tag: Google

Ignore Chrome’s Warning at Your Peril

Google is warning users about password security and ignoring this could result in calamitous outcomes with regards to one’s digital security
Team TechTree, 21st Jan 2020
Clearview Gives Privacy Advocates a Big Jolt

The app is called Clearview and comes from a little-known developer Hoan Ton-That whose only notable contribution to the digital world has been an app that allows users to transpose Donald Trump’s golden mop to their heads. Today, the company is making news by claiming it brings technology that helps solve the hardest crimes.
Team TechTree, 20th Jan 2020
Android vs. iOS – Five Areas Where Apple Scores over Google

The headline alone is enough to raise the hackles of Android fanboys, but the fact remains that in spite of several things going for it, Apple’s OS does beat them on a few fronts
Team TechTree, 18th Jan 2020
Will Microsoft Have an ‘Edge’ over Google Chrome?

Though the two browsers can be called siblings, the fact is the Edge does offer something better when it comes to security and privacy
Team TechTree, 18th Jan 2020
YouTube Launches Profile Cards to Track Commenters

The company began testing the feature in right earnest last year as a means to connect with the community and possibly also keep trolls at bay
Team TechTree, 17th Jan 2020
Google Uses iPhone as a Physical Security Key

The latest update from Google’s smart lock app on the iOS allows users to make their iPhone a physical security key while logging on to Chrome services
Team TechTree, 16th Jan 2020
Google Tightens the Screws on Third-Party Cookies

Stung by the privacy lobby across the world, the company has reportedly set a two-year deadline to render third-party cookies on its Chrome browser support-less
Team TechTree, 16th Jan 2020
Apple Returns to CES 2020 With a Boring Privacy Pitch

Looks like the company used the occasion to further troll its competitors on the privacy front, that too using a former Googler to lead the offensive
Team TechTree, 09th Jan 2020
Google News Kills off Magazine Subscriptions

Not surprising, given that the Play Store had hidden the App about a year ago, though some wonder why they would take this step as Apple brought it back
Team TechTree, 06th Jan 2020
Guess What? Technology is Curbing Human Instinct

Over the past couple of decades, technology has pervaded our lives to such an extent that it has made our lives easy, albeit at the price of losing out on sensory acuity
Team TechTree, 06th Jan 2020
2010-2019: The Gadgets that Defined the Decade

At a time when technology obsolescence happens at a pace faster than changing a pair of jeans, some gadgets changed our lives to an extent that today we cannot do without them
Team TechTree, 03rd Jan 2020
The Era of the Mid-Priced Smartphones Dawns

Rumours of cheaper iPhones coming alongside the reasonable success of Google’s Pixel 3a could well signal a new era of mid-prizing
Team TechTree, 02nd Jan 2020
Google Follows Facebook to Bolster Cloud Gaming Portfolio

Barely 24 hours after Facebook announced its acquisition of Spanish gaming company PlayGiga, Google has gobbled up Typhoon Studios as part of its effort to bolster its gaming platform
Team TechTree, 21st Dec 2019
Big Guns Join Hands to Define Smart Home Standards

Smart homes aren’t all that smart given that cybercriminals are getting smarter, and industry is now covering the flanks by creating a must-have security list for smart gadgets
Team TechTree, 19th Dec 2019
Google Maps Pervades 98% of the Earth

The company recently opened up about how wide and how deep they had taken the maps feature and what more could be on the anvil in the years ahead
Team TechTree, 18th Dec 2019