Jaikumar Vijayan

Google’s Android Wear 2.0 wearable computing operating system will be the first version that fully supports on-device machine learning technology. The ML technology, developed by Google’s Expander research team, will power smart messaging across Google applications as well as third-party messaging apps installed on the wearable. The feature will let users of Android Wear 2.0 […]

YouTube creators now have a new way to interact with the viewers of their videos. Google has launched a new mobile live streaming capability that gives publishers of YouTube videos the ability to instantly reach audiences via their smartphones and tablets. Initially, at least, the feature is available only to creators with more than 10,000 […]

Google has tweaked the manner in which URLs for web pages that have implemented the Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) protocol show up in mobile search results. The goal is to make it easier for users to identify the true origin of AMP-enabled web pages and to make it easier for them to access, copy and […]

A federal court in Philadelphia has ruled that Google must comply with an FBI demand for certain customer data that are currently stored on Google servers located overseas. The data belongs to targets in two separate domestic criminal investigations. The account holders are U.S residents and the crimes in question happened solely within the U.S. […]

The contractual clauses that Google uses to cover international data transfers for European customers of its G Suite applications and its cloud services have been certified as being compliant with European Union data protection requirements. EU data protection authorities have confirmed that the language in Google’s contracts for EU business customers align with the European […]

Like it has with several other technologies and services in recent months, Google is pulling the plug on its Hands Free mobile payment application. In a brief announcement this week, the company said it would shut down the service Feb 8. After that date, Hands Free will no longer work in the small number of […]

Enterprises running Microsoft SQL Server environments now have a more straightforward way to migrate their workloads to Google’s cloud platform. The company this week announced beta availability of new pre-configured images for Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise and Windows Server Core on the Google Compute Engine infrastructure as a service platform. The images allow organizations to […]

In a legal victory for Google in a “right to be forgotten case,” Japan’s Supreme Court this week decided against an individual in the country who wanted specific search results about him removed from Google search. The ruling is important for Google, which is embroiled in similar right to be forgotten disputes in the European […]

Google’s efforts to convince potential business customers about the enterprise readiness of its cloud services continued this week, this time with a focus on security. The company on Tuesday announced what it described as new enterprise-grade controls for its range of G Suite applications that include business email, calendar, spreadsheet, storage and other applications. At […]

Google has established an independent Root Certificate Authority so it can implement HTTPS across all of its services in a more efficient and expedient way. Google’s new Trust Services entity will manage and deploy digital certificates for all Google and Alphabet services, the company said Friday in a blog. The new unit will complement Google […]

Google parent Alphabet’s fourth quarter earnings report suggests that Google’s attempts to broaden its revenue streams over the past several years may finally be beginning to gain some traction. Alphabet Thursday reported net income of $5.3 billion and earnings per share of $9.36 on revenues of $26.1 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31. The […]

Google has often touted the various management and security capabilities available with its cloud services as part of an ongoing campaign to convince businesses about the enterprise readiness of its hosted offerings. Continuing in that vein, the company this week offered some fresh details on the multiple security measures it has in place for hardening […]