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• Trusted Contacts now on iOS

  25-07-2017 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last December on Android we introduced the Trusted Contacts app, a new way for you to let your friends and family know you’re safe. Loved ones can request your location––even if your phone is offline or you can’t get to it. You can also proactively share your location in everyday or emergency situations. Now we’re bringing Trusted Contacts to iOS—so no matter what kind of device you’re using, you can be a little more at ease.We’ve also made some up
  
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• On your mark, get set, refer!

  25-07-2017 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Last December we launched the Project Fi referral program as a way to make sharing Project Fi with friends easier. Many of our users have gone above and beyond with their efforts, sharing Project Fi with friends, online communities, and even strangers at the airport.As our way of saying thanks, today we’re launching a Fi Referral Challenge. We’ll be awarding Fi subscribers special prizes for their referrals—on top of the standard $20 Fi referral credit per referral. While
  
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• How AI can help make safer baby food (and other products)

  25-07-2017 19:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Editor’s note: Whether you’re growing cucumbers or building your own robot arm, machine learning can help. In this guest editorial, Takeshi Ogino of Kewpie tells us how they used machine learning to ensure the quality and safety of the ingredients that go into their food products.Quality control is a challenge for most industries, but in the world of food production, it’s one of the biggest. With food, products are as good as the ingredients that go into them. Raw materials can
  
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• Daily Report: Alphabet Kicks Off Tech Earnings Season

  25-07-2017 18:27 via nytimes.com
  A record $2.7 billion fine hurt Alphabet’s bottom line last quarter, but it was a financial footnote for Google’s parent company.
  
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• Helping journalists experiment with 360 content

  25-07-2017 15:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  There’s already a huge amount of innovation in virtual reality and immersive storytelling—with many newsrooms experimenting and succeeding in the field—but for some, the ability to create 360 content can still be limited.Perhaps predicting the rise of 360 technology, in 2014 Australian creative agency Grumpy Sailor worked with Google’s Creative Lab in Sydney on an experiment called Story Spheres, which stitches together photos and audio. It allows journalists, documentary
  
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• Helping people in a crisis

  25-07-2017 12:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In times of crisis, access to timely, actionable information is crucial. Working alongside trained responders and volunteers on the ground, technology plays a vital role in providing information to help keep you and loved ones safe and informed. SOS alerts is a new set of features in Google Search and Maps to help you quickly understand what’s going on and decide what to do during a crisis.
  How SOS Alerts WorkDuring a crisis, you may see an SOS Alert at the top of search results when searc
  
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• For Alphabet, a Record Fine is Both a Footnote and a Warning

  25-07-2017 03:42 via nytimes.com
  Not many companies could brush off a $2.7 billion hit. Nonetheless, the fine represents a regulatory threat that could continue to grow.
  
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