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Global retail giant Amazon (AMZN) had indicated its plans to improve its audio range of devices with a few moves which will see it be at par with the product lines of major competitors. For start, the retail giant plans to introduce earbuds which will be powered by virtual voice assistant Alexa.Codenamed “Puget” the earbuds will have an inbuilt accelerometer for motion detection, pace speed and the approximate amount of calories burned during a run.Separately, Amazon is expected to also to...

Just days after Apple announced its gaming-service Apple Arcade, Google too throws its hat in the ring by announcing Google Play Pass on its Android operating system. The Google Play Pass is a subscription-based service providing users access to 350 plus premium mobile apps and games.Moreover, users subscribing to the Play Pass service will get apps and games completely free of ads, in-app purchases or upfront payments. On a trial basis, the service is free for the first...

Last week, the promise of an emerging era of quantum computing seemingly became a reality as Google released a new scientific paper claiming "quantum supremacy." While this could have a tremendous impact future of mankind, fears arise that it may also pose a giant threat to bitcoin. The paper was recently uploaded to NASA.gov and promptly taken down. An insider from Google relayed that the document was likely erroneously uploaded before any peer review could take place. This meant that any...

Ever since Google announced that they are working on a Quantum super-computer the world has been eager to see the results of such a scientific and technological breakthrough. Last year in March, they presented the super-computer which boasted a 72-qubit computing power. Since then the word quantum computing has become very popular and nations around the world cannot wait to get their hands on this remarkable discovery. But why?The main reasons might be the fact that quantum computing can...

The second major smartphone maker Huawei seems to be in troubles. Even though they tried to convince Google to let them continue operating on their new Androids, Mate 30 Pro and Mate 30, they haven’t succeeded. At the beginning of the month, as we have already reported, the company announced the launch date for its new smartphones. And last week we witnessed a lot of video teasers regarding new models, Google seemed to stay implacable regarding to its politics. This definitely seems to be a...

Social media giant, Facebook, has partnered with Luxottica, the parent company of Ray-Ban, to create smart Augmented Reality (AR) glasses.Luxottica previously partnered with Google in 2014 to design, build, and sell the Google Glass wearable device.The project, codenamed ‘Stella,’ is being developed to test the consumer market about a Facebook visual product and set to feature high-end functions. Stella is slated for launch sometime between 2023 and 2025 and will have a camera on the frame of...

As part of an email sent to customers recently, Google has now announced that it will be closing down its online shopping platform, Google Express, sometime in the next few weeks. The functions available on the platform will now be on-boarded with a new version dubbed Google Shopping.Back in May, the company announced a new and redesigned Google Shopping platform which will include a universal shopping cart of sorts, embedded with the company’s other offerings including Images, Search and...

Over the years, many investors have used several different methods and strategies, to ensure they have a strong enough position in the stock market. One sure way that pretty much guaranteed a significant passive income, was to buy FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google/Alphabet) stocks and just watch them grow, as they are wont to do.This method has driven not just profits, but a generally positive sentiment among investors for a few years. However now, it seems those glory days...

Bitcoin ticker symbol "BTC" saw a sudden spike in interest on Google, but could the search engine results be manipulated? And why? | Source: ShutterstockInterest for "BTC" has exploded to a new record on Google Trends as search results for bitcoin's ticker symbol skyrocket.The phenomenon started around August 30, when "BTC" searches suddenly went parabolic. As shown below, the search term is currently conferring a value of "100," denoting that it has reached peak popularity, based on partial...