Google is set to provide small and medium Kenyan businesses with free website and online profile creation services. Google is providing the service in a bid to increase its visibility to potential customers across the globe. Newly appointed Google East Africa Head, Agnes Gathaiya, said the tech giant has established ...
The first virtual class of Google for Startups Accelerator Africa is graduating this week. The 7-week program has seen 20 startups from 7 African countries refine their product offerings and undergo mentoring and workshops in various areas including; technology, product development and business growth. Google for Startups Accelerator Africa gives early-stage startups ...
Google clouds revenue growth shows a slowing growth curve. Google Cloud services generated $3billion revenue in Q2 2020 up 43 per cent from $2.1 billion same period last year. Last quarter, Google Cloud saw a 52 per cent year-over-year increase, which indicates a slowing growth. However, for Q2, the growth ...
Vodacom has partnered with search engine giant, Google to introduce the Play Store data bundle package that will allow Vodacom users to browse the store, download and update their Android applications without worrying about large data costs that often come with these actions. This partnership makes Vodacom the first mobile ...
Kenyan telco giant, Safaricom, has selected Wireless Transport Solutions provider, Aviat Networks to facilitate a 5G backhaul with its WTM 4800 multi-band radio platform. This will enable Safaricom to roll out 5G networks in rural areas and other remote locations in Kenya where fiber and copper cable sites are not ...
Google for Startups Accelerator ( formerly known as Launchpad) Africa Class 5 will be hosting one combined class, with 20 startups instead of 12. Google says the program will run for the usual 3 months, with a one week 'virtual bootcamp' per month, beginning 29th June until 11th September 2020. ...
Google has today released a direct response ad format for YouTube that will make YouTube ads more shoppable and more closely integrated with a brand’s Google Merchant Center account. The new ad format creates a browsable feed of products within an ad and will link from the YouTube video to ...
Google yesterday released the first beta version of Android 11 to the public. This pre-release version supports pixel 2,3,3a and 4 devices and will be rolled out in other devices in the coming weeks. Google has worked on improvements on the screen recorder, updated Voice Access, improved performance, and an ...
Safaricom has Partnership with Google to support Kenyans as they turn to the internet for entertainment, education and to learn new skills. The partnership will help Kenyans leverage their digital and data capability to enable Kenyans to access the wide collection of entertainment, education, sports and news content available on YouTube. ...
Google incognito window users are likely to get $5,000 compensation after a U.S court filed a class-action lawsuit against Google for allegedly gathering data while users an in incognito mode. The lawsuit argues that Google has been tracking and collecting browsing history and any other web activity regardless of the ...
Google has removed millions of negative reviews oN TikTok made by disgruntled fans. The removal comes after TikTok has received criticism in India after disturbing videos were found on the app. Millions of Indian fans with millions of Indians leaving negative reviews under the #Hashtags BanTikTok, DeleteTikTok, and BlockTikTok. The ...
Google's premium video conferencing product meet is now free for everyone. The COVID-19 pandemic has had everyone working or learning from home, and video conferencing facilities have been effective in ensuring the meetings happen. Meet offers video conferencing solutions to enterprise and education customers via G-Suite. The product will roll ...
Google has rolled out BeyondCorp, a cloud-based product to help employees acres internal company web apps from any device and location. Most companies have resorted to having employees work from home but accessing the critical apps becomes a hustle due to change of location and devices. BeyondCorp is a subset ...
Google has launched a global emergency fund for local news publishers through the Google News Initiative to support small and medium-sized news organizations producing news for local communities. News publishers have been the hard-hit with the downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The fund will support the production of original ...
Google has launched the second Android 11 developer preview that rolled out on Friday. The preview comes with hinge angle detection support, call screening improvements and new ops in the Neural Networks API. The preview comes nearly a month after the first preview was released. In this new release, Google will ...
Google is cancelling its I/O developer event following the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. The event was due to take place between May 12th to 14th this year. The cancellation follows a string major tech events cancellations that have taken place in the last two weeks. All pegged on the growing concerns ...
Google has issued a warning for customers with newer Huawei products not to sideload its apps. This includes Gmail, YouTube, the Play Store, or other related software. Due to the ongoing US ban, the company has been prohibited from working with Huawei. This means the newest Huawei devices do not ...
Google has announced a new feature called “search chips” for Gmail. The feature lets you sort and filter search results by providing relevant filter suggestions. They show in the form of search chips under the search field. This has only been possible by typing in search filters. Where you could ...
Google has announced a $1M pan-African Google.org fund to support innovative ideas around privacy, trust and safety for families online across sub-Saharan Africa. This is in the recognition of the Safer Internet Day. Ordinarily, The Safer Internet Day is celebrated globally in February each year. It seeks to promote the ...
Google has cancelled it's initial plan to buy into the 310 megawatts Lake Turkana wind farm in Kenya. The project was initially set for completion 2017, after which Google had committed to buy a 12.5 per cent stake from Danish Wind Maker, Vestas. The investment would have marked Google’s second ...
Google has rolled out an Emoji Kitchen to all Gboard users on Android. The feature allows you to express your emotions through emoji from crying and many more. There are already hundreds of emoji available to cover every emotion from yawning to being a straight-up drunk weirdo. Google's emoji kitchen offers a selection ...
Google is finally rolling out dark mode support for Google Translate on both iOS and Android. Google translate first rolled out on iOS 13 which is currently available to users worldwide. Already, some users are reporting dark mode on Android devices for version 6.5 of google translate. Support for dark mode ...
Google has announced that it is working on a revamping a power feature that adds visual tweaks and elevates the Gmail settings. Google will be upgrading multiple Inboxes out of the Advanced menu. Having a multiple Inboxes option will allow you to break out important Gmail messages and have them ...
Google is highlighting 62 new emoji that would be coming to Android 11 set to be launched towards the end of this year. The new emoji will be available with Android 11, as well as the company’s five contributions to the 2020 set. Google and Microsoft partnered to sponsor a ...
Google has introduced a new video-sharing application called Tangi. The app works similar to IGTV, TikTok and Byte which now comes in as a direct competitor. However, the application is still in the testing phase by Google's in-house incubator for experimental projects. The new app's name stands for TeAch and ...
Google has added G Suite Add-ons are now rolling out to Gmail, Calendar and other Google productivity apps. Following last years announcement, G Suite Add-ons are now generally available and rolling out over the next two weeks after last year’s beta. Add-ons for individual Google services previously existed, but Google has ...
Google is purchasing pointy, a Dublin based startup that helps locals sell their products online. Pointy allows sellers to either use an app or a special bar code scanner. It keeps up-to-date inventory information on in-store products. A shopper can purchase e a product online and pick it up in-store, ...
Google has released an update for its Pixel smartphones. The new update to its Pixel 4 smartphones involves holding the rollout of major new features in its first-party apps until it’s time for the next feature drop. The first feature drop brought features like automatic Call Screen, a new Portrait ...
Google has rolled out Chrome version 79. The browser extension will alert users on leaked passwords. The move is important because cyber-attacks are on the rise. The new chrome with better password protection will ensure a streamlined flow or work. In 2018, the worldwide spending on Cybersecurity approximated to $114 ...
Google calendar for Android has introduced a new feature on the application. This is good news for tons of people who depend on the service to run their daily activities. Now users can copy and duplicate events on multiple calendars through a side update from the edit interface. From the ...
