The e-Conomy SEA 2023 Report titled "Reaching New Heights: Navigating the Path to Profitable Growth" sheds light on how the Philippine online market is set to soar. The report predicts that by 2023, the total online sales (GMV) will hit a whopping $24 billion, growing by 13% each year, mostly thanks to online ...
Google has officially unveiled Android 14 after months of beta testing. It was unveiled alongside the Pixel 8 series phones and the Pixel Watch 2.
Android 14 entered Developer Preview 2 for Pixel devices in early March of this year and was rumored to launch alongside the company's latest Pixel devices.
Among ...
Google has just introduced the latest additions to its Pixel family namely the Pixel 8 series and the Google Pixel Watch 2.
Google Pixel Watch 2
The Google Pixel Watch 2 has a 1.2-inch circular AMOLED display with up to 1000 nits of brightness. This is protected by a custom 3D Corning Gorilla Glass 5. Under ...
Google has officially unveiled the Google Pixel 8 series in an event held in the US and livestreamed via YouTube. The latest series is comprised of the Google Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro.
This was introduced alongside the new Pixel Watch 2.
The Google Pixel 8 series features the new Google Tensor G3 chipset ...
Google has just introduced its own mobile video editing app dubbed YouTube Create (beta version) which is simplified and has AI-powered features to make it more user-friendly.
YouTube Create
The app aims to make mobile video editing and content creation easy for users on the go. Highlighted features include ...
Google has introduced a new image fact-checking feature to its Google Fact Checker Explorer service, aiming to empower netizens to combat fake news.
The feature, initially only available for text searches, allows journalists, researchers, academics, and netizens to upload or share an image to verify its ...
Google has rolled out new Google Bard extensions that connect things like Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps, YouTube, and even Google Flights and Hotels.
Google Bard Extensions
Bard now has the capability of gathering data from a variety of services and apps, including Gmail for trip planning and Drive for job ...
AI has sparked many conversations due to apprehensions of making humans obsolete. Google Philippines and the Internet and Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP) recently held a forum on the new technology at The Yard in BGC titled AImagine Marketing. Where experts from both the company and the ...
According to Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman on Twitter/X), Android 14 will be launching on October 4, the same day the Pixel 8 series will be unveiled.
Android 14 Rumor
Google has reportedly delayed the release of Android 14 to next month and this decision was said to be made very late. Smartphone manufacturers ...
Google has just updated the branding for Android, including a new logo and a fresh 3D bugdroid. This comes after the update in the brand in 2019 where it started using a more straightforward naming scheme for the OS – Android 10.
New Android Branding
The update in the company's OS branding is said to have drawn ...
Just as Apple sent its invites for the next Apple Event where the iPhone 15 series is said to make its debut, Google followed suit and sent invites for the next Made by Google Event.
The event is set to take place on October 4 when the latest Google Pixel devices like the Pixel 8 series - Pixel 8 and 8 Pro are ...
Google has just silently rolled out the Google Play Pass subscription service in the Philippines. Yes, this is the company's take on Apple Arcade.
Google Play Pass
Google Play Pass is a subscription service that gives you access to over 1,000 paid apps and games on the Google Play Store.
This means, while ...
Google recently announced that RCS (Rich Communication Services) messages on Google Messages will now be fully encrypted end-to-end by default.
Google Messages RCS Conversations
In addition to messages on Google Messages, the company revealed that RCS group chats on its messaging app are now end-to-end ...
Google and its Pixel products have yet to officially arrive in the Philippine shores but we recently spotted the Google Pixel Fold 5G in the local store – Game Xtreme. The foldable Pixel device is listed with a 16% off discount which means you can get it for PHP 119,995 for the 12GB+256GB variant.
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Four AI companies, OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic, have formed the Frontier Model Forum to promote the safe and responsible development of frontier AI. The coalition aims to create technical evaluations, and benchmarks, and advocate for best practices.
Frontier Model Forum for Safe AI Development
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A member of the Huawei Community Philippines Official has just pointed out that GBOX now has the Google Play Store built-in in its latest update.
GBOX Update
Yup, you read that right, the latest version of the third-party app now includes Google Play Store. This will make it easier to get an even wider ...
The EU Commission and the US Department of Justice are going after Google for its ad business for illegally monopolizing the ad tech supply chain.
The search engine company allegedly uses its dominant market position to favor its intermediation services, and the EU Commission has found evidence of ...
OpenAI’s collaborative AI program ChatGPT is now available via the Apple App Store.
ChatGPT on the Go
The decision to launch the collaborative AI on the Apple App Store was driven by user feedback indicating their enthusiasm for using ChatGPT on mobile devices. By expanding to smartphones, OpenAI further ...