With “Talk to Books”, Google Wants to Replace English Lit Professors
Google’s developed a new way to ask its search engine research questions, and it could make English Lit classes a breeze. Talk to Books is Google’s solution...Continue reading
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Google Adds Bookmarks, Speed Controls, and More to Audiobooks in Google Play Books App
Google rolled out an update today for its Play Books app that fixed the frustrating experience of listening to audiobooks in that app shortly after Google...Continue reading
The HTTPocalypse was Postponed, But It’s Still On its Way
Back in July and August of 2017 Google started telling everyone that Chrome would soon start warning users any time they visit a site enter a form on...Continue reading
Google’s Support for Audiobooks is Frustrating and Disappointing
Google started selling audiobooks several days ago. If you haven’t tried them yet, that is okay because you are better off avoiding Google in favor of...Continue reading
Knock Me Over with a Feather, Google Play Now Sells Audiobooks
Google has expanded its lackluster effort to sell books to include audiobooks as well as ebooks. Read more.” Every year it’s one of the most popular...Continue reading
Google to Sell Audiobooks, Teases 50% Off Your First Purchase in Leaked Banner
Back in November I brought you the news that Google was looking at selling audiobooks in Google Play, and now it appears the launch is imminent....Continue reading
Has Google Peaked?
There’s a natural cycle in the tech industry where old companies with stale ideas and technical debt (for example, investment in infrastructure). To give you an...Continue reading
Storyboard Lets You Turn a Video Clip Into a Comic Strip
Google is putting a lot of research time into computer vision concepts (“the better to see you with, my dear,” said the wolf). Earlier this month...Continue reading
Google Play Books is Currently Offering a $5 credit
Google is holding a sale in its ebookstore right now, but only for US customers. If you head over to the Play Store home page right...Continue reading
Chrome Will Start Blocking Ads on Noncompliant Sites on 15 February
Back in April Google announced its plans to add an ad-blocking component to Chrome, and now they’ve set a release date. It turns out that this...Continue reading
Amazon Prime Video Arrives on Apple TV as Google & Amazon Fight over Youtube on Echo
The giants are fighting, but all the blows are landing on the little people. From Variety: The conflict between Amazon and Google is escalating: Google once again started to block access to YouTube on Amazon’s Echo...Continue reading
Google Is Now Accepting Indie Authors into Play Books (Sometimes, And Only If You Ask Nice)
When Google closed its publisher portal two and a half years ago in response to massive ebook piracy, they said the move was temporary so they could “improve...Continue reading
Google Play Store to Sell Audiobooks?
Google doesn’t sell a lot of ebooks, and pretty soon they will also not be selling a lot of audiobooks. Android Police pulled part the latest...Continue reading
You Can Install Google Play on the Latest Fire Tablets in Less Than 5 Minutes
It used to be that installing Google Play and other Google apps on the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet required rooting the tablet, fiddling around with a...Continue reading
Google Added Local Library eBook Listings to Search Results
Google just made it a little bit easier to check ebooks out of your local library. Google announced today that they have integrated public library catalogs...Continue reading