After the upcoming holidays, I think half the population will have a voice activated device. Well maybe not half, but Amazon Echo and Google Home devices are turning out to eb one of the hottest tech toys of the decade. Whether a Google Home, Alexa or Siri on your iPhone, these devices have been selling […]
Do you “Google” everything? Whether it’s a quick fact at a party, or to see if someone is still alive, fact-checking our politicians, or researching topics for work, we use Google or the internet to find an answer. Personally, I search every single thing out there. I don’t know if its for truth or just […]
The wait is over for Pixel and Nexus owners as Android 8.1 Oreo is rolling out. But what about the hype? Well there is none. But that’s ok. It’s really just a minor maintenance release. Google says the biggest feature in 8.1 is a new “Neural Networks API” which is designed for running machine-learning operations […]
I thought it would be fun to test Google Lens and see what it can recognize. This is not a formal test, very random as a matter of fact. It’s currently in beta for users, but I just had to share some of the results. It’s available in version 3.9 of Google Photos. So be […]
I have read several stories this year about the death of the smartphone, and how the technology is tapped out. I initially wrote them off as fake news or just looked the other way in denial. But after seeing the new releases of the Pixel 2, the iPhone 8 and the iPhone X, I’m really […]
Some photos of the Pixel 2 at Verizon. I was surprised by the curves. I didn’t realize it was so extreme. Very “Samsung like.” Pixel 2 XL Speakers on both ends should be nice. Pixel 2 Mushroom from Google