Following in Microsoft Edge’s footsteps and thanks to their combined work on the Chromium source code, Google is looking to add the ability to search in its Side Panel for words you hightlight with your cursor. As reported by Leopeva64 on Twitter, you can see below that the right-click contextual menu shows the option for […]
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Google Search Knowledge Graph is testing an awesome Material Design makeover
While watching the Ubisoft Forward event which took place yesterday (yes, Stadia was taken off of the Assassin’s Creed Mirage blog post for some reason), I saw an advertisement for something called Mythic Quest. Some of you may have already heard of this awesome show about a fake game studio making a fake game, but […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Search wants to let you know how long an article will take to read before you click it
The ‘Reading List’ or ‘Read Anywhere’ feature in Chrome is quickly becoming one of my favorite features, but not because I actually read stuff that I save – well, not until recently. Instead, it’s because saving articles for later is the missing link between News, Discover, Chrome, and Google Search that the company has recently […]
Continue ReadingYou can now perform Google Image searches with Google Lens on desktop Chrome
Google Lens is Google’s image recognition software that utilizes computer vision, AI, and machine learning to determine what’s in the foreground and background of an image in order to show you related images, products, and more. Initially, it became available on Pixel phones, but shortly thereafter rolled out to Android and embedded itself into the […]
Continue ReadingYou can now launch AAA games with one click directly from a Google search
First discovered by Bryant Chappel of The Nerf Report and then demonstrated on Twitter, you can now perform a Google Search for any game to see if it’s available on one of the popular cloud gaming services that have come to dominance in the past few years. If you find that the Knowledge Panel for […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Discover-style widgets appear on the Search homepage once again
Update: Improved image capture for demonstration Google Discover provides so much valuable information in a timely manner to users that its value can’t be understated in the modern DNA of Google as a whole. Taking all of the world’s information and organizing it to make it as universally accessible and useful as possible is no […]
Continue ReadingQuoted Google searches are becoming even more helpful
Based on user feedback, Google has made a very important change to how it displays quoted searches on Google Search, and I am here for it. For those that don’t know, quoted searches consist of putting quotes around a word or phrase to ensure that the search results include that exact match. This has been […]
Continue ReadingStrange Google Search bug temporarily breaks timer and stopwatch tools online
Googling commands like “Set a timer for 10 minutes”, or “stopwatch” used to pull up Google’s built-in quick tools for these sorts of things, but as of this past week, both have seemingly disappeared. It’s easy to forget how these conveniences positively impact our lives until they stop working, right? According to Search Engine Roundtable […]
Continue ReadingGoogle partners with Wikimedia Foundation to leverage its information in Search
Wikimedia Enterprise, a new paid service founded by the Wikimedia Foundation – the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia – announced this week that Google would be among its first paying customers. Along with Internet Archive, Google will use this opt-in product to leverage the knowledge found on Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects as they continue to grow. […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Search now makes COVID-19 info easier to find
COVID-19 is far from being gone from our lives, and as such, we continue to have to care for ourselves and each other when it comes to curbing the number of cases as the pandemic evolves. However, Google Search is making that a little bit easier by providing more ways in which we can find […]
Continue ReadingToday’s Google Doodle honors the invention of one of my favorite things: the espresso machine
It’s no secret that Chrome Unboxed runs on coffee. Specifically, from the beginning of our time as a fully-formed company, we’ve been running on espresso-based drinks like the stalwart Americano. As I sip on my espresso+water beverage right now, I’m reminded how great our coffee is here in the office. On Mondays specifically, I recall […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Search advancements take center stage at Google I/O
There were so many product announcements yesterday at Google I/O that one would be forgiven to think it was a hardware event instead of the software-focused developer conference that it actually is. However, one of the areas that Google chose to spend quite a bit of time on was Search and how far it’s come […]
Continue ReadingGoogle expands policy for removing personal information from Search
It’s no secret that privacy and safety are important when it comes to using the internet. Unfortunately, there are many ways that your personal information can end up online and thus pose a security issue for you. Because of this, Google has announced that they are expanding on their existing policy for removing personal information […]
Continue ReadingGoogle is cracking down on spam and gibberish in your Search results this year
On the Google Search Central website, the company reported that something called “SpamBrain”, an AI-based spam prevention system that it’s been developing since 2018 has helped it identify and reduce hacked spam by 70% and gibberish spam on hosting platforms by 75% this year over 2020. To clarify, “hacked spam” consists of compromised websites that […]
Continue ReadingGoogle users in Europe get an updated cookie consent banner
If you are in the EU, you may be familiar with the infamous GDPR (Data Protection Regulation) cookie banners that appear on sites in order to comply with this very tough privacy and security law. Depending on the site, the banners usually involve a notification that cookies are being used on that site, and an […]
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