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Google Plots Home Invasion
2016-05-20 02:17:21| TechNewsWorld
Google CEO Sundar Pichai kicked off the company's annual I/O developers conference on Wednesday with a keynote address that included previews of a batch of new products. Among those showcased were Google Assistant, a tool that can understand and respond to complex questions in real time; and Home, Google's highly anticipated response to Amazon's Echo speaker.
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Google announces Google Home smart hub and upgraded Assistant voice engine
2016-05-19 17:32:25| Extremetech
Google Home is the search giant's attempt to bring its voice action capabilities to the living room.
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Google Fiber introduces home phone service
2016-03-30 08:49:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Google Fiber is adding fixed telephony to its broadband offer in the US. The Fiber Phone service costs USD 10 per month and includes unlimited calls in the US and low rates similar to Google Voice for international calls. Fiber Phone is a cloud-based system, meaning customers will be able to take their number wherever they have internet access, including a mobile phone or computer. Google said it will roll out Fiber Phone in a few areas to start and gradually expand it to all residential customers.
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Welcome to 1984? Google acquires home security camera company Dropcam
2014-06-23 20:18:06| Extremetech
Google is moving quickly to establish a foothold in your home: After acquiring Nest Labs, it's now acquiring Dropcam -- a startup that makes cloud-based security cameras for your home -- for $555 million in cash. The question now, of course, is whether people will be comfortable giving Google a potential pervasive peephole into their homes, rather than a small, innocuous startup taking a gander.
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Google is bringing the stock Android home screen to almost every phone, outfoxing OEMs
2013-11-14 19:45:17| Extremetech
Google is sneaking its updated launcher onto millions of devices right now. When the switch is thrown, Android will instantly become a lot more unified.