Google Assistant may have debuted as a bonus feature in the company’s ho-hum Allo messaging app, but it’s been on a roll ever since. The AI helper is now embedded in more than 500 million devices worldwide, Google revealed Tuesday during its annual I/O developer conference keynote. The company is rolling out new features and products to make Assistant more helpful no matter what sort of device you use—and to keep pace with Amazon Echo’s fast and furious improvements.And get this: In the future, Google Assistant will even call local businesses to book appointments for you.It’s true. Google’s machine learning chops have advanced far enough that you’ll be able to ask Assistant to schedule an appointment for you at a business that can’t be easily booked online, and Google’s big brains in the sky will actually ring local shops to set up a reservation.To read this article in full, please click here Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish schoolchildren are being offered the chance to attend a dinner with Michelle Obama via an essay competition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ambulances were reportedly called out to Amazon’s UK warehouses more than 600 times in the last three years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former president and the world's most prolific thriller writer conjure a suspenseful—but, they say, entirely possible—scenario in the White House. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The actor and his lifelong friend have channeled their deep bond into a series of powerful and passionate picture books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four sci-fi authors—Charlie Jane Anders, Seth Dickinson, S.L. Huang, and V.E. Schwab—will appear in not one but two panel discussions. Riffing on the panel titles, we asked them how reality, identity, and fearless female characters influence their work. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber has acquired two titles by André Aciman, the author of Call Me by Your Name, upon which the Academy Award-winning film of the same name was based. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cartoonist Ellen Forney is publishing 'Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice from My Bipolar Life,' a sequel to her 2012 graphic memoir about bipolar disorder, that is a personal guide with detailed practical advice on coping with mood disorders. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to the books newsletter! I’m Carolyn Kellogg, L.A. Times books editor, and this is what’s going on in books this week. THE BIG STORY William T. Vollmann writes big, ambitious journalism — books about poverty, violence, the history of North America — and now, climate change. “Carbon... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Announcing its policy change less than a month before GDPR goes into effect, Google has left publishers scrambling to make sense of its new rules. The post Four Publishing Trade Groups Criticize Google’s Ad Policy Change in Letter to CEO appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regulators, publishers, and privacy watchdogs say moves by the tech giants may leave European internet users no better off. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four trade groups representing publishers such as Axel Springer, Bloomberg, Conde Nast, Hearst and the Guardian released a letter Monday addressed to Google CEO Sundar Pichai that sharply criticizes the company's approach to publishers as strict new privacy rules loom in Europe.The trade... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fifty of the UK’s authors and illustrators, including Sir Michael Morpurgo, Chris Riddell and Jacqueline Wilson, have pledged their support for a campaign encouraging the book industry to ditch the plastic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dame Jacqueline Wilson joins author Lauren St John's campaign calling for the book industry to ditch plastic. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner Inc.’s chief executive testified Wednesday that the government’s assertions that AT&T Inc. wanted to buy the company to use its programming as leverage over distributors “makes no sense” because it would limit viewership. “I think it’s ridiculous. It’s not how this works,” Jeff... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers, still smarting from blows inflicted by Facebook and its ever-changing news feed, have found some comfort in the warm embrace of Google. The post The Rundown: Google AMP has short-term appeal but potential long-term costs appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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While working on a recent story about hate speech spread by telephone in the ’60s and ’70s, I came across an interesting book that had been digitized by Google Books. Unfortunately, while it was a transcript of a Congressional hearing, and therefore should be in the public domain and not subject... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2018-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber is to publish the memoir of Chris Frantz, one of the members of seminal post-punk band Talking Heads. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A top AT&T Inc. executive was questioned Thursday about past emails critical of content providers selling programming to online distributors as the government argued that the telecommunications giant should not be allowed to purchase Time Warner Inc. In the third week of an antitrust suit to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook published a blog post today detailing the changes it has made to how it manages users' data. You can read a broader summary of that report here, but among the new changes is a tweak to how Facebook collects and stores call and text history.... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. What people are talking about today: Cond Nast and Vogue are denying a report that uber-tastemaker Anna Wintour might leave this summer. Page Six says it talked to multiple sources who say the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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