In its latest effort to streamline its myriad of offerings, Google has decided to send its Shopping app to the scrapyard. Google is no stranger to axing apps and services when it feels that something no longer serves its purpose, and Shopping for Android and iOS is the latest casualty, the company has confirmed. Of […]
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ByteDance’s Ohayoo has published more 150 games with 500 million downloads
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data July 12-16, 2021 Free Registration Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Ohayoo is the new kid on the block in Chinese games. The company is a division of ByteDance, […]
Google killing Stadia’s studios may make crossplay gaming better for everyone
GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Google’s recent decision to close its dedicated game studios — opened to much fanfare just two years ago — […]
Is the Pixel 5a canceled? Google says it’s coming ‘later this year’
It’s been quite a day of news for the not-even-released Google Pixel 5a. Earlier today, Twitter leaker Jon Prosser claimed that a source had told him that the not-yet-announced Google Pixel 5a had been canceled. It seems as though that’s not the whole story. Google offered a statement to Android Police saying otherwise. Originally, Google […]
The DeanBeat: Microsoft’s Phil Spencer joins our most diverse GamesBeat Summit event
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Black Lives Matter. Border trouble. Anti-Asian hate. Trans athlete sports bans. Sexual harassment. Suicides and the pandemic. These racial, cultural, and social issues are making headlines, and they have spilled into the game industry. It is an important time to […]
Klevu raises $12M for AI that personalizes ecommerce search
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data July 12-16, 2021 Free Registration Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Klevu, a company developing AI products that personalize ecommerce search and discovery experiences, today announced it has closed […]
Amazon launches ML-powered maintenance tool Lookout for Equipment in general availability
Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Amazon today announced the general availability of Lookout for Equipment, a service that uses machine learning to help customers perform maintenance on equipment in their facilities. Launched in preview last year during Amazon Web Services (AWS) re:Invent 2020, Lookout for […]
Best cheap Android tablet deals for April 2021
If the idea of a tablet is appealing to you, but iPads are not, know that you’ve got some options in 2021. Android tablets have matured a lot over the past couple of years, driven by competition from great brands like Samsung and Lenovo. And now even Amazon is offering cheap Android tablets, if the […]
T-Mobile 5G home internet: Coverage, speeds, and plans
Verizon may have been the first to start deploying actual 5G, but its network was small and spotty. T-Mobile was the first to an arguably much more important title — the first to launch nationwide 5G network coverage. And, along with that nationwide network, the company has also started deploying its 5G home internet service. […]
How to turn safe mode on and off in Android
Is there anything more annoying than your favorite game crashing midway through a boss battle, or your phone running slowly when you’re trying to share a file on a video call with your boss? Cue double the frustration when you don’t have a clue what’s causing the problem. That’s where safe mode steps in. It’s […]
Intel touts latest Xeon processor for scaling 5G networks
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data July 12-16, 2021 Free Registration Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Intel launched its latest datacenter platform in the form of the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. The […]
Best Prime Day iPad Deals 2021: What to expect
Prime Day 2021, and the Prime Day deals that will come with it, is nearly here which means we’re expecting to see some amazing Prime Day iPad sales going on soon. If you’re looking for a great new tablet to add to your home then Prime Day will be the event for you. Read on […]
Roblox is so lucrative that it has attracted professional studios like Gamefam
GamesBeat Summit 2021 #GBSummit returns with two days of content and networking designed for industry executives. April 28-29, 2021 Register Now Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Roblox is one of gaming’s many quiet giants. Or, if you have teenagers or children, perhaps it is not […]
LG confirms it is closing down its mobile phone business
LG has confirmed it is exiting the global mobile phone business. The Korean company announced the news on Monday, April 5, local time, saying that leaving the “incredibly competitive” mobile phone sector will enable it to focus on growth areas “such as electric vehicle components, connected devices, smart homes, robotics, artificial intelligence, and business-to-business solutions, […]
Study finds that even the best speech recognition systems exhibit bias
Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data July 12-16, 2021 Free Registration Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Even state-of-the-art automatic speech recognition (ASR) algorithms struggle to recognize the accents of people from certain regions of […]