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How to Drop a Pin in Google Maps (2024)
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By dropping a pin in Google Maps, you will be able to navigate to the pinned location easily. You can also save the location to get back to it without getting lost, or share a pinned location with your friends to make navigating to it easier for them. To drop a pin in Google Maps, open the Android or iOS dedicated app and long press on any location you want to pin. On your PC, simply right click on the location you want to pin and then click the information panel that pops up.
Google Is Adding Three Cool AI Features to Chrome
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With the Chrome 121 release, Google is adding three new generative AI features to Chrome. Currently, the AI features are available on Windows and macOS in the US only. The AI features include smart tab organization, Help Me Write, and theme generation using AI. You can put similar tabs in a tab group using AI automatically. Help me write will let you draft texts on the web using AI. And you can generate unique themes based on your mood, and visual style using AI.
How to Use the Circle to Search Feature on Galaxy S24, Pixel 8 Series
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The Samsung Galaxy S24 series also introduced a new Google Circle to Search feature to the world. Using this feature, you can circle, scribble, tap, or highlight any object on your phone screen to instantly get details about it via Google Search. To use the feature, you will need to long-press the home navigation button -> circle the desired object on your screen -> swipe up the search panel at the bottom to see all results. By default, this feature is turned on, and you can also turn it off by heading over to display settings.
Google Kills 17 Assistant Features Ahead of ‘Assistant with Bard’ Release
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The next victims of Google's slaughter and first entrants of Google Graveyard in 2024 are Google Assistant features, 17 of them. Most of the features are related to voice commands on smartphones and smart speakers. Google claims most of these features were "underutilized," and that the company would like to focus on "prioritizing the experiences."
Google Is Prepping an AI Model That Will Tell More About Your Life
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Google could soon introduce a new AI model, Project Ellmann, which could get an insight into your life and answer previously 'impossible' questions.
Google Trends Reveals the Most Searched Games in 2023
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Google officially unveils its year on review for the year 2023, disclosing the top ten searches across various categories. For video games, Hogwarts Legacy tops the list, with Sons of Forest closing off the list. Furthermore, surprise entries like the Suika Game also makes the cut.
Google Delays Its GPT 4-Rival ‘Gemini AI’ to Next Year
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We are not seeing Google's most powerful AI launch this year. Instead, Google's Gemini AI will launch in early 2024 instead. It could be as early as January 2024, especially to Google's Cloud enterprise customers. Gemini is the company's most innovative AI model, expected with features such as global language support. However, the latest report indicates it has issues with processing non-English queries. Now, planned Google events to which would have unveiled the next-gen Gemini AI across the US (NYC, Washington, California) have reportedly been canceled.
Google Drive Desktop Loses ‘Months of Data’ Stored by Users
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Thousands of files of several users are missing from Google Drive cloud storage servers entirely! Google Support has confirmed that 'some' Drive for Desktop users are experiencing this issue. There are also a few quick tips and fixes out but they haven't been endorsed by the company. It really makes you question: are cloud services reliable enough?