Google Meet Aims to Head Off Zoom
Google is integrating its Google Meet videoconferencing application with Gmail, and it already appears as an option in some users’ accounts. Google last week announced that it was making the service free for everyone. It will be available to everyone in the coming weeks, on the Web and through mobile apps for iOS and Android. Users will […]
New Website Aims to Help People Access COVID-19 Testing
Project Baseline, a new website to facilitate screening and testing of people potentially infected with the COVID-19 virus, became available on Sunday. Verily, a company owned by Google parent Alphabet, launched the site. Access requires a Google login, and assistance currently is limited to residents in two counties in the San Francisco Bay Area. In […]
Google to Shame Slow-Loading Websites
oogle on Monday announced plans to use performance badges to warn users of slow-loading websites ahead. It will consider historical load latencies first, and later may expand to signal the likelihood that a page will load slowly based on the user’s device and network conditions. The criteria will become increasingly stringent over time, Google said. […]