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Google announced new initiatives to help more Americans get the COVID vaccine. The latest efforts include $150 million in donations to nonprofits and grants for Google Ads. The company will also be offering its sites for vaccination locations and add new panels to "vaccine near me" searches.

autoevolution 23 Jan 2021, 14:30 UTC · by Since it’s developed by Google, Android Auto is integrated with a series of services belonging to the Mountain View-based search giant, and this is the reason some of the bugs you might come across aren’t necessarily caused by the app itself. 1 photo For example, if voice commands are broken down in the car, there’s a chance the Google app is the one to blame, as it’s powering the experience with Google Assistant on Android Auto too. One ...

autoevolution 20 Jan 2021, 14:59 UTC · by 1 photo Sorry, I don’t understand you” error whenever drivers try to perform an action hands-free. While the issue has been around for a while, it was reported once again on Google’s forums earlier this week, and several other Android Auto users confirmed the whole thing is happening in their cars too. “ Ive tried everything and it doesnt work for me. I activate the voice assistant and when I ask him to play music for me, from any platfor...

Google Maps is the world’s number one navigation app, and the Mountain View-based search giant has been working around the clock to bring new capabilities to users out there.

• DJ Mixer Studio 2018 • 1 million downloads • iSwipe Phone X • 5 million downloads • AppLock New 2019 • 1 million downloads • 3D Photo Editor • 50,000 downloads • Wifi Speed Test • 500,000 downloads • Ringtone maker - Mp3 cutter • 1 million downloads Trending If you have any of the apps listed in the report on your device the advice from security experts is to remove them immediately. "Simply put, if you have one of the apps referenced remove it from your mobile device,...

Rapyd London-based fintech startup Rapyd has raised a $300 million Series D led by Coatue. The fresh funding continues the boom in interest for fintech startups, and Rapyd is now valued at $2.5 billion. The startup offers a suite of payment processing services to other developers via an API. Rapyd intends to use the funding to complete more strategic acquisitions, following a deal to buy card payment service Korta in 2020. London and Mountain View-based fintech sta...

Voice commands are a must-have for so many Android Auto users out there, and it’s all for a good reason: they allow them to control essential features, such as phone calls and navigation, without looking at the screen, thus reducing the distraction substantially.

The Parler app, favored by the right for its lax content moderation policies, went to number one on the Apple App Store.

This Week in Apps: Social apps react to riots, Parler gets booted, FTC threatens regulation Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and $120 billion in global consumer spend in 2019. Consumer spend also hit a record $112 billion across iOS and Android alone. Not including third-party Chinese app stores, iOS ...

Silently included as part of the Google Camera 8.1 update rolled out to Pixel owners back in November, the change means astrophotography is now only available on the main wide-angle camera. Given that this feature, which is an extension to Night Sight that allows the camera to photograph individual stars and planets, was one of the main selling points of the Pixel 4 and could be used on both camera fitted to that handset... its strange that Google is moving backwards with its two follow-up dev...