A smartphone can help you with many things. It can translate things for you, give you directions, use it to record a movie, measure your pulse, start the car, turn on the lights, etc. The problem arises when we want to draw something. Drawing on a small screen has been a rather thankless task until now, and most of us - hands on heart - do not know how to draw very well and turn to others for solutions. From now on, this will no longer be necessary, as Google has introduced the web application Google AutoDraw, with which you will create a superb drawing in no time.
Nothing new in the west. Analytical company NetMarketShare has revealed the latest "market share" of browsers. Google's Chrome, which has no real competition among browsers, remains on the throne.
Google has revealed what the future will be like in the mobile world. On Tuesday, a few lucky people were already able to test the developer version of the Android O operating system. For now, we don't know what it will be officially called, but we can trust you with its best features. The new operating system is designed to extend battery life, allow users to multitask and better control notifications.
A few days ago, the Etna volcano in Sicily erupted and slightly injured several tourists and journalists who wanted to see Europe's largest active volcano up close. Would you like to see the crater of the volcano yourself, but don't want to wear your head for sale? Want to visit it from the comfort of your home? Google Street View now lets you do just that.
Levi's and Google announced the smart jacket in May 2016, and it will finally be available to customers in the fall of 2017. From then on, you will be able to answer calls and generally operate your smartphone with your jacket sleeve.
Remember the Kengoro humanoid robot that can do push-ups? Even Boston Dynamics has now moved its "athlete". Robot Handle is as agile as a gymnast and masters the art of parkour better than you ever will.
Google and Microsoft have declared war on pirate sites. They adjusted the algorithm so that pages with pirated content are not displayed on the first page of results, which is quite a blow considering that more than 80 percent of internet users only look at the first page of results on Google. Any hit that is linked to a pirated website will thus not be among the first hits on either Google or Bing.
The time is coming when your smartphone will also become your personal tailor and fashion designer. Fashion emphasizes personality and strengthens our self-confidence. But finding something unique can be difficult. That's why the Coded Couture project was born, which, based on the data collected by a dedicated mobile application, tailors a dress to your taste and taste. The technology learns from the user and knows what he likes to do, where he likes to go, when he goes to work... It then uses all this knowledge to create a unique dress with a personal story.
While most companies are still in the development phase with their self-driving vehicles and haven't gotten further than a prototype, the startup Waymo, recently owned by Google, has teamed up with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to unveil the Pacifica, the first autonomous vehicle designed for commercial sales. In contrast to Tesla vehicles, they allow fully and not only partially autonomous driving. They will go on sale this month.
2016 was a fateful year for many technologies. Quite a few high-profile technologies that have marked our lives in one way or another have landed on the dustbin of history.
Google looked back this year as well and for 2016 has traditionally prepared Year In Search - an overview of the most frequent searches in the current year. So what were the most searched for on Google in 2016?
Google Play has published the traditional list of the most popular apps, games, songs, books, movies and TV series of the current year. Find out who ruled the charts in 2016 below.










