Google Seeks Patent for App-Specific Unlock Patterns A newly published patent application reveals Google's proposed method to allow users to create different patterns, each applying to a particular ...

Back in the early days of Android, people ooh-ed and aah-ed over every little thing, even the seemingly-innocuous pattern unlock feature. It appears that Google has bigger plans for that lockscreen, ...

Google’s surveillance-based business model has attracted another prominent opponent. After surviving attacks from employees, human rights groups, Harvard professors, and rival firms, the company now ...

One of the reasons people turn to Google Maps is because of its highly accurate traffic data, and Google knows this very well. This is one of the reasons the Mountain View-based search giant tries to ...

Google's John Mueller confirmed that GoogleBot will crawl and pick up on URL patterns that simply do not work on your site. I mean, we have all seen this happen time and time again with sites we ...

Many habits have changed in response to COVID-19 lockdowns, and that is reflected in large services like Google Maps. The company saw an “up to a 50% decrease in worldwide traffic,” which has required ...