This inclusion is part of Google’s expansion of African language support, which now covers 15 new languages across the continent, enhancing accessibility for over 300 million people. Developed in collaboration with Google’s AI Research Center in Accra, this update enables Ghanaians to search, type, and translate directly in Twi using voice commands. This integration will […]
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The couple who took on Google and cost tech giant £2bn
“Google essentially disappeared us from the internet.” Launch days. They’re equal parts thrilling and terrifying for many start-up business founders, but they don’t get much worse than the one Shivaun Raff and her husband, Adam, experienced. It was June 2006 and the couple’s trailblazing price comparison website Foundem – one they had sacrificed well-paid jobs […]
Google’s monopoly of online searches is illegal, US judge rules
A US judge has ruled Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly on online searches and related advertising. Google was sued by the Department of Justice in 2020 for its control of about 90% of the online search market. US District Judge Amit Mehta noted that Google paid billions to ensure it is the default […]
Google announces $800 Million to aid in fight against COVID-19
Google is committing to donate more than $800 million to support businesses, organizations and healthcare workers as part of its coronavirus response — most of it in the form of free advertising. The tech company said it will give the World Health Organization and global government agencies a total of $250 million in ad grants — […]
I’m worth more than $400,000; I’ll be worth 1 Million Dollars by summer-Princess Shyngle
Tiny waist Gambian actress, Princess Shygle has disputed figures of her net worth, put out by Google. According to her, the $400,000 figure ascribed to her by Google was wrong as he is worth more than that, explaining that by Summer, she would be worth more than 1 Million Dollars. BestNewsGH.com reports the actress as […]
Parents name son ‘Google’ hoping it will make him successful in life
A baby in Indonesia has been awarded the title of “world’s strangest name” after it was revealed that his parents legally registered him as “Google”; no surname or middle name, just Google, just like the search engine. The eight-month-old boy’s father, 31-year-old Andi Cahya Saputra, told Indonesian media that he first contemplated the idea of […]
Ken Agyapong’s daughter employed by Google as Marketing Solutions Account Strategist after graduation
Amanda Agyapong, one of the daughters of controversial Ghanaian politician, Kennedy Agyapong has graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, class of 2019. The graduation ceremony was held on May 18th, 2019 at the university’s main campus in Pennsylvania, United States of America. Adorned in a beautiful white lace dress, Amanda Agyapong matched it with a […]
PHOTOS: see the 1,000 dollar smart glasses that will tell you the weather, read text messages and connect to Alexa
Google and Intel made smart glasses Google glass and Vaunt but neither product took off with consumers. Now, a start-up called North, formally Thalmic Labs, is introducing a pair of smart glasses that it thinks will appeal to the masses because the design looks so similar to normal glasses. The $1,000 glasses are called Focals, and the company […]