by Media Something | Nov 26, 2018 | Blog, Insights, Social Media
Google said the decision makes sense given that very few people actively use Google+, but the Wall Street Journal says it comes after Google tried to keep a lid on a user data bug. Google today announced that it will shut down the consumer version of Google+... 
by Media Something | May 19, 2017 | Apps, Blog, Insights, Trends
One of the biggest challenges facing developers right now is the simple fact that the vast majority of people just don’t download that many new apps. Google might have a solution: Android Instant Apps, which will allow people to use an app without ever having to... 
by Media Something | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Insights, Software
Yesterday, news emerged that Google was using a machine-learning artificial intelligence system called “RankBrain” to help sort through its search results. Wondering how that works and fits in with Google’s overall ranking system? Here’s what we know about RankBrain.... 
by Media Something | Sep 29, 2015 | Blog, Insights
An article in Bloomberg by By Ben Elgin, Michael Riley, David Kocieniewski, and Joshua Brustein suggests that more and more digital ads are not seen by human eyes. “A study done last year in conjunction with the Association of National Advertisers embedded billions of... 
by Media Something | Jul 29, 2015 | Blog, Insights, Social Media, Trends
Though it’s been declared over more times than we can count, it looks like Google’s social network is finally on death’s door. The writing has been on the wall for a while now but Google is finally breaking up with Google+. In a Monday morning post, Bradley Horowitz,... 
by Media Something | Jun 19, 2015 | Apps, Blog, Insights, Software, Trends
Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and the engineers on the WebKit project today announced that they have teamed up to launch WebAssembly, a new binary format for compiling applications for the web. The web thrives on standards and, for better or worse, JavaScript is...