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YouTube changes policy, BAD NEWS for YouTubers! Cracking down on abuse and child-exploiting channels and videos, YouTube on Wednesday announced it will remove content on the platform that attempts to pass as being "friendly for kids". "While some of these videos may be suitable for adults, others are completely unacceptable, so we are working to remove them from YouTube," Johanna Wright, Vice President of Product Management, YouTube, wrote in a blog post. The Google-owned company will apply machine learning technology and automated tools in order to discover potentially exploitive content. YouTube has terminated 50 channels and removed thousands of videos as also advertisements from 5,00,000 exploitive videos under the current set of guidelines. The company will also continue to work with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) to report the potentially illegal behaviour to law enforcement, said Wright. Meanwhile, Yo...

Google's tracking your location even if you don't want it. The data is being collected since early 2017 after a change to the Firebase Cloud Messaging service. the data collected by Google is encrypted but it can easily be manipulated if exposed to any third party malware, which puts Android users at great risk. Nokia recently reported that Android is the most vulnerable OS in the world. It found that 68 percent of all malware affected devices were Androids. In fact Android has long been the primary target of hackers, which is understandable since Android is the most popular and an open source platform. But that is as far as hackers are concerned.  What if Google itself is tracking you? Now the latest report from Quartz reveals that Google is collecting location information from Android smartphones even if you keep the services switched off on your device. The data is being collected since early 2017 after a change to the Firebase Cloud Messaging service....

 Top 3 Ways to Search Better in Google 3 Ways to Search better in Google That 90% of people don't know.Google has changed the way we do out things. Without even trying we end up using Google at least once in a day. Whether it is to checking the weather or just see the images of the latest movies we have searched almost everything. But do we fully know how to search? Today I am going to talk about 3 ways we can search better in Google that almost 90% of the people don't know. If you know it all you are in the brilliant 10% You should be proud. 1.Search Using Images If you want to know about an image or where it came from. Save the image and then search it on Google images with camera button. You will be able to see the similar images on the web. 2.Use Minus Sign It will help you to eliminate result containing certain words. Use the minus sign to eliminate the lots of results that aren't of interest of you. 3.Use an Asterisk Use an Asterisk within quot...

Google Maps updated with new exciting features Google Maps is a web mapping service developed by Google. It offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions (Google Traffic), and route planning for travelling. Google on Wednesday announced a new update to Google Maps application. The company has updated sections such as driving, navigation, transit and explore maps to highlight information that is the most relevant to users. The company has also updated colour scheme and added new icons to help the users quickly identify exactly what kind of interest they are looking at. Places like a cafe, church, museum or hospital will have a designated colour and icon so that it’s easy to find that type of destination on the map. People will see these changes over the next few weeks in all Google products that incorporate Google Maps, including the Assistant, Search, Earth and Android Auto, Liz Hunt and...

Things you didn't know about Google    Google's original name was 'Backrub'. Larry Page and Sergey Brin originally settled on the name 'Backrub' for their search engine because their program analyzed backlinks to understand how important a website was and what other sites it related too. The name lasted for a year until they began brainstorming new names that would reflect just how much data they were indexing. Google's name comes from the mathematical term 'Googol' which is a number that is a 1 with hundred zeroes following it. When page and his office mates at Stanford began tossing around ideas for the name, a graduate student named Sean Anderson suggested the word Googleplex which page then shortened to Google. The original 'I am feeling lucky' option cost Google up to 110 million dollars per year. Thanks to Google instant, the original I'm feeling lucky option has since now Google starts narrowing search results as soon...