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I can't be trusted with Google's texting app
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 19.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Google, language threat, texting, word/writing, youth
Summary | Google's new Allo app is supposed to make you save time while you're texing, but it can sometimes lead to misunderstandings. The author of the article doesn't really like emojis and doesn't know how to use them well. She doesn't follow young people's digital habits. Their generation favors brevity, which can have a negative impact on language.
Image Description | Photograph of two young girls on their smartphones, two smartphones displaying chat conversations, and a man standing in front of a screen displaying "Allo" and "Duo".
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, text
Surfing With a New Keyboard
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 8.6.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | emojis, GIFs, Google, smartphone, texting, translation, word/writing
Summary | Third party keyboards are now available to download to your smartphone. One of them is Gboard, it is very good at translating your texts in real-time. Some keyboards also offer a search function for emojis or GIFs. The swipe-typing feature is also very popular which allows users to swipe across the letters to enter words rather than type each individual letter.
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Allo, Allo, anyone at Home? Google unveils new gadget to take on Amazon's Echo and messaging app to target WhatsApp and Snapchat
Newspaper | Mail Online
Date | 19.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, texting, virtual reality
Summary | Google has declared war on other Internet giants regarding artificial intelligence. They introduced Google Home, a small speaker that can play music and access Google Assistant. Google also revealed the messaging app Allo that is supposed to bring Google's search engine into personal chats, as well as Duo, a video calling app.
Image Description | Photograph of Mario Queiroz in front of a projection introducing Google Home, photograph of Queiroz holding the device, photographs of Google Home and of Amazon's devices, photograph of Sundar Pichai, different logos, and photographs of conference stages.
Image Tags | logo, male(s)
Go ahead with this Google-made goody for texting
Newspaper | Washington Post
Date | 29.5.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Google, texting
Summary | Google released a new product that could improve your texting life: Gboard. It is a new keyboard that lets users swipe to type, and it also has a buitl-in search bar. You can search for links, images, or GIFs and then share them in your text messages.
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Mobile Devices' Built-In Keyboards Aren't the Last Word
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 30.6.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Google, smartphone, spelling, texting
Summary | The built-in keyboards that we have on our smartphones are the only options available. Gboard, a third-party keyboard app works the same way and also offers punctuation and emoji options. Gboard also offers some extras: for instance, its space bar also works as a track pad, and it incorporated a search feature into the keyboard. On Gboard, you can also glide-type. Another third-party keyboard app is SwiftKey. It's good at autocorrecting mistakes thanks to artificial intelligence. Finally, there are other available apps: Fleksy, Swype, and Microsoft's Word Flow.
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