Updates on the latest technologies from Google including services, initiatives, and impact on the digital world.
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Announcements
The Pixel 6a Update That Could Destroy Your Battery Is Coming—And Google Won’t Help You!
Insights At a Glance: Google is pushing a Pixel 6a update on July 8 that reduces battery performance after 400…
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News
Ecobank Partners with Google Cloud to Transform African Banking Through AI Innovation
Ecobank Group has partnered with Google Cloud to accelerate African financial inclusion using AI-powered digital banking solutions across 33 countries
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News
[Update: Mobile too] X Replaces Google Translate with Grok for Web Users
Update (July 14, 2025): Grok Translate has now replaced Google Translate in the X mobile app as well. Original article…
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Startups
Google Selects 15 African AI Startups for Accelerator Class 9, Including Two Kenyan Innovators
Google selected 15 African AI startups for Accelerator Class 9, including Kenyan companies Shamba Records and Apexloads.
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News
Chromecast with Google TV Android 14 Update Resumes with a Big 809MB Update
Insights At a Glance: Chromecast with Google TV (4K) is getting a large 809MB update. The update comes after the…
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Announcements
Google Chrome to Stop Working on Older Android Phones from August 2025
Insights At a Glance: Chrome 138 is the last version for Android 8 and 9 users. Chrome 139 (coming August…
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Opinion
Kenyans Won’t Care About The New Google Messages Group Chat Features
Google Messages is on a roll lately. The app just added a bunch of long-overdue RCS features for group messaging—“Delete…
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International
Ericsson and Google Cloud Launch AI-Powered 5G Core Service Platform
Ericsson and Google Cloud launched Ericsson On-Demand, an AI-powered 5G core SaaS platform enabling rapid deployment and consumption-based pricing.
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News
Massive Internet Outage Cripples Google, Spotify, Discord as Millions Face Service Disruptions
Massive Google Cloud outage on June 12 disrupted Spotify, Discord, Gmail globally for hours, affecting millions of users worldwide.
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Quick Reviews
It’s 2025 and Files by Google Still Won’t Let You Rename a File with Just a Capital Letter
Insights At a Glance: The Files by Google app still doesn’t allow users to rename files by changing only the…
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News
Android 16 Stable Update Is Here — But Not for Most Kenyans (Yet)
Insights At a Glance: Android 16 stable update is officially rolling out today—but only to Google Pixel 6 and newer…
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Interesting Reads
AI vs Cancer: How Google’s Breakthroughs Are Inspiring Hope — and Why Kenya is Ready for the Future
Insights At a Glance: Google’s AI innovations like AlphaFold are revolutionizing cancer research, accelerating drug discovery, and improving diagnostic accuracy.…
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News
Google AI Tool, NotebookLM, Gets Publishing Feature in New Update
NotebookLM launches public notebook sharing via links, transforming Google's AI research tool into a knowledge publishing platform for broader audiences.
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Interesting Reads
Google Photos Turns 10: Here are 10 Exciting Tips to Celebrate a Decade of Memories
Insights At a Glance: Google Photos is 10. To celebrate, Google dropped 10 tips and tricks to help you edit,…
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How To/ Explained
How to Switch SIM Cards When Texting in Google Messages (As of The Latest Update)
Back in February, Android Authority gave us a heads-up about a change Google was working on for its Messages app.…