Google’s annual I/O developer’s conference starts today in Mountain View, CA. Speakers are expected to cover a variety of topics, including everything from the latest Android updates, foldable phones (despite Samsung’s mishaps earlier this year), a cheaper Pixel phone, Google’s Stadia cloud-based gaming platform, and updates on Google’s smart home business. According to Voicebot.ai, Google Assistant’s unique applications…
Self-Driving Cars Still Cause for Concern for Pedestrains
Elon Musk promised to put a million of Tesla’s self-driving cars on the streets in the next year. While Musk is confident in the viability and safety of Tesla’s technology, the general population seems to be a little more hesitant to cheer on autonomous car advancements, according to YouGov. Less than 30 percent of people surveyed felt very…
Who Is Leading the Race to Develop 5G?
The tension over 5G technology between Chinese telecommunications company Huawei and the United States has reached a variety of low points over the first part of 2019. President Trump most recently called for the U.S.’s allies to not roll out Huawei’s 5G network, citing potential security and data privacy concerns, which allies have not heeded. 5G is the…
5G Dwarfs All of 4G’s Specs
April will see the first areas in the world receiving 5G coverage and the new mobile internet service is eagerly awaited for a reason. Both peak and regular use download speeds as well as other specs of the new service dwarf existing 4G/LTE specs. The service also offers improved latency (the lag from giving an order to a device…
The State of the Internet Around the World
Thirty years ago, Tim Berners-Lee published his landmark scientific proposal, “Information Management: A Proposal” that laid out the foundation for developing the fundamentals of the internet. Berners-Lee was a computer scientist working at CERN when he birthed the concept and proposal. After the advent of the internet thirty years ago, access has expanded rapidly. In Europe internet access stood at…
Infographic: Global 5G Adoption to Take Off in 2021
Mobile internet connections on 4G networks are quicker than the internet connections that many people have at home. What used to be unthinkable in the early days of the mobile internet is now reality. Streaming HD video or downloading music, apps and games on the go without a wi-fi connection is no problem on today’s…