{"id":65196,"date":"2018-05-09T11:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T11:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=65196"},"modified":"2018-05-09T11:30:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T11:30:34","slug":"google-eases-tech-stress-app-controls-table-booking-assistant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/google-eases-tech-stress-app-controls-table-booking-assistant.html","title":{"rendered":"Google eases tech stress with app controls, table-booking assistant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google eases tech stress with app controls, table-booking assistant<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The demonstrations at Google I\/O, an annual event for creators of Google-compatible products, showed how big technology companies are positioning themselves for a lucrative artificial intelligence revolution while grappling with heightened scrutiny about their societal influence.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and other officials said Google should find ways to reduce stress from technology and improve customers\u2019 \u201cdigital well-being.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t just be wide-eyed about the innovations technology creates,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google showed how its email program can suggest sentences and how Google Assistant can call a salon or restaurant to make an appointment or reservation.<\/span><\/p>\n

A new tool in its Android software, which runs most of the world\u2019s mobile phones, will notify users how much they are using apps and let them set limits for themselves and family members.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google, Facebook Inc (FB.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and other technology leaders are vying to keep users in their apps to maintain booming businesses of selling ads, goods or online computing services.<\/span><\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s Echo has taken the lead on \u201csmart speakers\u201d using voice assistants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Offloading tasks to virtual assistants to manage photos, emails and schedules is part of the companies\u2019 remedy for decreasing screen time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shares of Alphabet closed at $1,058.59, down almost 0.1 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google and its rivals have faced unprecedented criticism from former employees and U.S. lawmakers over the last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Critics have urged the companies to halt the spread of misinformation and extremist propaganda, improve data privacy protections and play a greater role in combating app addiction. How artificial intelligence may replace human work or be infected with human prejudices is a growing concern.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still, Google is infusing more services with artificial intelligence, which has become more powerful in recent years because of software breakthroughs and decreasing hardware costs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Google Maps will make more dining suggestions by learning user habits and be able to pinpoint users\u2019 locations by using smartphone cameras to analyze their surroundings, the company added.<\/span><\/p>\n

LG Electronics Inc (066570.KS), Xiaomi Technology Co Ltd (IPO-XMGP.HK) and other smartphone makers will begin integrating artificial intelligence into devices so that users can pull up reviews for a piece of clothing by holding their cameras up to it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-alphabet-developers\/google-eases-tech-stress-with-app-controls-table-booking-assistant-idUSKBN1I92ME<\/span><\/p>\n

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