Google To Promote Paid News To Subscribers In Search

Web giant Google will reportedly be hosting an event in New York on March 20, where it will announce that it plans to start promoting search results containing paid articles when subscribers search for news. To be clear, this means that if Google knows that you subscribe to a certain publication, searching for news that publication has covered will see that particular publication’s articles on the subject promoted higher than they would be for non-subscribers. This move is meant to help both Google and publications; while Google can fall back on the quality of paid publications to help it fight fake news and incendiary content in its search service, publications can reach out to their paid subscribers via Google in order to get more eyes on pages and keep subscribers interested enough to stay subscribed

None of this information has been confirmed by Google yet which means that it should be taken with a grain of salt. It is worth noting that New York will be hosting a number of concerts, wine tastings, and other events on March 20, which means that Google’s event could be a pop-up event associated with another, bigger event going on in the city, or it could be a somewhat small-scale event not meant to catch the attention of the general public passing on the street.

This move could help Google prove its earnest to news publishers in the wake of a number of ongoing content policing and fake news scandals that have rocked the company’s various properties and scared advertisersand content producers alike. Google and other companies have been working, sometimes together, to fight against fake news and other threats to their presentation of favorable and fair content on the web. There are arguments that the companies may not be sincere in this pursuit or may not have the best interests of outside entities at heart, and some lawmakers worldwide have even taken things a step further by threatening or fining internet giants for not doing enough to stop the spread of fake news and objectionable content through their various channels of user-facing services and content delivery mechanisms.

Information you should know about Android

? Who is the owner of Android

Android, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California in October 2003 by Andy Rubin(co-founder of Danger), Rich Miner (co-founder of Wildfire Communications, Inc.), Nick Sears (once VP at T-Mobile), and Chris White (headed design and interface development at WebTV) to develop, in Rubin's words, "smarter mobile devices ...

 ? What is the latest version of Android

The latest version is Android 6 Marshmallow, which will gradually become available for more and more devices over the coming months. Lollipop is 5.x, and KitKat is version 4.4.x, with 4.3, 4.2 and 4.1 all coming under the codename name Jelly Bean.




? What is Android pay

Android Pay is a mobile wallet that can store your credit cards, debit cards, loyalty cards, etc. If that sounds a lot like Google Wallet, it's because Android Pay is the 

new Google Wallet (only it's supposed to be better, more convenient, and secure).

 ? What is the Android operating system

Android is an OS created by Google™ for use on mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets. It's an OS that's available on devices made by a variety of manufacturers, giving you more choices of device style and pricing. Also, with theAndroid OS, you can customize your device in many ways.

Super Mario Run coming to Android ?

When’s Super Mario Run coming to Android? Register to get an alert, now

Super Mario Run on Android still has no date beyond 2017, but today a placeholder for the game popped up in the Google Play store along with a detailed description and ability to pre-register.

By clicking on the register button, hopeful players will be notified when the game goes live.

The game’s release date is simply listed as “coming soon.”

Nintendo did the same thing for the iOS version of its game, which finally released on Dec. 15.

The game has players controlling an ever-running Mario as he makes his way, mostly from left to right, through worlds decorated with breakable blocks, pipes and the many other familiar hallmarks of a Super Mario game.

Super Mario Run features four modes: World Tour, Kingdom Builder, Toad Rally and Friendly Run.

In World Tour, players have to navigate through six worlds, each featuring 24 brand-new courses, as they try to find and rescue Princess Peach.

In Toad Rally, players show off their moves in various challenge maps as they try to impress a crowd of Toads and get the highest score. The game requires items called Rally Tickets earned in the regular mode to access, something players haven’t been too happy about.

The Friendly Run mode pits players against each other in a Toad Rally, but with nothing at stake. That means you’re racing against a friend you select to impress an audience of Toads, but you can’t win or lose any of the Toads for your kingdom. You can only play this game five times a day, at most.

Finally, in Kingdom Builder, players can build their own kingdom. This mode uses the items acquired during Toad Rally mode.

The game requires a persistent online connection to play, Nintendo told Polygon. You can learn all about why that is and a bunch of other things in our handy guide to the game.

Nintendo has released two updates to the game since its release: Friendly Mode and some Christmas-themed items for Kingdom Builder.

Cyanogen Inc. shuts down services and OS; open-source CyanogenMod project will remain

Sneaking the big news on the long holiday weekend, Cyanogen Inc. has announced discontinuation of the operating system and all services by December 31. Per the official statement, CyanogenMod OS and source code will remain available for the communite

 

Sneaking the big news on the long holiday weekend, Cyanogen Inc. has announced discontinuation of the operating system and all services by December 31. Per the official statement, CyanogenMod OS and source code will remain available for the community.

The ambitious startup aimed to build a better version of Android, but the software received lukewarm response because the OEMs didn’t want to ditch the Google ecosystem. And then, there were issues with partners like OnePlus who ditched the alliance immediately after the first outing with OnePlus One.

The announcement was made in a very uncharacteristic and brief bog post:

As part of the ongoing consolidation of Cyanogen, all services and Cyanogen-supported nightly builds will be discontinued no later than 12/31/16. The open source project and source code will remain available for anyone who wants to build CyanogenMod personally.

While surprising, the announcement isn’t shocking, really. The company had recently laid off staff, and we heard the news of the exit of its CEO as well as another co-founder. The company will now look to pivot towards a modular operating system that can work with Android, which they’ll hope will be more attractive to OEMs.