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AWS	AWS	AWS Customer Success Story: SoftwareOne | Amazon Web Services	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlkLVdjC9As	AWS Customer Success Story SoftwareOne Amazon Web ServicesSoftwareONE is a leading global provider of end to end software and cloud technology solutions It enables commercial technology and digital transformations using IP and technology driven services SoftwareOne worked with AWS to migrate their IT infrastructure to the cloud Discover how SoftwareOne s cloud journey has improved their flexibility and scalability of infrastructure resources which is essential to support their complex and transforming business Would you like to speak to a local AWS Solutions Architect Book an Ask the SA appointment here AWS in Switzerland Learn more at Subscribe More AWS videos More AWS events videos ABOUT AWSAmazon Web Services AWS is the world s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform offering over fully featured services from data centers globally Millions of customers ーincluding the fastest growing startups largest enterprises and leading government agencies ーare using AWS to lower costs become more agile and innovate faster AWSSwitzerland cloudsuccess softwareone cloud cloudmigration awspartner AWS AmazonWebServices CloudComputing	2022-09-28 17:35:50
海外TECH	Ars Technica	DALL-E image generator is now open to everyone	https://arstechnica.com/?p=1885259	development	2022-09-28 17:33:13
海外TECH	Ars Technica	Google Maps gets augmented reality search results	https://arstechnica.com/?p=1884560	camera	2022-09-28 17:31:42
海外TECH	Ars Technica	Google Fiber touts 20Gbps download speed in test, promises eventual 100Gbps	https://arstechnica.com/?p=1885247	kansas	2022-09-28 17:25:19
海外TECH	Ars Technica	Amazon’s $340 Kindle Scribe is its first e-reader with handwriting and pen support	https://arstechnica.com/?p=1885221	display	2022-09-28 17:14:23
海外TECH	Ars Technica	Ship that warned Titanic of icebergs has been found at bottom of Irish Sea	https://arstechnica.com/?p=1885190	titanic	2022-09-28 17:13:51
海外TECH	MakeUseOf	How Does the Apple Watch Ultra Rank Among Other Rugged Fitness Trackers?	https://www.makeuseof.com/compare-apple-watch-ultra-rugged-fitness-trackers/	How Does the Apple Watch Ultra Rank Among Other Rugged Fitness Trackers The Apple Watch Ultra brings a more rugged design and promises advanced fitness features but can it outperform competing fitness trackers	2022-09-28 17:30:14
海外TECH	MakeUseOf	6 Ways to Quickly Show the Desktop in Windows 11	https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-11-show-desktop/	windows	2022-09-28 17:15:14
海外TECH	DEV Community	Platform Engineering vs. Site Reliability Engineering	https://dev.to/aha/platform-engineering-vs-site-reliability-engineering-3ei5	Platform Engineering vs Site Reliability EngineeringStriker and goalie Offense and defense Deploy and recalibrate Many disciplines have dichotomy between the tasks that accomplish a goal and tasks that protect the ability to do so Delivering features building out user flows and optimizing conversion rates constitute the offense of many software companies All of these activities are directly tied to the goal of growing the business Defensive tasks encompass security operations and disaster recovery These tasks are designed to prevent loss and empower the offense An engineering team cannot run optimal code or move the business forward with a weak infrastructure In the software world this alliance is realized through the engineering and operations teams Some organizations refer to these as the profit center and cost center respectively Traditional site reliability engineeringThough symbiotic the relationship between engineering and operations may encounter pitfalls at more complex organizations The introduction to Google s Site Reliability Engineering How Google Runs Production Systems describes how the two groups may have varied goals backgrounds skill sets incentives vocabulary and assumptions And when left unchecked strife can form as organizational effectiveness breaks down Google s solution to this problem is the discipline of site reliability engineering SRE Developers are tasked with writing software that creates a stable environment for the deployment and operation of the infrastructure Site reliability engineers at Google work with development teams on a sort of contract ーSRE runs the application only if development follows the practices needed to make the application run efficiently If the development team does not hold up their end of the bargain then the SRE will decline to hold up theirs and work with teams who do This works well for Google but turning down work from one part of our engineering team is not an option for the Aha team We have no site reliability engineers on staff at Aha ーbecause we found a better way Unified engineering goalsWe solved the problem of the development operations split by defining clear goals for our dedicated platform team Our platform team has goals similar to a traditional operations team such as Operability ーHow do we run the system on a day to day basis and make routine changes Reliability ーHow do we ensure the system is available for our customers Resilience ーWhen the system is unavailable how do we get it running again Observability ーHow do we ensure that we know before our customers when the system needs help We have also adopted six additional goals to help us create a happy effective and high performing engineering team Inverse toilToil refers to the time engineers spend doing repetitive work that doesn t deliver real value to customers While the amount of manual work the platform team needs to do to operate production is higher than the rest of the engineering team we still try to keep our time spent toiling to a minimum For most of our platform engineers it s less than of their time Google s SREs target or less time spent toiling so we believe that our investments in automation have been very effective Release velocityHow long does it take a pull request to be deployed after being flagged as ready While we attempt to optimize the time taken in continuous integration test automation is not a core focus for us Our developers closest to the code are best suited to test it so we leave that responsibility to them We instead focus on the deployment pipeline ーbuilding the core images and getting them into production Simplifying that process allows it to be done many times a day Change managementIn addition to deployment speed some changes require a gradual rollout or an experimental stage to validate the changes we made The platform team manages the feature flag functionality at Aha and continues to extend it to provide support for more use cases Developer productivityThe platform team maintains a robust logging system to allow our engineers to troubleshoot problems in production quickly and effectively without direct access to customer data We maintain the Docker setup for local development to give engineers a stable way to run the application and all of its dependencies Our dynamic staging setup allows us to get new features in front of the product marketing and Customer Success teams early in the development process Application performanceAll engineers should attempt to create a performant application Our focus on monitoring and observability allows us to find problems in production and start the troubleshooting process Some features may need to go back into development for optimization but we can often solve the problem through algorithmic tweaks indexing changes or other database management techniques Our experience looking into these issues gives us a sense of where additional caching reducing object allocations or other techniques could be used to bolster end user performance These goals and techniques are also shared by the DevOps movement which attempts to push all the operations work back onto the engineering team However developing a large monolithic Rails application with a robust and modern front end framework encompasses two very deep skill sets Asking all of our engineers to also be AWS networking and database engineers is asking far too much Our platform team serves and empowers the rest of the engineering organization All of our goals unite to serve the company vision Making complicated problems simpleWithout new features to uncover what is currently possible with our infrastructure we wouldn t be able to solve complex problems Part of that empowerment entails building out all new infrastructure and paradigms that can be used to solve tomorrow s problems We ve made a massive effort toward integrating Kafka into our infrastructure this year which is typical of this kind of investment By having some space away from product facing work we re able to think of our product engineers as internal customers We can build out tools and infrastructure that will support the development of future features and products Platform for profitRemember the profit center vs cost center distinction New development generally gets billed as profit generating but the operations side of an organization has the unique ability to drive costs down This is done through fine tuning the spend on Cloud resources optimizing execution to require less of those resources in the first place and selecting time saving technologies Infrastructure budget is a vital component of the technical roadmap for any platform team When the development team is bottlenecked for infrastructure reasons the organization loses out on critical first mover advantages in the marketplace Poor engineering practices can lead to a deficit of our most important asset ーthe team We want our teammates to love what they do ーincreasing employee joy is the aim and core of our company s existence And it makes financial sense too Replacing an engineer s institutional knowledge and expertise takes time Attrition makes your hiring plan doubly difficult to achieve Need for speedFocusing on optimization allows platform engineers to improve the company s service in noticeable ways Speed is a feature because performance expectations are similar to the delays we expect in a normal conversation A response of ms feels instantaneous but delays longer than one second start to interrupt the user s flow of thought Beyond four seconds the user can no longer smoothly interact with a system Products in your daily workflow should be reliable and resilient ーthese two factors drive the happy use of software Failures can occur through human error hardware malfunction or bugs in vendor packages However my experience has shown that a system that recovers quickly when it fails is viewed more favorably than one that fails infrequently but has a longer recovery time A system in this case may refer not only to your software and hardware but also your operations engineers and customer success teams When failures are still within the realm of exceptional behavior and are fixed rapidly we find those customer interactions are generally positive ーeven lovable Customers who love your product will keep using it reducing churn increasing profit and expand the use of the product within their own organization Platform teams support the broader engineering organization by being prepared to respond quickly to the most debilitating failure modes This is a core overlap with SRE teams as well Structuring engineering teamsIf SRE teams are the defense and engineers are the offense then platform teams are the mid fielders They save goals as often as they score them Their presence makes the rest of the engineering organization more effective at their core objectives However keep in mind the time spent toiling If the platform infrastructure QA and tooling engineers spend over half of their time responding directly to incidents or on call work you may need a dedicated reliability team If every week has a new emergent behavior that requires platform engineers to drop everything and fix it it s time to adopt more proactive measures to build resilience monitoring and fault tolerance And when those tasks take up more than half the platform team s time it s time to honor reality and break off a dedicated reliability engineering team Platform and SRE teams do much of the same work ーthe division between them is more like a gradient than a clear line When the platform team is fully aligned with engineering and company goals it can incorporate a healthy SRE culture that meets its needs Focusing on observability recovery and reliability saves costs and increases reliability while the platform team works on enhancing the developer experience and building new infrastructure for future features or projects Grow your career and be happyIf this kind of alignment and environment sounds intriguing to you come join us and work with the sharpest engineers I ve ever had the pleasure of calling colleagues Career happiness comes from doing meaningful work with motivated teammates and being appreciated for it That is Aha ーa talented group of people changing how the best known companies innovate and bring products to market	2022-09-28 17:33:52
海外TECH	DEV Community	New currency in Software Development	https://dev.to/shreyvijayvargiya/new-currency-in-software-development-jna	New currency in Software Development Under the HoodSoftware development is evolving very fast and we always have something new coming under the hood In the last month I found so many interesting open source packages that literally deserve the chance to try When I started my programming journey I was told much about architecture My only attention is to look for highly extensible solutions in frontend and backend and architecture plays a very good role Because of this I ve covered so many stories about frontend architecture and how we can make it extensible to god knows what extent In fact to reduce the reusable workload I create a custom repo section on the website to easily download the repository with top notch packages pre installed of your choice Not the only storylineBut that s not the point of today s story we are completely in a chaotic world We have so many packages tools frameworks and concepts to depend yet we are not able to develop the most extensible fast and highly customisable products Introducing a new trade off currency in software developmentExtensible Customisable and Scalable are the new trade offs or so called new currency Let s explore this with my favourite section called real world example Supabase vs FirebaseRecently I post a tweet asking questions on the price fluctuations of Firebase alternative Supabase Supabase vs Firebase Price discussion on TwitterTwitter is so good you can directly solve your doubts with the largest community in the world instantly The discussion went good even the Supabase founder Ant Wilson replied by attaching an article from tech crunch about the hike in google storage price But that s not the point the most important thing the people mentioned about Supabase is we can directly eject the database and independently run it on our own server Imagine a few years down the line when your website got huge traffic you can simply eject supabase and runs your own backend servers independently This means scalable and extensible and further we can customise the database to whatever extent we want This is what makes people happy behind using supabase Another thing that motivates developers to contribute to the supabase is its open source They have sponsors and more than contributors so far The firebase alternative is ready to crash the market and go higher and higher But the real trade off happens because it s quite scalable easy to use customisable and extensible Let s take another example that I am discussing a lot nowadays Astro ーthe all in one frameworkAstro follows Island architecture under the hood Meaning loads each and every component independently and exclusively This makes Astor quite fast in as compared to Next js and other javascript competitors But that s not the only thing why Astro is getting so much love and recognition Astro is termed as an all in one framework meaning we can write React Svelte and Vue code in a single repository We can use markdown extension to lazy loading optimised image components and third party like TailwindCSS and vercel integrations in a single repository Shorts for Astro introductionImagine writing HTML or markdown directly for static pages such as blog and using React with Redux or Zustand for home pages that requires complex state management in a single repository This makes Astro highly extensible and customisable and we can do whatever we want in a single repository This is the future I can see where we don t argue among the frameworks to choose instead we just add whatever we want in whatever fashion Next js industry standardsSo let s understand Next js developed by Vercel Next js file based routing is loved by almost all frameworks across the globe Recently I read the post from the Expo team that helps to develop apps that work across Mobile and desktop Expo itself supports new file based routing in fact Astro provides file based and dynamic routing just like Next js did Read the tweet by the Expo team member introducing new file based routing in Expo Twitter thread by Expo team on releasing file based routingNext js set the new standard by providing an extensible solution when it comes to architecture in the front end People loved this and somehow made it an industry tradition Just providing an extenisble solution makes the product more transactional and acceptable and becomes the new currency to make a trade in software development Tinder Swipe EraWe all loved the tinder swipe effect and getting used to it very well Tinder makes the trademark in the industry for providing the most effortless user experience In this story where Josep Ferrer covered how tinder thinks and creates the most effective functionality This single functionality disrupts the market and because of this we can witness more swipe functionalities on the browser itself Because it s scalable and extensible and easy to use people are loving it including developers Xstate ーThe futuristic state managementXstate is the state management library that is so underrated The most important thing about Xstate is its extensibility meaning you can use it React Vue Svelte and even with vanilla javascript If you want to learn here is the introduction shorts on the Finite State Machines concept Introduction to Finite State MachinesXstate is not constrained to a single framework you are using which makes it powerful Understand that in future if we want to remove React then only the UI component required a change the entire UI logic and business logic can still remain untouched we can replace React with the new framework easily and this all is possible because Xstate is extensible with other libraries Headless UIThis is quite a trending concept and people are loving it including meLet me explain earlier when we have to develop UI we use third party packages like Material UI React Bootstrap or Ant Design and add the logic to the components To create the website according to your theme we have to override the CSS or add the new themes to each and every component provided by these third party libraries So these libraries come with the cost of customisable and extensibility that they don t understand until they have a competitor in the market Competition is good for consumersI am talking about Mantine dev this is a headless UI library that only provides components and you can directly add your styling to each component No overriding time saving extensible and customisable components library Now look what happens when we have so much love for mantine dev and headless UI The Material UI backed by google itself developed and launched the MUI Base called Headless Material UI MUI Base release twitter threadThis is the power of open source and hence new currency to make transactions called Extensible Customisable and Flexibility Even another React Frontend UI library Chakra UI is proceeding in this direction by creating a headless UI library without providing any styling We are having more and more libraries that will provide only the functionality and you take care of the design and looks and styles basically making it highly customisable and scalable and extensible In addition Chakra UI is planning to go further they will use Xstate in the business logic for a component so that they can provide highly customisable and extensible components that can be used directly with React Svelte and Vue and saves a lot of their time in creating components for each of the individual frameworks Chakra UI team have named it ZagjsI have asked directly with the Chakra UI founder about this new headless UI library using Xstate in the backend Here is the reply ーChakra UI founder on releasing ZagjsThe idea is to use Xstate to create a Headless UI library that is highly customisable extensible and scalable making it a high standard product and easy to trade off among developers See I told you Twitter is quite a product you can talk directly to the founders team members and to whomever you want USD in Trade Extensible Customisable and Scalable in Software developmentJust like the USA did in the s swapping GOLD with USD to make any trade in the world Well this is the story I can see with all other third party packages companies and open source products All of them are somehow promising to be in among one of the categories and that s the right way to make products for developers and consumers Encouragement is still rareBut we all should also understand one thing irrespective of making such high standard promises these companies are working extensively hard to stand on it It s very easy to condemn the product or third party or to say bad about any package or software we have used Developing and maintaining open source products is quite a task and a lot of developers are not even getting paid for the hard work We should understand that competition should stay alive but it should not make people jobless instead it should create more opportunities That is why I covered most of the underrated third party open source packages a lot Recently I post on LinkedIn mentioning Moralis Web Ironically the moralis team itself showed their love in the comment section LinkedIn Post for Moralis WebWe should all encourage it and as I always add my favourite ーTechnology doesn t evolve over time on its own it s the people who are working extensively hard to make it happen So support them show your love share their good work with your audiences and encourage them to do such a high standard of work ConclusionIt is good to see competition and I am looking forward to where we are heading in future Will we always be competitive in nature among the frameworks languages or we will instead support each other to keep working for betterment Well time will tell but seems like software development is on the good track so far and people are not concerned about money much and paying more attention to providing top notch and best services If you are any kind of open source contributor then DM me over Twitter about your product or mention it in the comment section I will certainly reply and try to use your product My good wishes are to all open source contributors and developers you are doing a good job KUDOS Keep developingShreyiHateReading	2022-09-28 17:20:25
海外TECH	DEV Community	Algorithms: Bubble Sort	https://dev.to/m13ha/algorithms-bubble-sort-k0	Algorithms Bubble Sort IntroductionBubble sort also known as sinking sort is a sorting algorithm that works by looping through an array or list of elements comparing two elements at a time and swapping them if necessary It does this until all elements are properly ordered Let s look at an example of this in action VisualizationThe algorithm starts at the first card and compares it to the adjacent card since is greater than so they swap positions this is the core concept of bubble sort The algorithm moves through the list checking two elements at a time until each element is in its proper position ImplementationLet s break down this algorithm into steps before writing it out in code so we understand how it works Loop through the array or list As we loop check if the current element is less than or greater than the next element If the current element is greater then swap the position of the elements otherwise move to the next element Repeat until no swapping occurs The above steps look like this in javascript codefunction bubbleSort array for var i i lt array length i loop if array i amp amp array i amp amp array i gt array i comprare let currentIndex array i array i array i swap array i currentIndex swap return array There s a problem with the above code it will only loop through the array once we need a way to keep the loop going until all elements in the array are sorted and then exit the loop for this we use a boolean to represent the current state of the array and a while loop to keep the loop going until the state of the array is sorted In javascript code the algorithm looks like this function bubbleSort array let unsorted true while unsorted unsorted false for var i i lt array length i if array i amp amp array i amp amp array i gt array i let currentIndex array i array i array i array i currentIndex unsorted true return array In the above function we initialize a variable called unsorted and set the value to true while unsorted remains true we shall keep looping through the array when we enter the while loop we assume that we will find the array sorted so we set unsorted to false if the array is not sorted which we will know when a swap occurs we set unsorted to true and loop through the array again Only when a swap does not occur and unsorted remains false till the end of the for loop do we end the function because that means the array is sorted Time Complexity of Bubble SortBubble sort has a worst and average complexity of O n compared to other sorting algorithms bubble sort ranks very low in efficiency and it is recommended that programmers do not use it when solving real world problems Conclusion Bubble sort is meant to be an educational tool to introduce newbie programmers to the concept of algorithms as it is easy to understand and implement	2022-09-28 17:05:52
Apple	AppleInsider - Frontpage News	Apple Car team reforming before end of 2022 says Ming-Chi Kuo	https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/09/28/apple-car-team-reforming-before-end-of-2022-says-ming-chi-kuo?utm_medium=rss	Apple Car team reforming before end of says Ming Chi KuoAfter some years of relative silence the Apple Car team is said to be restarting work with a potential reformation of the group before the end of the year Ming Chi Kuo believes Apple CarAnalyst Ming Chi Kuo took to Twitter on Wednesday with a single tweet sharing his prediction based on a survey Read more	2022-09-28 17:58:58
Apple	AppleInsider - Frontpage News	Theft of 2000 pieces of Apple gear leads to 4 years in prison	https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/09/28/theft-of-2000-pieces-of-apple-gear-leads-to-4-years-in-prison?utm_medium=rss	Theft of pieces of Apple gear leads to years in prisonA man in South Carolina has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for a scheme to steal a large amount of new iPad models the Apple Watch and other expensive electronics from Walmart Courtroom photo by Sadmir KanovickiThe scheme happened in where he worked at a Walmart distribution center in Pennsylvania Jimenez Hiciano hid certain electronics in delivery trucks mailed them through FedEx to his addresses and shared the proceeds of the sales with others Read more	2022-09-28 17:13:19
Apple	AppleInsider - Frontpage News	Amazon reveals new Echo Dot, Kindle Scribe tablet & more	https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/09/28/amazon-reveals-new-echo-dot-kindle-scribe-tablet-more?utm_medium=rss	Amazon reveals new Echo Dot Kindle Scribe tablet amp moreAn Amazon product event is underway and the company has unveiled a new stylus based Kindle Scribe tablet a refresh of the Echo Dot line sleep monitoring hardware and more The Amazon event revealed new products like an updated Echo Dot and Kindle ScribeNew product updates include a fifth generation Echo Dot with a clock and a Kindle with a stylus Kindle s offerings compete with Apple s iPad and HomePod mini but with budget focused designs and hardware Read more	2022-09-28 17:39:12
海外TECH	Engadget	Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forums	https://www.engadget.com/google-search-reddit-forums-180047845.html?src=rss	Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forumsGoogle is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forum sites The search engine is adding a new module that will surface discussions happening on forums across the web for queries that may benefit from crowd sourced answers The “discussions and forums module will surface relevant posts from sites like Reddit and Quora alongside more traditional search results It s not clear exactly how Google is determining what types of searches are best suited to forum posts The company says the new “forum results will “appear when you search for something that might benefit from the diverse personal experiences found in online discussions The feature is already rolling out for mobile searches in the United States Google didn t specify when it may be available more widely but said they will consider updates in the future Google is also adding a new feature to news related searches that will make it easier to browse international headlines that are published in languages other than English With the change news related searches will also turn up relevant local coverage translated by Google GoogleThe company uses the example of the recent earthquake in Mexico With the update search results will also show “news from Mexico which will highlight coverage from local outlets originally written in Spanish but translated into English Of course Google Chrome and other browsers are already able to translate web pages But Google says that by elevating stories from international outlets directly in search will help provide “new global perspectives on important stories The feature which is labeled as being in beta for now is starting off with the ability to translate headlines and stories from Spanish French and German into English though the beta designation means Google is likely to add more languages over time	2022-09-28 17:51:14
海外TECH	Engadget	Amazon's first QLED Fire TVs offer better picture quality and an ambient mode	https://www.engadget.com/amazon-fire-tv-omni-qled-announced-specs-availability-174942741.html?src=rss	Amazon x s first QLED Fire TVs offer better picture quality and an ambient modeWhen Amazon introduced its Fire TV Omni line last year it mostly offered affordable sets oriented toward budget conscious consumers At its fall hardware event today the company announced two new models with QLED panels Priced at and for and inch K models the Omni QLED TVs feature quot up to quot local dimming zones support for Dolby Vision IQ and HDR Plus Adaptive Those are features that should significantly improve the picture quality the new sets can offer over their predecessors New presence and ambient light sensors also allow the Omni QLED TVs to offer a feature Amazon is calling quot Ambient Experience quot Taking a page from Samsung s Frame TVs the Omni QLED TVs can display artwork when you re not watching a TV show or movie At any time you can ask Alexa to tell you more about the piece or the artist who created it The Ambient Experience automatically turns on when you enter the room and off again when you leave nbsp If you want something more practical the TVs can also display Alexa widgets with information on the news weather and more You can disable the built in far field microphones at any point if you don t want Alexa listening and it s even possible to use the TV to play music without keeping the display on Preorders for the Fire TV Omni QLED series open today with orders shipping in October nbsp nbsp nbsp Follow all of the news from Amazon s event right here	2022-09-28 17:49:42
海外TECH	Engadget	DALL-E's AI art generator is now (sort of) available to everyone	https://www.engadget.com/dall-e-ai-image-generator-beta-no-waitlist-173746483.html?src=rss	DALL E x s AI art generator is now sort of available to everyoneYou no longer need to join a queue to try OpenAI s well known image generator The company has dropped the waiting list for the DALL E beta making the technology available to everyone If you want to create art you just have to sign up if you can get past the authentication glitch that exists as we write this and start describing the pieces you d like to produce The wider release comes after OpenAI both expanded DALL E s features such as quot Outpainting quot to expand beyond original image borders and importantly some crucial safeguards The firm claims it has quot more robust quot abilities to filter out policy violating content including some depictions of sexuality and violence A developer framework currently in testing should also bring the AI picture maker to third party apps This public debut comes without answers to some key questions It s not clear if AI generated art is fair use or stolen for instance ーGetty Images and similar services have banned the material out of concern it might violate copyright While this expansion will be welcome it might test some legal limits	2022-09-28 17:37:46
海外TECH	Engadget	How Google is working to help you find food and local businesses	https://www.engadget.com/google-search-food-local-business-yul-kwon-interview-172736876.html?src=rss	How Google is working to help you find food and local businessesAt its Search On event today Google unveiled several new ways to help people more easily find what they re looking for Some things can be trickier to locate than most like a particular style of clothing or a certain fragrance But when it comes to food that makes your mouth and eyes water Google thinks it can help Engadget spoke with vice president and general manager of Local Search Yul Kwon to learn how the company believes it can bring people to the dishes they re craving Kwon s lived many lives You might remember him as the winner of Survivor Cook Islands but he s also been a management consultant a law practitioner and the owner of several Red Mango franchise locations in California quot I lost about pounds during the show and when I came back I was so hungry quot he said quot I basically just sat there and ate everything and anything I could get my hands on quot His ravenous spiral led to a quot pound weight swing quot which drove Kwon to find healthier alternatives to junk food and dessert On a trip to Los Angeles Kwon discovered frozen yogurt and was hooked But the dearth of high quality frozen yogurt stores in the Bay Area at the time meant it was hard for him to find the tasty treat at home Inspired and driven by the desire to make an quot unlimited supply of frozen yogurt for me to eat myself quot Kwon opened stores in downtown Palo Alto San Carlos and San Jose nbsp Over time competition in the froyo business grew intense as more and more stores opened to cater to growing demand quot At some point everyone and their grandma was opening a frozen yogurt store quot Kwon said quot A lot of the stores that opened were lower quality and lower cost and so they were not as healthy quot Max Morse reutersKwon said that amid this spike it not only became became tough to differentiate his business from the competition but the tools to reach and engage with customers just weren t available quot It was harder to track new customers to get the word out and we didn t really have great tools to drive word of mouth or use technology to drive awareness quot Eventually the financial crisis of became the final straw and Kwon had to close his businesses nbsp This is a story that s all too familiar Small local businesses lacking the tools to reach larger audiences eventually have to cave to competition and shutter Though services like GrubHub and DoorDash have made it easier for people to discover restaurants to order food from they often charge high fees and offer businesses little control over how they re presented nbsp These days companies turn to social media to reach would be customers and making an attractive profile can determine how successful you are Skills that have little to do with running a restaurant like photography and caption writing are now key to bringing in money Though it s not technically social media Google Maps and Search results also play crucial parts in whether a business thrives or fails If a restaurant s Maps listing has a rating that s lower than four stars or if it doesn t have a menu available for perusal a potential diner can quickly be turned off nbsp GoogleUpdated digital menus and vibe checksOne of these potential roadblocks is fairly easy to solve Not only does Google already provide a digital menu on most listings it also groups user submitted pictures of physical menus for easier reference The company also announced today that it s expanding its coverage of digital menus quot making them more visually rich and reliable nbsp quot We combine menu information provided by people and merchants and found on restaurant websites that use open standards for data sharing quot Sophia Lin the company s general manager of Food and Search wrote in a blog post Google also uses image and language understanding technologies like its Multitask Unified Model to scrape available data and produce these menus which will also showcase most popular dishes and call out different dietary options starting with just vegetarian and vegan Just like Neighborhood Vibe that Google just announced for Maps a new feature is also coming to Search to help capture and relay to users what makes a restaurant stand out quot Star ratings are helpful but they don t tell you everything about a restaurant quot Lin wrote In the coming months listings will show pictures and reviews that the company s machine learning systems determined are representative of how a place feels nbsp We ve all been there…a food craving you can t get off your mind In the coming months you can search for a specific dish like quot soup dumplings near me quot and quickly see what local restaurants offer it with pictures and reviews ーsatisfying that craving in no time SearchOnpic twitter com EoDdkSzーGoogle Google September Identify and find specific dishesGoogle also wants to help people find the exact food items they re craving quot Our research shows percent of people already have a dish in mind when they search for food quot Lin wrote quot So to help people find what they re looking for in the coming months you ll be able to search for any dish and see the local places that offer it quot Lin gave the example of soup dumplings which she said is a family favorite The new multisearch near me tool can not only identify the type of xiao long bao the Chinese name for soup dumplings or XLB for the well informed in a picture but can also tell you where you can buy it near you You can also get more specific with your search nbsp According to Lin quot In the past searching for soup dumplings near me would show a list of related restaurants With our revamped experience we ll now show you the exact dish results you ve been looking for You can even narrow your search down to spicy dishes if you want a bit of a kick quot Of course these new tools alone won t help struggling small businesses thrive but they do help users better understand what restaurants have to offer nbsp When Kwon recounts his experiences running his Red Mango franchises he feels on hindsight that quot it was hard for people to really understand how we differed from other yogurt shops It wasn t any like one place that could go to to really help them find what they re looking for quot Kwon said he learned from that ordeal how hard it was to be successful as a small business and wanted to do something to help people in similar situations He believes that building a set of tools that help small businesses succeed is how he can make a difference quot Ultimately technology can be the great equalizer quot he said quot It can be the thing that helps small businesses can change on an even playing field within the big guys quot While today s announcements on their own don t seem to specifically target local businesses trying to reach customers in their community Kwon says the updates quot help people connect and find the types of foods that they re looking for quot which he said is part of helping build relationships between people and their communities I want to see Google do more to help and empower small local businesses trying to engage with their communities and customers and though I m underwhelmed by today s announcements on that front I am hopeful for more to come nbsp nbsp	2022-09-28 17:27:36
海外TECH	Engadget	'Immersive View' in Google Maps expands to 250 landmarks globally	https://www.engadget.com/google-immersive-view-250-cities-172654290.html?src=rss	x Immersive View x in Google Maps expands to landmarks globallyIf you recently traveled to a new city there s a good chance you used Maps to plan your trip Google wants to make that process easier Over the next few months you can expect Google to expand the availability of its D “Immersive View feature As of today you can use Maps to see photorealistic aerial views of more than global landmarks including Tokyo Tower and the Acropolis of Athens In Los Angeles London New York San Francisco and Tokyo it s also possible to see a preview of where Google plans to take the feature in the coming months and years In those cities Immersive View includes a timeline functionality allowing you to see a simulation of how a popular landmark will look at a specific time of day Additionally Immersive View works in conjunction with Street View so it s possible to explore nearby restaurants and shops The idea here is to take the guesswork out of planning to visit popular landmarks and tourist destinations GoogleLive View is also about to get an upgrade In LA New York San Francisco Paris and Tokyo Google is adding search functionality to the augmented reality feature Now if you re looking for an ATM restroom or a place to sit down and grab a bite to eat you can use Live View to point you in the right direction Android and iOS users can expect the updated feature to arrive on their devices in the coming months Last but not least Google announced today it s making its eco friendly routing feature available to third party developers That should allow companies like Uber and Lyft to add the technology to their apps helping their drivers create fewer emissions	2022-09-28 17:26:54
海外TECH	Engadget	Google brings speed, deep dive and vertical video updates to search results	https://www.engadget.com/google-search-results-vertical-video-deep-dive-172114462.html?src=rss	Google brings speed deep dive and vertical video updates to search resultsGoogle is shaking up Search in terms of both entering queries and how results are displayed and you can expect to see the changes in the wild in the coming months For instance you may soon find it easier to get answers to questions before you finish writing them When you start typing into the search box Google will display badges with autocomplete suggestions as well as related themes and categories The goal as ever is to help you get to relevant results faster When it comes to search results expect Google to place greater onus on videos including more vertical clips According to Google this is in service of diversifying the types of content formats that users see in results It builds on an approach centered around browsable visual first results and endless scrolling on mobile where vertical videos thrive You ll see related topics as you scroll too When you look up a city you might see photos of landmarks directions to get there the current weather and tips for travelers In addition the search results may include videos from creators who have visited the city It could be easier for you to go down the rabbit hole on something you re interested in too Google detailed some quot drill down quot features that are based on a deep understanding of how people search You ll be able to add and remove related topics to see more detail or focus on the things you care about You may discover things you weren t aware of Google used Oaxaca s beaches and musical traditions as examples That could help you find inspiration for planning trips for instance This seems like an evolution of related searches It s described as a streamlined and unified approach to helping folks explore topics by organizing results in a more logical way Ultimately it s all about simplifying Search and getting you the information you need or didn t know you need more quickly	2022-09-28 17:21:14
海外TECH	Engadget	Google Maps will help you discover a neighborhood's 'vibe'	https://www.engadget.com/google-maps-neighborhood-vibe-172025501.html?src=rss	Google Maps will help you discover a neighborhood x s x vibe x Google may soon give you a feel for a city district before you ve ever set foot in it The company is introducing a quot neighborhood vibe feature for Maps on Android and iOS that will help you learn what s new and worth seeing in a particular area through info and imagery You may discover a historic quarter full of landmarks and museums or the hottest restaurants in the chic part of town The technology relies on a blend of AI with community contributions to Google Maps landscape such as photos and reviews If all goes well the feature will evolve in sync with the neighborhood itself The vibe check will roll out to Maps users worldwide in the quot coming months quot No this won t make you as knowledgeable as a resident However it might help you plan a vacation or move ーinstead of searching blindly for things to do you ll have a decent sense of what s popular with locals	2022-09-28 17:20:25
海外TECH	Engadget	Google Lens image and text multisearch will soon be available in more languages	https://www.engadget.com/google-lens-multisearch-languages-near-me-ar-translation-171420309.html?src=rss	Google Lens image and text multisearch will soon be available in more languagesMultisearch a Google Lens feature that can search images and text simultaneously will soon be more broadly available after arriving in the US as a beta earlier this year Google says multisearch will expand to more than languages in the coming months The company made the announcement at an event focused on Search In addition the Near Me feature which Google unveiled at I O back in May will land in the US in English sometime this fall This ties into multisearch with the idea of making it easier for folks to find out more details about local businesses nbsp With multisearch you can take a pic and ask a question to get the look you want or fix something We re bringing this new way to search to languages And soon you ll be able to add quot near me quot to your image to find what you re looking for nearby SearchOnpic twitter com RHxRQmEUーGoogle Google September Multisearch is largely about enabling people to point their camera at something and ask about it while they re using the Google app You could aim your phone at a store and request details about it for instance or ask about a screenshot of any unfamiliar item like an item of clothing You could also look up what a certain food item is called like soup dumplings or laksa and see what restaurants around you offer it Also on the Lens front there will be some changes when it comes to augmented reality translations Google is now employing the same artificial intelligence tech it uses for the Pixel s Magic Eraser feature to make it appear like it s replacing the original text instead of superimposing the translation on top The idea is to make translations look more seamless and natural Google is also adding shortcuts to the bottom of the search bar in its iOS app so you ll more easily find features like translating text with your camera hum to search and translating text in screenshots What you love about Translating with Lens is now even better With major advancements in AI translated text appears seamlessly integrated as if it was part of the original picture Turning text…into context SearchOnpic twitter com NYySvzーGoogle Google September	2022-09-28 17:14:20
海外TECH	Engadget	Here are the new features Amazon is adding to Alexa	https://www.engadget.com/here-are-the-new-features-amazon-is-adding-to-alexa-170858160.html?src=rss	Here are the new features Amazon is adding to AlexaWhile new gadgets tend to dominate Amazon s annual Devices and Services Event the company still has a few upgrades planned for its ubiquitous digital assistant So here are all the fresh features and skills Amazon is planning to add to Alexa nbsp For people trying to shop for a new outfit the Echo Show is getting an AI based skill that allows it to more easily search for clothes using a customer s references or specific characteristics For example Amazon says you can ask things like quot Alexa show me the one shoulder top quot Amazon explained the skill was created using the Alexa Teacher Model which was trained using images and captions sourced from the company s product database nbsp In the car Alexa is also getting a new Roadside Assistance feature that will connect you with an agent in case you need do something like calling a tow truck or get help changing a flat tire On top of that BMW is expanding its partnership with Amazon with BMW announcing plans to build its next generation voice assistant using the Alexa Custom Assistant solution BMW s goal is to support more natural language controls that are easy to use while driving nbsp Alexa is also getting integration with the new Halo Rise allowing it to do things like automatically turn off your lights when you get in bed or play your favorite song to help you wake up in the morning Amazon will also be adding the Fire TV experience to the Echo Show so users will be able to watch all their favorite shows or purchased content on a smaller screen There s also a new Alexa Voice Remote Pro for Fire TVs that allows you to more easily switch between various inputs control routines and use your voice to find the remote if you lose it thanks to the controller s built in speaker nbsp Meanwhile for Disney fans Amazon is adding a new quot Hey Disney quot command that gives anyone with a Kids subscription access to immersive entertainment experiences featuring big name Disney characters nbsp Follow all of the news from Amazon s event right here	2022-09-28 17:08:58
海外TECH	Engadget	Amazon's new Fire TV Cube can control your cable box	https://www.engadget.com/amazon-fire-tv-cube-third-gen-cable-remote-170733237.html?src=rss	Amazon x s new Fire TV Cube can control your cable boxAmazon s Fire TV Cube has always been a bit of a curiosity Clearly the company wanted to combine an Echo Dot with a Fire TV streaming player but it took a few tries before we genuinely liked it Now with the third generation Fire TV Cube Amazon is giving it a more premium sheen with a cloth covered design a more powerful GHz octa core processor and an HDMI input connection for plugging in your cable box Doing so will let you tune the Fire TV Cube to specific channels with voice commandsーyou know for those of you who can t let your local sports go Given that new hardware Amazon says the Fire TV Cube will feel much faster than before It s also the first streamer on the market to include support for WiFi E which should help when you re dealing with huge K streams When it comes to older content Amazon has also included Super Resolution support for upscaling HD video into K It s unclear if that will actually help older content look better but we re looking forward to testing it out In addition to the Fire TV Cube Amazon also announced the Alexa Voice Remote Pro which is unfortunately sold separately It features a backlight and programmable buttons for launching your favorite streaming apps Perhaps most useful though There s a Remote Finder feature which allows you to ask Alexa to trigger a noise in case the Remote Pro gets stuck in your couch That s one big advantage it has over Apple s easy to lose Apple TV remote AmazonFollow all of the news from Amazon s event right here	2022-09-28 17:07:33
Cisco	Cisco Blog	Cisco UCS X-Series – 100G end-to-end networking	https://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/cisco-ucs-x-series-100g-end-to-end-networking	Cisco UCS X Series G end to end networkingToday only Cisco UCS X Series supports Gbps end to end in a modular server form factor In UCS X Series all the networking components are Gbps  Deploying a G solution not only makes bandwidth intensive applications perform well but gives you flexibility in how that bandwidth is used	2022-09-28 17:05:59
海外TECH	WIRED	Google Borrows From TikTok to Keep Gen Z Searching	https://www.wired.com/story/google-borrows-from-tiktok-to-keep-gen-z-searching/	results	2022-09-28 17:23:13
海外TECH	WIRED	Everything Amazon Announced at Its Annual Hardware Event	https://www.wired.com/story/everything-amazon-announced-september-2022/	kindle	2022-09-28 17:18:49
海外TECH	WIRED	Amazon Wants to Cocoon You With ‘Ambient Intelligence’	https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-wants-to-cocoon-you-with-ambient-intelligence/	Amazon Wants to Cocoon You With Ambient Intelligence The company s new smart gadget uses radar to track your breathing while you sleep It s part of Amazon s plan to weave its products invisibly into your life	2022-09-28 17:15:00
ニュース	BBC News - Home	Draw up plan for cuts, government departments told	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63067163?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA	budget	2022-09-28 17:20:52
ニュース	BBC News - Home	Rail strikes: Passengers urged not to travel during walkout	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63064491?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA	passengers	2022-09-28 17:35:42
ニュース	BBC News - Home	Ethiopia's Tigray war: Satellite images capture troop build-up near Eritrea border	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-63061686?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA	eritrea	2022-09-28 17:47:21
ニュース	BBC News - Home	World Cup 2022: Denmark to wear 'toned down' jerseys in protest at hosts Qatar	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63066393?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA	World Cup Denmark to wear x toned down x jerseys in protest at hosts QatarDenmark will wear toned down jerseys for the World Cup to protest against Qatar s human rights record and treatment of migrant workers	2022-09-28 17:29:18
ニュース	BBC News - Home	Plans to scrap Super League relegation for top clubs among rugby league proposals	https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/63063549?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA	Plans to scrap Super League relegation for top clubs among rugby league proposals Category A Super League clubs would not be able to be relegated under IMG recommendations following the sport s most comprehensive consultation	2022-09-28 17:21:42
ニュース	BBC News - Home	Can my mortgage offer be withdrawn? And other questions	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63066211?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA	mortgage	2022-09-28 17:00:57
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	「ペルーってどんな国？」2分で学ぶ国際社会 - 読むだけで世界地図が頭に入る本	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/309803		2022-09-29 02:54:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	がんになるリスクを下げる5つの食品【書籍オンライン編集部セレクション】 - 世界中の医学研究を徹底的に比較して分かった最高のがん治療	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/310125	食品	2022-09-29 02:52:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	文章の伝わり方は「語彙」と「語順」でこれだけ変わる - ぼくらは嘘でつながっている。	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/310171	人間関係	2022-09-29 02:50:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	【精神科医が教える】 こんな人だと思わなかったのに… 人間関係でドツボにはまる人が 見逃している“その人の本質”の見極め方 - 精神科医Tomyが教える 心の荷物の手放し方	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/310260	【精神科医が教える】こんな人だと思わなかったのに…人間関係でドツボにはまる人が見逃している“その人の本質の見極め方精神科医Tomyが教える心の荷物の手放し方不安や悩みが尽きない。	2022-09-29 02:48:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	「すべての動物は性交後にゆううつになる」ラテン語の名句に隠された意味とは？ - 教養としての「ラテン語の授業」	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/310468	東アジア	2022-09-29 02:46:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	【中学受験で知っておきたいこと】 「計画的な息抜き」が「6年生2学期以降」の伸び代になる - 中学受験を目指す保護者からよく質問される「子育てQ&A」	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/309907	【中学受験で知っておきたいこと】「計画的な息抜き」が「年生学期以降」の伸び代になる中学受験を目指す保護者からよく質問される「子育てQampampA」開成・桜蔭・筑波大駒場・渋谷幕張…。	2022-09-29 02:44:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	アクティブ型投資信託はインデックス型投資信託に勝てないのは本当か？ - 一番売れてる月刊マネー誌ザイが作った 投資信託のワナ50＆真実50	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/310354	ideco	2022-09-29 02:42:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	【幸せを感じやすくなる】 “自分の子”と“他人の子”を比較してしまう人が知っておきたいこと - ありがとうの神様――神様が味方をする習慣	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/310004	【幸せを感じやすくなる】“自分の子と“他人の子を比較してしまう人が知っておきたいことありがとうの神様ー神様が味方をする習慣年の発売以降、今でも多くの人に読まれ続けている『ありがとうの神様』。	2022-09-29 02:40:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	ブログは本当にオワコン？「5億円稼ぐまでの血と汗と涙」が本になるまで - 話題書の編集者に聞く	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/308905		2022-09-29 02:38:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	【聞く力】「聞く」より「話す」の多い人が気づいていない悪習慣 - メンタリズム日本一が教える「8秒」で人の心をつかむ技術	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/310476	それを可能にしたのが、大久保雅士著『メンタリズム日本一が教える「秒」で人の心をつかむ技術』だ。	2022-09-29 02:36:00
ビジネス	ダイヤモンド・オンライン - 新着記事	成功する人としない人「年齢の重ねかた」に現れる差 - 良書発見	https://diamond.jp/articles/-/309038		2022-09-29 02:34:00
北海道	北海道新聞	２２年最大６５００品目、１０月値上げ　飲食料品や外食、先行き見えず	https://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/737754/	飲食料品	2022-09-29 02:02:20
GCP	Cloud Blog	Announcing new routing, address validation and map customization capabilities	https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/maps-platform/new-advanced-routing-and-map-customization-capabilities/	Announcing new routing address validation and map customization capabilitiesAt Google Maps Platform we strive to continually bring you helpful new capabilities so you can build innovative geospatial experiences This includes the latest innovations that people use every day from Google Maps and additional highly requested platform capabilities Today we re announcing that eco friendly routing will be available to you in the new Routes API Eco friendly routing already available in the Google Maps consumer app allows you to choose routes that are optimized for lower fuel consumption In addition we re announcing several features in high demand from developers across the world including new advanced routing map customization and address validation capabilities These new capabilities help you verify addresses for account sign up and checkout deliver more informative and flexible routing to drivers and create highly customized markers making it easier for you to enhance user experiences and drive operational efficiencies Get more informative flexible and eco friendly routes In the last few years we ve worked closely with some of the largest operators in the transportation and logistics industries to help them improve customer experiences and delivery operations at scale via our Mobility services By popular demand we re opening many of these advanced routing capabilities plus eco friendly routing to all Google Maps Platform developers in the countries where they re available Navigate more sustainably and optimize for fuel savings with eco friendly routingIn Google Maps eco friendly routing helps drivers find the most fuel efficient routes using insights from the US Department of Energy s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and data from the European Environment Agency Since launching it s estimated to have helped remove more than half a million metric tons of carbon emissionsーequivalent to taking fuel based cars off the road We re excited to bring eco friendly routing to you later this year This means that you ll have the option to enable eco friendly routing in your products and apps which can help with fuel savings You can select engine type and enable real time traffic information to get the most accurate fuel or energy efficiency estimates when choosing an eco friendly route For example delivery companies or ridesharing services can measure fuel consumption and savings for a single trip multiple trips or even across their entire fleet to improve their business performance   Eco friendly routing will be available in Preview in the coming months wherever it s available on Google Maps Sign up to receive updates A representative mock up that shows an eco friendly route along with estimated fuel savingsProvide more informative and flexible routes with the new Routes APIToday we re also announcing the Preview release of the new Routes API a performance optimized version of the Directions and Distance Matrix APIs that enables you to provide more informative and flexible routes for your users  The new Routes API builds on the foundational features of the Directions and Distance Matrix APIs that your business relies on like up to date directions with real time traffic and calculating distances and ETAs for complex matrices of origin and destination combinations But it also offers new advanced features so you can provide more informative flexible routes and improved ETA accuracy including wheel routes for motorized vehiclesTolls data for more accurate pricing on how much a route costsVisualizing real time traffic along a routeSpecifying whether a waypoint is a pass through location or a stopping point Fine tuned controls for reducing latencyEco friendly routing coming later this year The new Routes API is available today in Preview Visit our product blog to learn more about the features and benefits of this new API A representative mock up showing a wheel motorized vehicle route with toll data Improve account sign up checkout and delivery with Address ValidationAddresses are necessary to help find people and places deliver goods and even open bank accounts But invalid address data can cost your business time and money A recent study revealed that the majority of online orders with address typos or misspellings were preventable if an address validator had been in place That s why we re launching Address Validation a new API that helps detect invalid address inputs Address Validation identifies address components fixes errors and augments addresses with missing data which helps prevent canceled orders customer support tickets and refunds It s powered by the global coverage of Google Maps Platform s Places data our breadth of local address knowledge data and postal data in the United States for extended address coverage Having Address Validation in place improves user experiences by removing friction at account sign up or checkout and saves time and money for your business Address Validation will be generally available in select markets in the coming months Sign up to receive updates Address Validation identifies address components and verifies that the address existsMake markers your own with Advanced MarkersThe ability to easily customize the default red pin directly in your code and create custom markers with SVG and HTML elements ranks among our most requested features from developers We re excited to offer this option to you with the Preview release of Advanced Markers for Maps JavaScript API   Advanced Markers enables you to easily customize the Google Maps red pin You can change the color background icon and outline of the default pin directly in your code with no image needed It supports SVGs directly allowing you to use your brand logo or other images to create custom markers And you can create custom markers with HTML elements that respond to user interactions using the full power of CSS For example a real estate business can enable markers to display home prices that respond to user interaction Advanced Markers are also more performant They load faster and provide smoother panning and zooming while supporting fast load times for a larger number of markers A representative mock up of Advanced Markers created with custom HTML elementsLike the recent Preview release of Data driven styling Advanced Markers is included with Dynamic Maps for Maps JavaScript API as the latest feature added to Cloud based maps styling Advanced Markers for JavaScript will be available in Preview in the coming weeks Sign up to receive updates We continue to be inspired by the creative ways you re using Google Maps Platform to build immersive and transformational geospatial experiences We re committed to listening to your feedback to bring you the capabilities you need to deliver exceptional experiences Sign up to receive updates about these new releases as they become available We can t wait to see what you build Baymard Have an address validator	2022-09-28 18:00:00
GCP	Cloud Blog	Announcing Routes API: the new enhanced version of the Directions and Distance Matrix APIs	https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/maps-platform/announcing-routes-api-new-enhanced-version-directions-and-distance-matrix-apis/	Announcing Routes API the new enhanced version of the Directions and Distance Matrix APIsFor over a decade our Directions and Distance Matrix APIs have helped you quickly and efficiently route people and goods from A to B And in the last few years we ve worked closely with the largest operators in the transportation and logistics industries to help them improve customer experiences and delivery operations at scale via our Mobility services By popular demand we re opening many of these advanced routing capabilities to all Google Maps Platform developers in the countries where they re available Today we re announcing the Preview release of the new Routes API an enhanced version of the Directions and Distance Matrix APIs that combines both of these into a single service and enables you to provide more informative and flexible routes for your users  The new Routes API builds on the foundational features of the Directions and Distance Matrix APIs that your business relies on like comprehensive up to date directions with real time traffic and calculating distances and ETAs for matrices of origin and destination combinations But it also offers new advanced features so you can provide more informative flexible routes and improved ETA accuracy including wheel routes for motorized vehicles coverage Tolls data for more accurate pricing on how much a route costs coverage Real time traffic information along each segment of a routeSpecifying whether a waypoint is a pass through location or a stopping point Fine tuned controls for reducing latencyEco friendly routing coming later this year Starting today you can access the new Routes API You can also still access the existing Directions API and Distance Matrix API but you ll get additional capabilities and enhanced performance with the Routes API Let s take a closer look at what you can do with this new API Deliver more informative flexible routesTwo wheel motorized vehicle supportIn many parts of the world two wheel motorized vehicles are the most common form of transportation for everything from delivery to ridesharing to everyday travel The new Routes API gives you the ability to request directions and distance matrix calculations for this mode of transportation and takes a variety of factors into account such as whether toll roads highways and ferries can be avoided and routing along paths that are not accessible to cars A representative mock up showing a wheel motorized vehicle route with toll dataToll calculationsWith the new Routes API you now also have access to a new critical piece of data that can have a significant financial impact on you and your users toll calculations For both directions and distance matrix requests you can now request toll calculations to help make informed decisions about tradeoffs between time and cost Tolls data provides more accurate pricing on how much your route would cost taking into consideration vehicle type e g EV hybrid and type of electronic toll pass  A representative mock up showing routes using tolls dataImproved traffic and polyline capabilitiesTraffic is one of the largest factors affecting routing decisions whether you re a consumer or a business The new Routes API allows you to specify whether live or historical traffic should be taken into account in route calculations It also gives you control over tradeoffs between traffic and polyline quality and latency In addition you can request traffic information along each leg of a route which enables you to create richer experiences for your users like representing traffic with color coded polylines Routes can also be styled on a map using advanced polyline styling which supports custom coloring strokes and patterns along polyline stretches  A representative mock up showing real time traffic along each leg of a routeFine tuned controls to reduce latencyThe new Routes API introduces additional options for improving the performance of your app It is even more performant than the existing Directions and Distance Matrix APIs and provides features that allow you to make tradeoffs between comprehensive accuracy and reduced latency With field masking you can choose which fields are returned in the API response such as ETA distance in meters traffic conditions and more This allows you to decrease response payload sizes and simplify the response making it easier to process Improve ETA accuracy with smarter more flexible waypointsThe new Routes API also improves ETA accuracy with smarter waypoints Intermediate waypoints allow you to specify whether the user will pass through or stop at a waypoint to improve travel time calculations This is also particularly useful for pick up and drop off use cases as it ensures the user won t be directed to a location where stopping is unsafe such as a tunnel or highway In addition you can specify the appropriate side of the road for a waypoint or the vehicle s current or desired direction of travel on each waypoint which can help ensure that events like pick ups and drop offs are routed to the right location A representative mock up of a route that stops the driver in a tunnel where stopping is unsafeA representative mock up of an intermediate waypoint which stops the driver on a nearby side street away from the tunnelWe ve also increased the number of origin and destination points for distance matrix requests with the Routes API we have removed the limitation of origin and destination points and you can now set up to total returned elements allowing more flexibility Coming soon Make more sustainable choices with eco friendly routingIn the coming months we will be bringing eco friendly routing to developers helping you find routes that are optimized for lower fuel consumption using insights from the US Department of Energy s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and data from the European Environment Agency The most fuel efficient route will vary based on real time traffic and what type of engine you have Drivers using eco friendly routing can select their engine type ーpetrol or gas diesel hybrid or electric vehicle EV ーin order to get the best route and most accurate fuel or energy efficiency estimates For example delivery companies or ridesharing services can measure fuel consumption and savings for a single trip multiple trips or even across their entire fleet to improve their business performance Eco friendly routing will be available in Preview in the coming months wherever it s available on Google Maps Sign up to receive updates A representative mock up that shows an eco friendly route along with estimated fuel savingsThe Routes API is currently in Preview and customers will not be billed for usage during this time More information on pricing will be shared when Routes API is generally available The pricing for the existing Directions and Distance Matrix APIs is unchanged and can be found on our pricing page   Whether your goal is to build better experiences for your users or make more informed accurate decisions for your business based on Google s knowledge of the real world we built these APIs to give you the features and performance you need to solve a wide variety of use cases To get started check out the documentation and our migration guide To give it a try and learn more try our live demo	2022-09-28 18:00:00