Each day, Google compiles a list of which technology topics are being queried the most by its US users over the past 24 hours in their dedicated Search engine. As of right now, the tech topic with the greatest search audience is an app called "Remove China Apps."
In the world of technology, exciting and new innovations are announced every day -- and some speak to the public more than others. Google tracks exactly which topics their users are most interested in on a daily basis, and the following are the most popular search queries tapped into the engine over the past 24 hours.
Google Play • China India Android
Today, The News Minute reported that Google has removed an app from the Play Store called "Remove China Apps" that "allowed users to delete Chinese games and other software from their Android smartphones, citing violation of its policies." The application, which was created in response to political strife between India and China, would identify the origin of software downloaded on one's phone and prompt the owner to remove it if it came from China.
Donald Trump • Snapchat • Snap Inc. • Evan Spiegel
In a story shared by Yahoo, it was reported that Snap Inc. announced yesterday that "it will not be promoting content from President Trump's Snapchat account in its Discover tab following statements from Trump last week on Twitter, which threatened that protesters could be met with ‘vicious dogs' and ‘ominous weapons.'" A spokesperson for the company said that this decision was made to "not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover."
Master & Dynamic • Active noise control • Sony • Sennheiser • Bose Corporation
While not breaking news, evidently a slew of people in the US are looking into getting their dads headphones for Father's Day on June 21. Digital Trends put together a collection of options that are discounted in time for the holiday.
Private browsing • Google Chrome
Early this morning, ZDNet reported that Google failed to correct a bug with Chrome that was identified over a year ago: the ability of websites to detect if a browser is in incognito mode or not. As long as websites can detect this, they can block users who are potentially using the private browser to bypass paywalls, access limited content or to benefit from the anti-tracking features of such a mode. Currently, there's no timeline for when this problem is scheduled to be fixed.
