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Wired Business

The Chinese App That Puts Instagram to Shame

In the ancient city of Dali, I saw firsthand how RedNote has evolved from a lifestyle platform into the tool that powers the country’s tourism industry.

BusinessBusiness / Social Media
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ExternalCloud
Google Cloud Blog

Gemini Live Agent Challenge: Announcing the winners and highlights

The Gemini Live Agent Challenge is officially in the books! We challenged developers worldwide to break out of the traditional 'text box' paradigm by building next-generation AI agents. From our initial announcement to amassing 11,878 participants and 1,536 submitted projects from 151 countries, the results were nothing short of spectacular. The mission was to seamlessly integrate multimodal capabilities—building agents that help you see, hear, speak, and create in real time — using the Gemini L

AI & Machine LearningDevelopers & Practitioners
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ExternalMobile Development
Android Developers Blog

How FotMob leveraged cross-device discovery to score record Wear OS adoption

Posted by Garan Jenkin, Wear OS Developer Relations Engineer FotMob recently experienced its largest single-day increase on Wear OS among its installed audience in 5 years, at 2-3x the daily average. The secret? A simple cross-device installation flow that helps users discover their Wear OS app directly from their phone. FotMob is one of the world’s most popular football (some call it soccer!) platforms, known for its mobile app that provides real-time scores, statistical analysis, and news.

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