It’s a busy week for Google as the Internet giant has been rolling out several updates to major products and services. Last week wasn’t good as not-so-favorable reports and reviews about the new Nexus 6P were made public including that spontaneous cracking of glass visor and the smartphone’s failing durability tests, and for bending so easily. This week started with the addition of holiday hours to Search and Maps and then Google making TensorFlow machine learning system open source.
Just yesterday, we tried the update that delivered offline navigation to Google Maps. Saving maps has always been possible but the app update has added search and more useful information. Today, the company has announced the About me tool—a new service that allows the account user to see, edit, and remove any personal information that Google shows to the other users. The objective of this tool is let people check and edit what information are available to the public or a select group of contacts.
Google already knows who you are so logging in to other products and services from the brand is easy. From Gmail to Google Maps, Google Play, Google+, or YouTube, Google wants you to share details and personal information that are correct and are also comfortable to share with others.
Feel free to check your About me page and see what Google has posted there. You’ll see basic information like your full name, birthday, and school among others. You are free to edit information but not totally remove or delete. Other details Google wants you to share include the following:
• Work and personal contact info (phone number, email, and address)
• Education (what schools you went to)
• Work history (what companies you work for, have worked for, and where)
• Places (where you live, have lived, and have visited)
• Sites (social media and other webpages)
Simply put, Google’s About Me is a useful tool for editing details on your account page.
VIA: Venture Beat
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