Google to close local recommendations app AlfredJuly 14, 2013 - 13:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Google is set to close its local recommendations app Alfred next week, Digital Spy said. The free U.S.-only app provided users with recommendations on local places to visit such as restaurants and bars. Google has given users till the end of today (July 12) to request their data if desired, before Alfred's planned closure on July 19. An app notification revealed the news, saying: "We are shutting down Alfred on 07/19/2013. If you'd like to take your data (your liked places), please send us your request & email address by 07/12/2013 via the feedback tool inside the app." Google had originally set out to keep Alfred open "for the foreseeable future" when it acquired the app from parent-company Clever Sense in December 2011. The app's Google Play description also suggests Alfred "[hopes] to travel overseas soon" in the future. Similar features are currently in-use on Maps and Google+, although it is not clear if the same technology is behind them. The web giant has previously closed products after acquiring them, including Wavii and Meebo. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. For the first time, Armenia votes in favor of Georgia resolution in UN Armenia on Tuesday, June 4 voted for the first time in favor a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. |