You can play ‘Where’s Waldo’ on Google Maps for the rest of the week

Earlier in March, Google Maps commemorated Mario Day by integrating Mario into Maps. They’re doing the same thing again this time but as an extension of their April Fool’s Day prank. You can play Where’s Waldo on Android, iOS, and desktop versions of Maps. Waldo will pop up when you open the app and you just need to tap on him to start playing the game that’s straight out of the classic children’s books. You’ll be given the opportunity to not just search for him but his friends as well. Once you’ve located him or all of his friends, you’ll be taken to a different level on another part of the planet. Google says there’s even a Google Assistant component to this so you can try asking “Where’s Waldo?” on your Assistant-supported device and see what happens.

Source: The Verge

Google Play Store now shows more users what an app’s ranking is in its listings

Want to find out how popular the app you’re downloading is? Google Play Store is rolling out to more users the ability to see how popular an app is. Right below the Install/Uninstall and Open buttons you’ll see what the rank of a particular app is. Perhaps this might sway your decision whether you wanted to download a specific app or not. Google was seen testing this feature out last fall but it looks like it’s being released to more users now.

Source: Android Police

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Google won’t autocomplete the word ‘Kodi’ for you in relation to anti-piracy effort

You may or may not know Kodi. It’s software that can be used on set-top boxes or other devices to stream media. It supports many third-party add-ons with some giving users access to pirated content. And that is what Google is trying to put a stop to as part of its anti-piracy efforts. How are they doing this? For the term “Kodi,” Google won’t autocomplete it for you. Some of the other things Google has done in the past is change its search algorithms to demote copyright-infringing material. Now when you type “kod” into Google, suggestions would include “kodiak” and “kodak black” but no “kodi.” However, once you’ve typed out “kodi,” search options like “kodi addons” and “kodi download” appear.

Nathan Betzen, the president of XMBC Foundation which operates of Kodi, expressed his disappointment over the decision, “We are surprised and disappointed to discover Kodi has been removed from autocomplete as Kodi is perfectly legal open source software.” And while that is true, its platform is a space that allows for piracy to exist and that is what Google argues is what they’ve been doing. A Google spokesperson told TorrentFreak that “Since 2011, we have been filtering certain terms closely associated with copyright infringement from Google Autocomplete. This action is consistent with that long-standing strategy.”