Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API now supports custom voices
With the rise of digital assistants and conversational interfaces, people have grown accustomed to hearing and speaking to synthetic voices. But what do those voices sound like? Often, pretty repetitive. Google are all familiar with the Google Assistant voice, for example. That’s why Google are…
Redesigning the Cloud SDK + CLI for easier development
At Google Cloud they are constantly iterating on their tools to improve the developer experience and make it easier for you to interact with our technologies. To this end, Google are pleased to announce the rebranded Google Cloud SDK. Here’s how the SDK now looks: Easing…
How Google Cloud helps you to architect for DR when you have locality restricted workloads
There are many reasons why locality restrictions need to be taken into consideration and it’s something CISOs and resiliency officers need to factor in. A balance needs to be met between taking advantage of the best features of the cloud while meeting your locality requirements….
Quickly Troubleshoot Application Errors with Error Reporting
Are you familiar with the four golden signals of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): latency, traffic, errors, and saturation? Whether you’re a developer or an operator, you’ve likely been responsible for collecting, storing, or analyzing the data associated with these concepts. Much of this data is captured in…
USAA and Google Cloud: Modernizing Insurance Operations with Machine Learning
Delivering an automated solution capable of going from images of vehicle damage to actual car part repair/replace predictions has been an elusive dream for many auto insurance carriers. Such a solution could not only streamline the repair process, but also increase auditability of repairs and…
Showing The Speed of Serverless Through Hackathon Solutions
Testing the theory that serverless platforms accelerate bringing new ideas to market, Google hosted the inaugural Google Cloud Easy as Pie Serverless Hackathon, backed by a $20,000 prize pool. The response was overwhelming: More than 1,500 developers from 70 countries signed up and submitted nearly 100…