Google announces new shopping features in the US, including a display of products with complementary pieces, 3D images, trending items, and more personalization (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google announces updates for Search to help users find dishes near them; Maps, including expanding Live View; and Shopping, adding AR tools for makeup shopping  —  Google announced today that it’s introducing a slew of new Maps, Search and Shopping features.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Snap partners with Amazon to let users try on eyewear in AR through dozens of new Shopping Lenses  —  Snap has landed a notable new partner for its augmented reality-powered Virtual Try-On shopping experience with today’s news that Amazon will now offer Snapchat users the ability to digitally try …

Steffie Banatvala / Financial Times:
A look at the Safetipin app, which lets users map safe and unsafe areas in 65 cities across 16 countries and is helping New Delhi carry out improvement work  —  First rolled out in India, Safetipin is mapping safe and unsafe areas in 65 cities across 16 countries

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Google announces new features for Maps, including the ability to visually soar over some areas, added landmark views, enriched neighborhood info, and AR search  —  Google is gearing up to launch several new updates for Maps in the coming months, the company announced today at its Search On event.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google redesigns the Memories feature in Photos to spotlight more videos, launches a collage editor, and will let users share Memories with friends and family  —  As consumer social apps shift their focus to video for social expression and adopt more creative tools, like those for collage-making …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces “handles”, letting creators identify their channel using the @username format across channel pages, video descriptions, comments, and Shorts  —  YouTube is making it easier for creators to direct viewers to their channels.  The company today announced “handles …