It would seem that Google Calendar has had just a bit too much spiced eggnog today in preparation for Christmas. Instead of showing you just and only events that you’ve created for your account – you know, what it’s supposed to do – it’s also creating events for promotional emails in your Gmail inbox! This […]
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Popular password manager LastPass has been hacked, but your passwords are safe
Many of you likely use a password manager in order to store and recall your account logins across the internet. For me and perhaps even you, Google Passwords is sufficient and simple enough to do this. For others who prefer to feel more protected and separate their data from Google as a tech giant, Dashlane […]
Continue ReadingBecome the DJ with YouTube Music’s new Create a Radio feature
Since its acquisition of Sonza back in 2014, Google Play Music – erm…, I mean YouTube Music, has been able to play music tailored to your mood, activity, and so on. At the time, it was a revolutionary feature that until that point was only seen in Pandora music. Now, it’s a staple of any […]
Continue ReadingAfter decades of influence, Google is worried that ChatGPT will upend its core search business
Ever since you were young – that is, if you’re at least a millennial or younger – you’ve relied on Google Search to give you all of the world’s knowledge at your fingertips. It’s become a way of life, and as a society, we’ve collectively become smarter because of it. I can scarcely remember the […]
Continue ReadingLenovo unveils the IdeaPad Flex 3i Chromebook with latest N-series CPU from Intel
Lenovo is back with yet-another addition to the ever-growing family of Flex Chromebooks. This time around, the PC giant has debuted the first-ever ChromeOS laptop to feature Intel’s latest N-series CPUs. These chips, from the Alder Lake processor family, are the first to take a departure from the long-used Celeron and Pentium branding we all […]
Continue ReadingAmazon, Facebook, TomTom, and others joining forces in hopes of overthrowing Google Maps
Google Maps has pretty much literally taken over the world, and you no longer hear people say they want to “MapQuest” something. Sounds kind of silly, nowadays, if you ask me (no offense, Map Quest lovers). From navigating to finding new things to experience like restaurants, concerts, other local events, and so on – the […]
Continue ReadingNvidia Shield TV’s PC GameStream feature is going away soon, use SteamLink instead, I guess
In a customer help article posted this week, Nvidia announced that this upcoming February, it would soon be retiring the GameStream for PC feature that allowed those with an Nvidia graphics card to stream their PC games to their living room TV via the Shield TV set-top box on their local network. Starting in mid-February, […]
Continue ReadingChrome for Android now lets you hit the bell icon on product pages with price tracking rollout
Google and Alphabet CEO, Sundar Pichai himself has proclaimed Google Shopping one of the single most important services the companies offer as it ties into not only the web and mobile efforts to monetize beyond ad revenue, but also the largest screen in your family’s home – the living room. Over the course of the […]
Continue ReadingGoogle delays the death of Manifest v2 and changes to extension badges in the Web Store
Though a more technical subject, the coming of Chrome’s “Manifest v3” has become one of the most talked about and debated “issues” in the tech community today. The reason why is that many ad blockers may stop working when this change takes place, and though Google swears it’s not looking to put anyone out of […]
Continue ReadingBeethoven and Blobs: Google Arts & Culture brings back the Beats
Do you remember Google’s Blob Opera? No? Well, aren’t you in for a treat? Way back in 2020, the festive Blobs took the stage just in time for the Christmas holiday. The amorphous quartet is a fun experiment featured in Google Arts & Culture that allows users to move the Blobs around to create varying […]
Continue ReadingGoodbye Google Play Newsstand: The better reading experience is officially dead in 2022
Update December 13, 2022 – It looks like at some point between today and when this article was published earlier this year, Google has officially killed off the lurking web view for Google Play Newsstand. Rest in peace, Newsstand, you provided a better reading experience than Google News. Original Article: “Google Newsstand still exists, offers […]
Continue ReadingVirtual App Delivery platform Cameyo announces Cameyo for Linux
Virtual app delivery(VAD) platform Cameyo has changed the way companies approach legacy software and expensive licensing that creates software-dependent lock-in. In contrast to other services that virtualize a full Windows desktop environment, Cameyo packages only the specific Windows applications and web apps needed by an organization and delivers them via a customized app delivery dashboard […]
Continue ReadingGoogle rolls out continuous scrolling for Search results on desktop in the United States
“Goooooooooooooooooogle” is dead. No, not the company, but that long-held tradition of paginating your Google Search results at the bottom of the query page by hyperlinking all of the O’s. In a tweet today, the company revealed that an update, which eliminates the current numbered pagination system (this previously replaced the “O’s” method), is now […]
Continue ReadingChrome just made it easier to find tabs, bookmarks, and search history in the address bar
If you’re anything like me, you have a figurative thousand Chrome tabs open at any given time. It can be daunting to find what you’re looking for unless you’re using Tab Groups or a similar third-party tool. Google has made this easier to navigate in recent years with tools like the Tab Search, but I […]
Continue ReadingGoogle’s mesmerizing yet terrifying Duplex being shut down for the web, goes incognito instead
I can’t say I saw this coming. After launching in 2019 and making everyone uncomfortable, Google’s mesmerizing yet terrifying Duplex AI is being shut down for the web. The technology began as a smart feature for booking haircut appointments, fixing up your passwords, and buying products among other fringe use cases. TechCrunch reports that it […]
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