Google keeps finding new ways to help. Google never stops tweaking and improving its products. Here are some recent upgrades that make listening to audiobooks, watching movies or TV, sending yourself reminders, and communicating with others easier and more enjoyable. Google Play Audiobooks has new features. Improvements for Google Play Audiobooks Google added audiobooks to...Read More
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When Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed an eager crowd on March 27 to unveil his company’s next major product, he wasn’t standing on a stage at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, or even Apple’s own brand new Steve Jobs Theater. Rather, he was in a school in Chicago surrounded by dozens of...Read More
Apple has a big problem. Just five years ago, its iPads and Mac laptops reigned supreme in US classrooms, accounting for half of all mobile devices shipped to schools in 2013. Apple has now slipped behind both Google and Microsoft in US schools with Google’s Chromebooks leading the way in classrooms, securing nearly 60 percent...Read More
For personal assistance on an even tighter budget, there are companies like Fiverr, which hires freelancers around the world, resulting in lower prices, though perhaps a slightly more alienated feeling. I tried a few of these services. Here’s what I found. Fin On Day 1 of signing up with Fin, my hopes are high. After...Read More
Google is finally getting serious about blocking annoying autoplay videos that start with the sound blaring. The next update to Chrome (version 66) will include changes to autoplay videos that mean the browser will only play them automatically if the sound isn’t playing by default, or if you click and interact with the site, or...Read More
There’s no getting around it—flight delays are a pain. You’ve made plans wherever you’re going, or you’ve got a meeting two hours after you land, but no matter how you slice it, you won’t get there on time. It’s frustrating for everyone involved, just the sort of thing you didn’t need on your already-stressful trip....Read More
Google is officially rolling out its Lens feature to Apple iOS devices over the next few weeks. Lens is an on-demand object recognition tool, accessible through the Google Photos app. When users take a photo of a book or painting, for example, Lens recognizes it and spits out information telling you more details about the...Read More
Google (goog) will ban online advertisements promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings starting in June, part of a broader crackdown on the marketing of a new breed of high-risk financial products. Alphabet’s Google announced the decision Wednesday night in an update to its policy, which says it will begin to block ads for “cryptocurrencies and...Read More
“My impression is that Google is not sure what to do,” said Michelle Miller, a co-executive director at Coworker.org, a workers’ rights organization that has been working with some Google employees. “It prevents the ability of a company to function when one group of workers is obstinately focused on defeating their co-workers with whatever it...Read More
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