Apple’s Reminders app is leveling up in iOS 15 with tags. Let’s look at how to organize iPhone Reminders with tags, search, quickly create new reminders in a tag group, with Smart Lists, and more.
The Reminders app has continually evolved over the years with more advanced features. This year, iOS 15 and macOS Monterey bring support for tags in the Reminders, as well as the Notes…
Gmail for Android rolls out tweaked colors for automatic labels, including updates, promotions
July 31, 2021
Google has very quietly rolled out a minor update to its Gmail app on Android that tweaks some of the colors within.
Showing up in what appears to be a wide server-side rollout, the colors of the “Smart Labels” have all slightly changed. We’re seeing the change in…
Android 12 is bringing a huge overhaul to the main UI, and thanks to the Material You element, it’ll start theming your favorite Android apps, too.
So just to recap, Material You is Google’s way of creating an interface that is almost fully customized based upon things…
Google disabling Gmail, YouTube, and other Account sign-ins on very old Android devices
July 31, 2021
Given the service-reliant nature, Google support for Android encompasses multiple layers. One such way is controlling Account access, and Google next month is ending sign-in support for very old versions of Android.
In an email to users with active Android 2.3.7 and lower devices, the company recently announced that “signing in to your account on Google apps will no longer be supported.”…
The Chromecast with Google TV is a great, affordable streamer with some awesome software, but its low-cost nature lends itself well to the device feeling super slow at times. Luckily, there are a couple of easy tweaks you can make to help keep it feeling quick.
There’s…
Since February, Google has been introducing new “Curated Culture” backgrounds every month. For July, the company is marking International Friendship Day with a new trio of Pixel wallpapers.
Update 7/30: These wallpapers have been available on Pixel phones for the past…
Google Fi investigating issue that prevents some subscribers from calling poison control
July 31, 2021
An ongoing issue with Google Fi sees some subscribers unable to call poison control in certain scenarios. The company is aware of the problem and actively investigating.
Calling the Poison Help line connects you to a “specially trained nurse, pharmacist, or doctor at your local poison center” in all 50 states, D.C., Guam, Federated States of Micronesia, Puerto Rico, and American…
WASHINGTON ― The U.S. State Department said Friday it has cleared a sale of 18 CH-53K heavy-lift helicopters to Israel potentially worth $3.4 billion and the sale of 300 Javelin FGM-148 missiles to Thailand potentially worth $83.5 million.
The package to Israel includes…
Stadia Premiere now $80 as Google makes permanent Controller + Chromecast w/ GTV ‘package’
July 31, 2021
With the launch of Stadia for Android TV last month, Google started offering a discount for those that purchased the Chromecast with Google TV and Controller together. The Google Store is making the Stadia Controller and Chromecast an official “Package” today and…
The Government Accountability Office squashed Blue Origin’s protest over NASA’s decision to pick a single lunar lander contractor, the agency said Friday, also denying a similar protest from Dynetics. The GAO’s decision keeps Blue Origin’s rival, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the sole winner of NASA’s lucrative Moon lander program and hands a loss to Jeff Bezos, whose space company waged a…
