MobileNews

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 Gmail v2021.07.11, but it doesn’t appear to be dependant on a Play Store update. The change is present, at least for us, on…
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MobileNews

How to make Chromecast with Google TV feel a bit faster [Gallery]

July 31, 2021
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 no “magic pill” to solve performance issues on the with Google TV. The low-end Amlogic chip inside paired with 2GB of…
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DefenseNews

Israel cleared for $3.4B CH-53K buy, 300 Javelins for Thailand

July 31, 2021
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 the King Stallion helicopters, made by Lockheed Martin, in Shelton, Conn., and up to 60 T408-GE-400 engines, made by GE…
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GamingNews

The DeanBeat: Activision Blizzard is losing the PR war

July 30, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The sex discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard is going to be a real nightmare for all parties involved, and my heart goes out to anyone who is suffering pain as a result of this disaster at one of the biggest game publishers in the industry. This is the media sideshow of the moment. A war for attention is…
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