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Google Voice adds quick redial, Caller ID option, and series of other calling tweaks

Google today announced a handful of usability enhancements to Voice on Android, iOS, and web. The updates primarily focus on improving the calling experience.  Google Voice now tells users if a call was dropped due to poor internet connections or other “network problem.” You’re then presented with an option to cancel/end or redial (green button). If that continues to fail, you’ll be…
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Bluetooth-enabled tracking startup Wiliot raises $200M

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Wiliot, a startup creating a low-cost, self-powered chip that attaches to products to sense physical and environment data, has raised $200 million. The company’s latest tranche, a series C, was led by Softbank Vision Fund 2, and brings the company’s total raised to date to $270 million. Wiliot says that the new…
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Discord launches long-awaited Threads feature on iOS and Mac

After introducing the Replies function last fall, Discord is now launching a new Threads feature to keep the conversation more organized in big channels. Threads are available on multiple platforms, like iMessage, Slack, and Twitter, but if by any chance you don’t use…
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Google developing ‘Switch to Android’ app for iOS to copy data and apps from your iPhone

Google is developing a new iOS app called “Switch to Android,” which should be able to copy the most important data from your iPhone and bring over your apps. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able…
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Concept: Rethinking Safari in iOS 15 with the same core design principles and goals

Apple’s newest Safari design in iOS 15 has been controversial, to say the least. It’s a complete overhaul of one of the iPhone’s most popular apps that follows entirely different design philosophies. Countless folks, including myself, have tried to come up with ways to “fix” the new design and make it more familiar and comfortable to use. This is my latest try. What I wanted to do was to…
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