Back in October, Google introduced default and custom wallpapers for Meet. Google Meet is now rolling out video backgrounds that are first coming to the web.
This capability was first announced with the revamped Google Meet web UI that’s now widely rolled out. In addition to static backgrounds, you can now select videos:
Custom backgrounds can help you show more of your personality, as well…
Google hit with €220 million by France over ‘abusing’ its dominant position in advertising
June 8, 2021
As has happened quite a few times in recent memory, Google’s position in the advertising industry is coming back to bite the company a bit. Today, France has issued a fine against Google for “abusing” that position.
The French Competition Authority’s investigation…
The OnePlus Nord N100 was a pretty bare-bones device with a price tag to match, but its sequel is shaping up to be a decent middle ground. In an interview this week, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau confirmed a few details about the Nord N200 including its display, price range, and…
Google’s biggest consumer-facing augmented reality offerings today are Lens and Live View in Maps. At WWDC 2021, Apple announced it was planning to go after those two features with iOS 15 this fall.
Apple’s Google Lens competitor is primarily accessed in the Camera and Photos apps. When your phone is pointed at text or you’re viewing an existing image with words, an indicator appears in…
Comment: Apple’s depiction of an Android phone is purposefully degrading, but fairly accurate
June 8, 2021
After years of ignoring the fact that it was originally supposed to be a cross-platform standard, Apple finally announced an expansion of FaceTime to Android and Windows devices through a web app allowing users on other platforms to join iOS 15 users in their calls. To go…
In addition to video backgrounds on the web, Google is rolling out the ability to change your background in Meet for Android today. This feature is initially limited to pre-selected defaults and first came to desktops last October.
Instead of being limited to your live…
Apple has settled a case with a 21-year-old student after she sent her iPhone to a repair facility in 2016 only to find that employees had uploaded personal explicit images and videos to her Facebook account from the phone during the repair process.
The student had sent in her iPhone to Apple to get repaired. The invasion of privacy ultimately took place at a repair center in California, run by…
We’re officially just a few hours away from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. WWDC 2021 will be a virtual event this year, and we expect Apple to unveil iOS 15, watchOS 8, and much more. Read on as we recap everything Apple could announce at the event this…
The four highest-earning iPhone games each gross more than a million dollars a day, with the leader topping $3M, according to a new analytics report out today …
Finbold reports:
According to data acquired by Finbold, as of June 2021, the top ten grossing iPhone games…
OxygenOS 11.2.7.7 is now rolling out for the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro with the most notable change finally adding HDR video recording to the 9 Pro — a glaring omission since launch.
The update also includes some other tweaks, but since launch, for reasons we’re not entirely sure of, the OnePlus 9 has been able to record HDR video but the OnePlus 9 Pro has lacked the capability. OxygenOS 11.2.7.7…
