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Google adding bulk, direct photo sharing to Nest Hub and Smart Displays

Besides the Photo frame background feature on Smart Displays, you can use Google Assistant to see other uploaded pictures in your collection. In addition to viewing, Nest Hub users will soon be able to share multiple photos in bulk via voice command. In a video today, the company showed off a “Hey Google, share my photos with [x]” command that when initiated from the Photo frame clock face…
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Google Docs citations tool adding support for film, TV sources

Last year, Docs added a built-in citations tool, and Google is now updating the capability with more source types to join the existing five. The “Citations” panel remains located under “Tools.” You first select MLA (8th ed), APA (7th ed), or Chicago Author-Date…
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Report: Google likely to begin return to working in-office in US in April

Last year, for the safety of their workers, Google shifted to work from home, closing their offices across the United States. With the ongoing rollout of vaccines in the US, Google is now looking likely to begin returning to working in-person and in-office. As reported by Axios, an internal email from Google’s SVP and “chief people officer” Fionna Cicconi says that Google is carefully…
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Google Admin console redesign brings card-based interface

The Google Admin console is how administrators manage Google services for people in their organization, and a redesign is rolling out over the coming weeks to help modernize it.  The top bar still leverages a blue accent color rather than switching to a completely white design like most other Google Material Themes. It helps distinguish this important site, while functionality there is…
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SPIN Safe releases new K-12 focused browser for iOS with Jamf integration for on-device filtering

One of the challenges that schools face with iOS is web filtering. There are multiple ways to filter web traffic for inappropriate content, but many of them require IT expertise that smaller schools might not have. Apple includes a web filter with iOS that can be controlled by a mobile device management system, but it’s a black box in terms of what’s blocked vs. what’s not. SPIN Safe Browser…
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