Last month, Google started rolling out a free version of Google Chat ahead of classic Hangouts going away. The “early preview” of Google’s latest consumer messaging service is now widely appearing for more users.
Chat and Meet, originally with “Hangouts” branding, launched in 2017 as enterprise offerings for work communication. The video calling app was the first to go free for…
French antitrust complaint alleges Apple allows itself to run personalized ads on iOS without getting user consent
March 9, 2021
With the release of iOS 14.5, Apple’s new App Tracking Transparency policies require developers to get explicit consent before being able to share user data with third-party advertising networks. A new French complaint alleges that Apple’s own advertising network is not…
While the Google Docs is our preferred option for a cloud-based office suite, it has one distinct advantage over the still-popular Microsoft Office suite — a dedicated dark mode/theme.
According to app tinkerer Alessandro Paluzzi (h/t XDA), Microsoft is working hard…
Google’s 3D model-sharing website, Poly, is set to be shut down in June and delete user content as a result. Luckily, Sketchfab has a solution to transfer from Poly, and it’s the chosen method of Google itself.
Sketchfab, like Poly, allows users to host and share their 3D models, offering unlimited free uploads and even APIs to help you create and share 3D content. It’s a pretty obvious…
The OnePlus Band went official earlier this year as the company’s first ever wearable. Now, an update to the OnePlus Band companion app is enabling sync with Google Fit.
The latest update to the OnePlus Health app brings expanded support for third-party integrations…
Samsung has updated these phones to Android 11
March 9, 2021
It usually takes Android OEMs a fair bit to get the latest version of the OS on older devices, but Samsung has been getting better and better at this every year. For Android 11, the official update schedule kicked off in early December and continues to expand. Here’s every…
Google has rolled out a new wallpaper collection to Chromebooks called “Imaginary” that adds 12 colorful new images to Chrome OS. Each background contains a fun, digitally-sculpted scene.
The wallpapers, which were designed by digital artist Leo Natsume, are made up of clay people or personified things in a variety of scenes and situations. They are titled as follows:
The Savanna’s…
Over the past month, Google has announced a slew of upcoming video calling features for education and enterprise customers. Some of them are now rolling out, including the ability to set up Google Meet breakout rooms in advance using Calendar.
Support for up to 100…
Apple has released a bug fix update for iPhone users today. iOS 14.4.1 is rolling out now, and Apple says it includes important security fixes for iPhone users. You can update today by going to the Settings app on your iPhone.
The release notes for the update simply read…
Samsung is continuing its Android 11 push, and now it’s expanding to one of the most popular Android smartphones in recent memory. The Galaxy A50 is now getting Android 11.
SamMobile spotted the update today as it started rolling out to the Galaxy A50 as well as the Galaxy A50s. The update comes in at around 1.9GB and carries firmware version A505FDDU7CUBC on A50 and A507FNXXU5DUB6 on…
