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Microsoft To Do levels up with new home screen widgets for iPhone and iPad

Microsoft has released an update today to its To Do app for iPhone and iPad. The big focus of the new build is the three new widgets that make it easier to manage your schedule and To Do list. Microsoft shared the news on its blog this morning. The new iOS widgets come in small, medium, and large with the ability to show the “My Day,” “Your Tasks,” or “Add Tasks” view. With the…
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Google Assistant routines return to Android Auto

After nearly a lengthy period of time being broken, then being officially unsupported by Google, Android Auto is getting back a useful feature. Google Assistant routines are finally working on Android Auto again. Presumably through a server-side update or through the Android Auto 6.1 app update, Google has reinstated the ability to run Assistant routines from your car. Since October of 2018…
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Google Photos bringing Pixel-exclusive editing tools to other Android phones with Google One

Google One primarily serves to give you more storage space for Gmail, Drive, and Photos. Last year, the subscription added a VPN and is now providing all Android users with access to “enhanced” Google Photos editing tools and filters that were previously only available on Pixel phones. With the launch of the Pixel 5 and 4a 5G in September, Google Photos received a redesigned editor and…
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Android Auto is now rolling out wallpaper support [Gallery]

Google’s Android Auto has exploded in popularity over the past few years, and with competition from Apple, the platform has seen some big changes over the past couple of years. Following CarPlay’s addition of wallpapers last year, Google has now finally delivered the…
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Google Search turns on passage ranking to help find buried answers

Google Search has historically evaluated “all content on a web page to determine if it is relevant to a query.” Back in October, alongside the launch of Hum to Search, Google announced passage ranking, and it’s now starting to roll out.  The company wants to address how sometimes the “single sentence that answers your question might be buried deep in a web page” that is either very…
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