Since opening its first location in 2006, Google’s presence in Taiwan has grown significantly. To mark the 15th anniversary, Google has opened a new Taiwan campus that will be home to Pixel, Nest, and Chromecast hardware development.
Google says its workforce has grown ten times in the last five years, with six locations in Taiwan today. The company was said to have brought on around 2,000 HTC…
iOS 14.4 rolls out with Bluetooth audio monitoring
January 27, 2021
Apple has started rolling out iOS 14.4 to iPhone and iPad users. While not as a meaty of an update as iOS 14.3, it comes with a handful of small enhancements. To start, you’ll find a new option within the Settings menu that allows you to designate the type of third-party…
Plex Arcade launches to let users curate and play ROM games and Atari classics on iPhone, Apple TV
January 27, 2021
Plex has built a following over the years as one of the best options to curate your media collection and make it available to stream across your Apple and other devices. Now the company is diving into gaming with a notable partnership with Atari to bring some of the most…
iOS 14.4: How to label Bluetooth devices as a speaker, headphones, hearing aids, more
January 27, 2021
iOS 14.4 has arrived for all users and one of the new features is the option to classify your Bluetooth accessories as a specific type of device. Read along for why and how to label Bluetooth devices on iPhone and iPad as a speaker, headphones, hearing aids, and car stereo.
Beyond just the inherent value some will find of Bluetooth devices being properly labeled on iPhone and iPad, Apple says…
Apple says iOS 14.4 patches 3 security flaws that ‘may have been actively exploited’
January 27, 2021
In addition to the new features detailed earlier today, iOS 14.4 also brings a trio of notable security improvements. In a new Support document published this afternoon, Apple said that iOS 14.4 fixes a kernel vulnerability and two WebKit vulnerabilities, all three of which…
Sony Xperia Pro is a $2,500 Android phone that doubles as an external monitor for cameras
January 27, 2021
Sony’s smartphone lineup has not been particularly successful, especially in the United States, but now the company is trying something new. The Sony Xperia Pro is a phone made for professionals, and it comes in with a cost of $2,500.
Arriving solely in the US for the…
Google adding three Stadia Pro games for February 2021, including Journey to the Savage Planet
January 27, 2021
Following an unexpected fifth title to start the year, February 2021 will see three games join Stadia Pro on Monday: Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, and Enter the Gungeon.
February 1st will see all the titles come to the $9.99 monthly membership, starting with Journey to the Savage Planet: Employee of the Month Edition —
This…
Google open sources Tilt Brush as VR painting app no longer an ‘actively developed product’
January 27, 2021
In the early days of VR, Tilt Brush was widely regarded as a premier application that helped sell the platform’s immersiveness. Google acquired the painting app in 2015 amid their big, multi-pronged push into the space. Tilt Brush is no longer being actively developed, and…
Chrome OS 88 rolling out Smart Display-like screen saver with Google Photos, weather
January 27, 2021
Following the desktop update last week, Chrome OS 88 is beginning to roll out today. There are a handful of usability enhancements in this release, which will be available over the coming days.
The Chrome OS screen saver lets you transform your Chromebook’s lock screen…
Over the past year, Google has been making a big push for web content presented using the tappable carousel format popularized by Snapchat and Instagram. However, Google is now issuing a warning against using Web Stories as a “teaser.”
In a blog post today, Google says viewers do not like Web Stories, with only one or two pages, being used as “advertisements for some other content.”…
