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Google Maps ‘2020 Timeline update’ recaps your travels trends

One of the more useful features made possible by enabling Location History on Android is the Google Maps Timeline. In addition to a monthly recap, Google Maps is sending out a “2020 Timeline update” that is obviously impacted by the last 12 months, but still provides useful local stats. COVID-19 changed the world’s travels in 2020, and how many places people were able to visit. If you…
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Google suspends Parler app from Play Store citing lack of moderation

In the days since the attack on the US Capitol this week, social network Parler has been put into the spotlight. Now, Google has suspended the Parler app from the Play Store on Android, citing the app’s lack of moderation as a reason to remove it. Parler has been under scrutiny lately as the social network has become a popular alternative to Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit mostly for Trump…
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ArcX's wearable joystick is a Bluetooth remote for your phone

If you’re running, the last thing you want to do is break your stride to fiddle with your phone or watch for whatever reason. Answering calls, changing tracks, marking lap times, all of it distracts you from the pursuit of a better time when you’re striking the sidewalk.
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Here’s how to use your Apple Watch as a viewfinder and remote for your iPhone’s camera

As pointed out by multiple viral posts on Twitter this week, the Apple Watch has a nifty feature that allows it to serve as a viewfinder and remote for your iPhone’s camera. Here are the full details on how this works, plus one alternative if you’re looking for a third-party solution. Apple Watch Camera Remote This feature has actually been available on the Apple Watch since the device’s…
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Android 12 wish list: Features we would love to see [Video]

Android 12 may not be here in a full release capacity until the latter half of 2021, but that hasn’t stopped us from dreaming up a wish list of things we really hope to see in the next OS build. There were quite a few people disappointed with Android 11, which felt a…
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Google Meet suffered partial outage this morning w/ 502 error, since fixed

As the pandemic continues to rage on, video conferencing is still a crucial tool. Unfortunately for some Google Meet users, the service is suffering a partial outage this morning that, thankfully, doesn’t seem to break video calls for everyone but is returning a 502 error. Update: Shortly after publication, Google marked the issue as fixed. If you went to meet.google.com today, a 502 error may…
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