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Google celebrates Thanksgiving 2020 with adorable social distancing Doodle

Thanksgiving Day has arrived and for 2020, it’s going to be a very different experience for most people. To celebrate the day, though, Google has posted a new homepage Doodle to celebrate Thanksgiving 2020 and the history of the Thanksgiving holiday. Live now on Google.com in the United States, the Thanksgiving 2020 Doodle reflects how this year is not the same as the traditional holiday. In…
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Google TV app no longer shows content available on Netflix

The arrival of Google TV put heavy emphasis on the ability for users to manage all of their favorite shows and movies in one place, regardless of how many services they subscribe to. A hiccup in that plan first occurred earlier this week on Chromecast, but now things seem…
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Google advertising Pixel 5 in the UK with free movies from a ‘Mobile Cinema’

Like every other phone this year, a key part of the Pixel 4a 5G and Pixel 5 are 5G speeds. In the UK, Google is running a Map-based “Mobile Cinema” game where you can find free movies as part of a Pixel 5 advertisement. While we’re all a bit less mobile than usual this year, Google Pixel presents some of the most rewatchable British films, available to download in seconds from…
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Classic Hangouts now uses Google Meet for group video calling

Back in October, Google announced that Chat was going free next year as part of the eventual deprecation of classic Hangouts. The company detailed several transitions related to this, including a change to group video calling that brings Meet into the existing Hangouts…
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Samsung Galaxy Note20 series One UI 3.0 stable release nears as beta program closed

The One UI 3.0 beta program for the Galaxy Note20 and Galaxy Note20 Ultra that was announced last month ended today in South Korea, which suggests the release of One UI 3.0’s stable version is very close. However, Note20 series users in other countries might still receive beta updates as the program is not officially closed outside South Korea. The One UI 3.0 beta program for the Galaxy S20…
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Apple iPhone 12 Pro's bill of materials comes up to $406

Japanеsе teardown experts have released their reports on the bill of materials (BoM) for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro, giving us a close approximation of the component costs of building the two phones. The iPhone 12 BoM comes out to $373 while the 12 Pro’s is $406.
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Samsung opens One UI 3.0 beta program for the Galaxy S10 series

Samsung has released Android 11-based One UI 3.0 beta for the Galaxy S20, Note20 and Z Flip lineups already, and today the Galaxy S10, S10+ and S10e join them as the company opened the One UI 3.0 beta program for its 2019 flagships. Samsung had confirmed the One UI 3.0 beta for the S10 lineup a couple of weeks ago, but it was delayed due to battery drain concerns. But now that Samsung has opened…
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