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You’re wrong about Stadia — debunking the biggest myths about Google’s gaming platform

It’s been a year since Google Stadia was first made available to the public, and in that time, the service has proven itself to many despite still having some issues. While cloud streaming still has challenges to overcome, Stadia has proven itself as something that can change the way people play games for the better. In the past year, though, many myths and misconceptions about Stadia have run…
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Google extending Chrome support for Windows 7 due to 2020 stalling IT migration plans

Back in January, the Chrome browser’s continued availability on Windows 7 was given a 2021 end date. Google is now extending Chrome support for Windows 7 to 2022 in light of this year’s current conditions. While the past few months served as a catalyst for technology investments and digital transformation initiatives for many organizations, for others, some planned IT projects may have had…
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Google’s Phone app might be rebranded to ‘Google Call’ and get a new four-color icon

In recent weeks, Google has brought its Android dialer to non-Pixel devices and tweaked the Play Store listing. It now appears that an upcoming rebrand will give the Phone app a new logo and name: “Google Call.” A YouTube ad for the Phone by Google app — as it’s now officially referred to on the Play Store — emerged today. It features a link to download and highlights a “reliable…
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Google Stadia is coming to iOS as a web app

Google has announced that its game-streaming service Stadia will soon debut on iOS. It won’t arrive in the form of a dedicated iOS app, as Apple said those violate the terms of its App Store, so instead it will be available to iOS users in the form of a progressive web…
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Ericsson argues against Huawei's ban in Sweden

Huawei was recently banned from supplying 5G equipment to carriers in Sweden, the home country of its rival Ericsson. It has now received support from an unexpected place as the Ericsson CEO Borje Ekholm said in an interview that this decision is restricting free competition…
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Oppo Reno5 5G series will come with a trio of chipsets from Qualcomm and MediaTek

We’ve been seeing details about Oppo’s upcoming Reno5 5G series for a while now. We know there’s a vanilla Reno5 5G as well as a Pro version powered by Mediatek’s Dimensity 1000 chipset. Oppo PEGM00/PEGT00 (Reno5 5G) Now, well-known Chinese blogger confirmed we’ll see versions of the Reno5 5G series with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 and 765G chips as well as Mediatek’s Dimensity…
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