Proton Drive, a Dropbox and iCloud rival, has today launched iOS and Android apps for both free and paid cloud storage tiers.
As you’d expect from the company that launched an encrypted email service, Proton Mail, the emphasis is on privacy and security …
Background
Proton is best known for its secure email app. By default, email is completely unencrypted. It is sent from server to server…
Google redesign simplifies ‘Collections’ homepage of bookmarks
December 7, 2022
Back in June, we noted that Google is no longer developing “Assistant Memory,” and the Collections feature that it would have presumably replaced is now seeing a redesign.
Collections is Google’s integrated bookmarking feature that surfaces saves from Search…
How to create themed icons for any app on Android
December 7, 2022
Themed Icons on Android are a throwback to the days of icon packs and sometimes chaotic customization. While they are fun and inviting, a lot of apps still don’t have a themed icons variant. This guide will take you through creating themed icons for any app on Android in…
In addition to continuous scrolling on desktop, Google is rolling out new topic filters for mobile Search.
It starts with a redesign of the carousel underneath the Search bar that makes use of pill-shaped buttons that are accompanied by blue icons. Books, Finance, Flights, Images, Maps, News, Shopping, and Videos have matching icons, with Google tending to show one or two of those traditional…
There’s nothing wrong with adding a little flare here and there to your comments. Now, users can add custom-made stickers and emotes to YouTube comments in both videos and on streams.
Emoji have long been made available to users commenting on YouTube videos and streams.
After its two-year-old streaming dongle for Android TV developers goes by the wayside, we’ve confirmed that Google is preparing an ADT-4 streaming box for Android TV development which brings a number of upgrades.
Google has designated three devices so far as Android…
GPay and Google Assistant losing ‘pay for gas’ in the US; in-app parking also deprecated
December 7, 2022
While GPay is getting some Material You tweaks, the app is losing the ability to pay for parking and gas right from your phone in the US.
Starting with gas, GPay users in recent days have been prompted about the upcoming removal of the feature on Monday, December 12. Google says it “originally offered this functionality to give people a simpler way to pay at the pump and to help our partners…
Google Photos has long been able to estimate the location of pictures that don’t contain geodata. It previously did this using Google Account Location History but has since stopped and is giving users the ability to remove those estimates.
Previously, Google Photos…
Google TV showcases Zooey Deschanel’s watchlist in latest ‘Watch with Me’ installment
December 7, 2022
Google TV is showing off the favorite films and TV shows of Zooey Deschanel this week with a homescreen widget.
The latest installment of “Watch with Me” from Google TV interviews Zooey Deschanel, known for projects including New Girl, 500 Days of Summer, and most…
The latest macOS Ventura 13.1 beta makes a useful enhancement to the Find My app. With this update, you can now use the Find My app on your Mac to ping nearby accessories for the first time. This behavior was previously only available in the Find My apps on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
The ability to ping an accessory with a sound is available on AirTag and a handful of different third-party…
