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Twitter could stop offering ad-free articles to Blue subscribers

When Twitter Blue began rolling out in the US last fall, the company positioned ad-free articles as one of the main reasons to subscribe. A little more than a year later, it looks like Twitter will discontinue that feature. According to The Wall Street Journal, the company plans to stop offering Twitter Blue customers the ability to access ad-free articles from publishers. The Journal did not…
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Google Doodle showcases Indigenous North American stickball

The latest Google Doodle shines a spotlight on Indigenous North American stickball, one of the oldest sports in North America. Since 1990, in the United States, the month of November has been dedicated as Native American Heritage Month. The occasion is meant to be an…
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Google Play Console gets first update in 3 years to support Pixel 7

Last week, Google highlighted the benefits of 64-bit only Android phones, but that comes at the expense of old apps no longer working. Google Play Console has now been updated to support the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. The Google Play Console app was last updated in July of 2019 with version 8.2.027. Today, Google released Play Console 8.2.039 and it’s now available to download on the Pixel 7 series…
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Google Drive gets improved file access expiration functionality

For Google Workspace customers, Drive lets you set an expiration date when sharing files, and the capability is now picking up a pair of usability enhancements. For starters, you can now add an expiration date to somebody’s access when sharing instead of only “after a…
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How to use Google Arts & Culture app’s new Halloween-themed Art Filters

Google’s Arts & Culture app has added a little something new to the Art Filter feature – a set of new paintings to disguise yourself as in the AR selfie mode. The Arts & Culture app has produced some neat things in the past few years. The app has brought users really cool camera effects based on modern and historical works of art from around the world. One tool that stands out is the…
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Pre-iPhone Google G1 renders reveal a lot of green and more physical buttons

The original Android team spent the weekend and today debunking some misconceptions about the operating system’s creation especially in relation to the iPhone. As part of that, Android co-founder Rich Miner shared an interesting pair of Google G1 renders that predate the iPhone. We specifically see renders of what became the “Google G1” (HTC Dream or T-Mobile G1) five months before the…
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