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Alaska Airlines’ e-ink bag label pairs with your iPhone to create electronic baggage tag

July 20, 2022
One piece of tech which has proven slow to, uh, take off is an electronic baggage tag to replace the usual paper label applied to hold baggage at check-in. Alaska Airlines is hoping to boost adoption by offering it free of charge to frequent fliers. Background The first e-ink baggage tag I saw was back in 2016 when luggage-maker Rimowa started offering one built-in to selected suitcases. In…
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Google Photos website starts showing the backup quality of every image

July 20, 2022
The tweaks and small additions to Google Photos continues with the Info pane on the web getting a rather useful “Backed up” section. Since 2020, photos.google.com has included “Uploaded from” and “Shared by” image information that’s not found on the Android or iOS apps. The latest web-only section is called “Backed up” and it joins day/date, location, device, EXIF, and file…
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YouTube Music updated to support new Android 13 media controls

July 20, 2022
One of the major visual changes in Android 13 is a redesign of media controls, and YouTube Music has just been updated to support the new style. Apps need to target API level 33 to take advantage of the new design. Otherwise, all controls appear at the very bottom of the…
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Google explored some wild Chrome icons during the redesign

July 20, 2022
With version 100 in late March, Google released a Chrome icon redesign across the desktop and mobile apps. An interview today with the team behind the revamp shares some interesting details about the process. For example, before the 2008 launch, a rocket ship featuring a red lightning bolt and flames shown flying above Earth was used as the browser icon to represent speed. But our team decided to…
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Samsung Calendar update revives Google Calendar’s long-gone natural language processing

July 20, 2022
A new update rolling out for the Samsung Calendar app is set to make a few key improvements that remind us of what once was with Google Calendar. Group calendar invitation management will be easier for users and quick add recommendations are set to gain a couple of settings in the Samsung Calendar app. Much like many other stock Samsung apps on Galaxy devices, the Calendar app is not bad at all.
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