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The new Google Play Store logo goes live [U]

July 26, 2022
Google last changed the Play icon in 2016 when Play Movies & TV, Music, and Newsstand were still vibrantly kicking. Over six years later, the Google Play Store is getting a new logo. Update 7/26: Following the official 10th anniversary announcement yesterday, the new logo is live on play.google.com (but not its favicon), as well as the developer site. It’s meant to better reflect the “magic…
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Dell ending short lived iPhone sync and screen mirroring feature on Windows

July 26, 2022
Dell is discontinuing its Mobile Connect program, which lets users synch their iPhone’s calls, text, and notifications to their computer. While it works with both iPhone and Android, some of these features have just recently come to iPhone. According to The Verge, Dell will stop downloads on November 30 for users in the US, Canada, and Japan. Dell Mobile Connect will no longer be available…
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Google Drive, Docs, and other Workspace apps getting optimized for Android tablets

July 26, 2022
At I/O 2022, Google announced that over 20 first-party apps would be optimized for tablets. We’ve already seen a handful of launches since May, and Google Drive, Docs/Sheets/Slides, and Keep are now set to receive updates that improve multitasking on Android tablets. The first tablet optimization is drag-and-drop “when you have two screens open on your large-screen device.” Google gave three…
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Google Chrome could soon show the strength of your new password

July 26, 2022
Passwords are a necessary evil — for now – but Google Chrome looks to be making a move to help push for stronger passwords with a new indicator that shows how strong your password is. Chrome will show how strong your password is, or how bad Google Chrome is preparing a…
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Android 13 Beta 4.1 rolling out to Pixel with several bug fixes

July 26, 2022
Just shy of two weeks since the last major release, Google is rolling out Android 13 Beta 4.1 to Pixel phones with several bug fixes. Google considers Android 13 Beta 4.1 a “minor update.” Four issues are addressed with this release: Fixed an issue that prevented an app from enabling or disabling Bluetooth if it didn’t have the BLUETOOTH_CONNECT permission, even though the app was…
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