The popular third-party Android launcher, Lawnchair, has lost part of its development team due to concerns about the app’s use of code taken from Google’s own Pixel Launcher.
One of the key elements of the Pixel series is its launcher, regarded by some for its clean design and seamless integration with Google Search, Assistant, and Discover. When using another Android phone, it can be easy to…
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…
Philips Hue soon to launch new ‘Natural Light’ mode that mimics sunlight throughout the day
July 20, 2022
Smart lighting can breathe new life into your home, and one of our favorite options is Philips Hue. It’s recently been uncovered that Hue is preparing a new “Natural Light” mode which is designed to mimic real outdoor lighting conditions, and it looks pretty…
Android 9.0 Pie in 2018 introduced DNS-over-TLS (DoT) and the mobile OS now supports DNS-over-HTTP/3 (DoH) thanks to a Google Play system update (Mainline).
Meant to be the latest method for keeping DNS queries private, DNS-over-HTTP/3 features a “number of improvements over DNS-over-TLS” spanning performance and memory safety (with the Mainline Module written in Rust).
It’s “rapidly…
In addition to comments, Google Docs will soon alert you to content additions and removals with edit notifications.
These Google Docs edit notifications are delivered via email and “detail what changes were made, when the changes were made, and who made…
Carbon, the latest programming language to be built within Google, was unveiled today as an experimental successor to C++.
Over the years, Google has created a few programming languages, some of which have become more popular and prominent than others. For example, Golang…
Local businesses are getting hit hard by scam one-star reviews on Google Maps and Search. Fortunately, there’s a way to report what you think are scammers trying to sully a local business’ good name. This guide will take you through the steps of flagging scam reviews on Google Maps and Google Search.
One-star scam Google reviews
It goes without saying that not every one-star review is from a…
With the Duo migration underway, Google continues to add more enterprise-focused features to Meet. The latest lets Google Meet participants ask questions and answer polls anonymously.
When a user responds to a Poll anonymously or posts a question anonymously, the details…
Samsung today confirmed that its next Galaxy Unpacked event is set for Wednesday, August 10. Foldables, wearables, and earbuds are all expected at the 9:00 a.m. ET keynote.
As always, the event description is light on details, but recent leaks more than make up for that.
iOS 16 comes with lots of love for Apple’s Photos app and one of the useful new additions is a built-in duplicate finder. Here’s how it works to use the new feature to delete duplicate iPhone photos a few at a time or in large batches.
Along with the ease of snapping super high-quality images with iPhone, it’s easy to let our photo library pile up with lots of shots, which can include a…
