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What are Google Photos’ Cinematic photos and how do they work?

Google Photos has a few tricks up its sleeves, including one called Cinematic photos. This feature turns your ordinary photos into vivid and realistic moving photos. So, how do Cinematic photos work, and how can you create them? Follow along as we take a deep dive into Google Photos’ Cinematic photos. Table of contents What are Cinematic photos in Google Photos? How do Cinematic photos…
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Xiaomi 12 renders hint at smaller but familiar design, 50MP camera setup, more

The next wave of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 smartphones is likely to include the upcoming Xiaomi 12, and thanks to leaked renders, we’re getting an idea of what to expect from the flagship. Although the “Mi” moniker has been dropped, for all intents and purposes, the Xiaomi 12 looks set to continue the Mi 11 lineage. The latest set of renders come courtesy of Steve Hemmerstoffer AKA…
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Chrome now tracks and shows product price drops in the tab grid, starting on Android

In time for last-minute holiday shopping, Chrome for Android is getting a particularly useful price drop tracker right in the tab grid. If you leave a shopping listing open in Chrome, Google will overlay price drops on the miniaturized page preview in the tab grid. The original cost and new price will be noted in the top-left corner. Google designed this feature for those that “don’t have…
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Scoop: ​​Google Duo development & planned consumer-focused merger with Meet fizzles out

We broke the news last year that Google was eventually going to replace Duo by making Meet its only video calling service. That remains the case, but the resulting product will be primarily focused on enterprise and is no longer internally pitched to be a merger of the two apps, as Google has no plans to create a dedicated consumer-oriented video offering. Our August 2020 report revealed that…
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