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Google’s code-free ‘Tab Maker’ tool lets you make extensions that customize Chrome’s New Tab Page

The Chrome New Tab Page on desktop (Mac, Windows, Linux) and Chrome OS can be customized by third-party extensions so that users “discover something new every time [they] open a new tab.” Google’s new “Tab Maker” tool lets anyone create such an extension with “no coding required.” New Tab extensions can be used to “share images, text, links or GIFs that inspire, educate or…
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Hands-on: How to edit PDFs with iPhone and iPad in the iOS 15 Files app

One under-the-radar feature that comes with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 is found in the Files app. Follow along for a look at how to edit PDFs on iPhone and iPad, including the option to rotate, insert, scan, remove pages, and more. Up until iOS 14, the Files app has offered the ability to view, markup, and share PDFs but hasn’t allowed the option to more fully edit PDFs directly on iPhone and iPad…
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Unenroll your Pixel from the Android 12 Beta Program to get November’s update immediately

The November security patch was announced on Monday as the first update to Android 12 following its launch a few weeks earlier. This update includes a series of bug fixes, but Pixel owners that are still on the Android Beta Program have yet to receive the November release until they opt out. Usually, Google closes the Android Beta Program for the year after a public release. Participants are…
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Comment: Pixel offers OnePlus leavers a ‘clean’ break from OxygenOS’ upcoming ColorOS future

The recent release of an excellent Made by Google smartphone is not only great for Pixel fans, it might actually pique the interest of OnePlus and OxygenOS stalwarts looking at the “Oppo-ification” of their favorite OEM in confusion. I’ll start by saying that while Oppo makes some solid products, and the Find X series really is great, OnePlus has always cultivated a rabid fanbase courtesy…
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