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Google Photos gets ‘View screenshots’ app shortcut on Android

As of late, Google Photos has been emphasizing screenshots and the Android app now offers an app shortcut to quickly view them. Long-pressing on the app icon reveals the addition of “View screenshots” alongside “Free up space” and “I’m Feeling Lucky.” It’s the first app shortcut to appear and takes you to your device’s “Screenshots” folder, which features the recently tweaked…
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Google explored some wild Chrome icons during the redesign

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…
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Popular Android launcher, Lawnchair, takes code from Pixel Launcher, not just features

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…
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Android now supports DNS-over-HTTP/3 with Google Play system update

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…
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How to flag and report scam business reviews on Google Maps and Search

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…
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