One Google Search critique of late blames targeted SEO content for the declining quality of results. Google today pushed back against that claim by saying Search has “decreased the number of irrelevant results by over 50%” in the last seven years.
Google cites “internal metrics based on quality rater data” in a Q&A with Search Liaison Danny Sullivan. These Quality Raters are…
Opinion: The death of Play Movies pushes Google TV forward, but emphasizes YouTube’s awful experience
March 24, 2022
This week, Google announced another step towards the end of Play Movies & TV as it continues to push towards Google TV instead. It’s the right call, but with a headache attached for many customers.
What’s happening to Play Movies & TV?
Google Play Movies &…
Google Play announces support for third-party ‘User Choice’ app billing, starting with Spotify
March 24, 2022
Back in 2020, Google announced that it would require all apps in the Play Store to use its billing system but later delayed that to this month. Google will soon allow Android apps to use their own payment system as long as Play Store billing is an option alongside it, with…
iOS 15 now includes every feature first announced at WWDC 2021, just in time for iOS 16
March 24, 2022
iOS 15 was first previewed in June during the WWDC21. Released in September, several features were missing with the first public availability of the iPhone’s latest operating system. Today, after six months and four major updates within this iOS cycle, Apple finally released every feature previewed during its 2021 Worldwide Developers Conference.
iOS 15 promised refinements and changes…
Last year, Instagram announced that it was working on a new chronological feed option for users. The company has officially made good on that promise, announcing today that users now have two new options to sort their Instagram feed in chronological order. Head below for the…
One of the most interesting and limited features available within the iOS ecosystem is Car Key. Launched in 2020, only a limited number of BMW models could be unlocked with the owner’s iPhone and Apple Watch. Now, Apple is expanding this feature to some Kia and Genesis…
Review: Electric Bike Company’s Model E is an affordable US-built e-bike for nearly everyone
March 23, 2022
The Model E offers a great balance of quality parts and economical pricing. It’s right there in the name: Model E. The ‘E’ is for Everyone, as Electric Bike Company’s founder and CEO Sean Lupton-Smith explained to me as I tested the bike out on a cool winter morning in Newport Beach, California. That’s where EBC builds its e-bikes, assembling them locally from a combination of US and…
Elon Musk announces two new Tesla paint colors enabled by new ‘world’s most advanced paint shop’
March 23, 2022
Elon Musk announced that Tesla is going to make two new paint colors available through its new “world’s most advanced paint shop” at Gigafactory Berlin.
Back in the early days of the Model S, Tesla used to offer a variety of colors, but the automaker decided to…
New Apollo City electric scooter has single or dual motors, full-suspension, 32 MPH speed, & never-flat tires
March 23, 2022
The Apollo City and Apollo City Pro electric scooters, which both opened for pre-orders today, represent a new phase of the Canadian e-scooter leader’s product development. After releasing the company’s first all-original design scooter last year, Apollo has done it…
LG Energy Solution is investing $1.7 billion and creating 1,200 jobs at its existing EV battery factory in Holland, Michigan. The expansion of the factory will quintuple its capacity to produce EV battery components.
The company made its announcement yesterday alongside the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI).
LG Energy Solution has been in Holland…
