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Google working on ‘finishing touches’ for its Android 12 update with ‘Pixel-exclusive’ features

October 5, 2021
While Android 12 is now available in AOSP today, Google did not release it to Pixel phones in an unprecedented departure. Instead, the company is still working on the Pixel’s Android 12 update and teased it would be a “special release.” In announcing Android Open Source Project availability, the Android team said it’s “coming to a device near you starting with Pixel in the next few…
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Google’s 8.8.8.8 DNS service slows down amid massive Facebook outage

October 5, 2021
Facebook and the services owned by the social media giant have been hard hit by a massive outage this afternoon that has seen all of those services down for almost four hours at this point. Caught up in that mess, though, is Google’s 8.8.8.8 DNS service, which has slowed down amid the Facebook outage. DNS, or Domain Name System, essentially acts as a way of allowing browsers to translate an IP…
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Google+ trends in the aftermath of massive Facebook, Instagram outage

October 5, 2021
Shut down in 2019, Google+ was never really a favorite for most in the social media landscape. However, during today’s massive and extended Facebook outage, Google+ came to mind for quite a few people. On Twitter this afternoon, Google+ picked up some steam with thousands of tweets referencing the now-defunct social network in the aftermath of the Facebook outage. Twitter’s recap of the…
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39th Leitz Photographica Auction will include rare Leica MP, prototype prime & much more

October 5, 2021
The 39th Leitz Photographica Auction is coming up, taking place on November 20 at the Hotel Bristol in Vienna, Austria. Ahead of the auction, Leica has highlighted various rare Leitz/Leica camera equipment people will be able to bid on next month. Among the collection due for auction is a rare Leica MP Black Paint No. 55 camera. It has an A- condition grade and was built in 1957. The serial number…
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