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Education Chromebooks getting PIN logins as Google Classroom adds roster import, more

Google for Education today hosted The Anywhere School 2021 to reveal the latest capabilities for teachers and students. Updates include PIN login for Chromebooks and Classroom add-ons, as well as Google Meet. On Chromebooks, six-digit PIN logins for education let schools replace long passwords. This feature helps students, educators, and admins alike on assigned devices: When students are…
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Review: $1,199 Torque 1 electric bike just may be the most affordable torque-sensor e-bike out there

The Torque 1 electric bike from Florida-based RideScoozy is a commuter style e-bike that combines two features rarely seen together: a torque sensor and an affordable price tag. As we’ve discussed in the past, torque sensors are a more elegant way to engage the pedal assist on electric bicycles. Instead of just starting up power when the bike sees that the pedals are moving, which is how…
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Nest and Google Wifi M89 update rolling out with Microsoft Teams, Slack prioritization

Google is in the process of rolling out the “M89” update for the Nest and Google Wifi. There are several user-facing additions, as well as underlying improvements. The M89 release, dated June 2021, starts with an expansion of what third-party services are supported by “Preferred activities.” “Video conferencing” — released in November — already prioritizes Google Meet and Zoom…
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PostPro's Wand is a Lightroom plug-in that wants to take the guesswork out of culling event photos

Surveys reveal that most event photographers spend an inordinate amount of time both editing and culling photos. PostPro created Wand, a plug-in for Adobe’s Lightroom that attempts to solve at least one of those problems. The program, which is now out of beta, separates the good photos from the bad. By eliminating the time it takes to manually cull photos, event photographers can save a…
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