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Gamers condemn a Google Stadia Montreal Creative Director for saying streamers should be paying publishers

Following three days of “Good Stuff” announcements, “Stadia” has begun trending on Twitter following a tweet from a Google Stadia Games & Entertainment Creative Director suggesting that streamers should be paying game studios a percentage of their revenue. From the first time we ever heard of Stadia, Google’s still young game-streaming service, the ability to easily stream your…
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Google Messages starts rolling out account-sync on the web for Fi users

Just yesterday, Google announced that Fi users would lose access to their messages through classic Hangouts, but the company also teased a new web experience. Now, that updated Messages for Web feature is already rolling out to some Google Fi users. In last night’s update, Google explained that there would be two options available. One would be to use the standard web experience that pairs…
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Google Assistant speakers can also receive inbound phone calls, but only in Australia

Almost since their debut, Google Assistant speakers have featured the ability to make phone calls, but only in that one direction. Now, Google Assistant speakers are gaining the ability to receive calls as well, but only on one telecommunications company for now. Telstra, a major telecommunications and internet provider in Australia is currently rolling out the ability for inbound phone calls…
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Google Search easter egg celebrates Pelé’s 80th birthday

On this day in 1940, football legend Pelé was born in Minas Gerais, Brazil. In honor of Pelé’s 80th birthday, Google has hidden a new easter egg into Google Search. Born with the name Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the footballer we’ve come to know as Pelé received…
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You can now log in to Spotify with your Google account

As the death of Google Play Music begins, Spotify is making it a bit easier for Google account holders to sign up. You can now use a Google account login to use Spotify. If you go to sign in to Spotify from an Android phone or tablet, you’ll be able to do so using a…
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Google using Chromecast screensavers to encourage people to vote

For the past few days, the Google.com homepage stateside has featured information on “how to vote this election,” and the company is now bringing that message to the screensavers found on Chromecasts. The Chromecast Ambient Mode helps make your television less stagnant when nothing is currently being casted. In between nature images, we’ve encountered two backgrounds encouraging people to…
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