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YouTube for Android and iOS can now connect to your TV for easy commenting and sharing

As teased by Sundar Pichai in April, the YouTube app on your phone will soon serve as a connected, second-screen experience for videos playing on your TV. Connected (smart) televisions are an increasingly big way that people consume YouTube. Over 700 million hours of YouTube content (as of January 2022) is consumed on TVs daily. As such, Google set out to make that big screen experience as…
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The role of AI in data privacy

In 2021, consumers became very aware of data privacy, especially as it is related to their rights regarding personal information gathered as they browse the internet and interact with websites. All companies, but especially ecommerce companies, are facing new challenges as…
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Google TV for Android is now available in over 100 countries, more coming soon

Today Google announced that the Google TV app is finally available on iOS. Alongside that announcement, the company has also confirmed that the Google TV app on Android is now available in over 100 countries, and will expand even further soon. The rollout of Google TV as a whole has been one that’s a bit hard to keep track of, as things vary depending not only on country, but also language and…
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Galaxy Watch 5 series appears to be using the same charger

We still don’t know a ton about Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 5, but there’s plenty of room for improvements over last year’s Galaxy Watch 4. It doesn’t seem, though, that we’ll see much of a difference with the Galaxy Watch 5 charger. The Galaxy Watch 5 charger seems…
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Google Drive making it easier to find file locations on the web

Following its big keyboard shortcut update, which looks to be widely rolling out this week, Google Drive on the web is better surfacing file locations. The list view when you’re in Search, Recent, Starred, and Trash is getting a new “Location” column that expands to show the full path of a file. At other times, it will say “Shared with x.” This feature makes it easier for you to…
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IDC: iPhone least impacted by global smartphone shipment decline for two reasons

Global smartphone shipments have been dropping this year, and analysts predict that total shipments for 2022 will be lower than in 2021 due to global uncertainties combined with weaker demand. However, according to IDC, Apple with the iPhone will likely be the “least impacted vendor” in this scenario. According to a report by the analyst firm, smartphone shipments will decline 3.5% to 1.31…
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