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Google’s new ‘Address Maker’ app will let communities create functional addresses quickly

September 30, 2021
Google introduced Plus Codes back in 2018 as an open-source version of typical street addresses, and now the company is ramping up that effort to make it useful to local communities that lack that structure. This will come in the form of a new app, “Address Maker,” which Google will make available for free. Address Maker is designed to let communities that lack typical street address…
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The British have a gas shortage, so they’re Googling electric cars like crazy [Update]

September 30, 2021
Analysis of Google search data revealed that online searches for electric cars in the UK exploded 1,600% on September 24 – the day that gas shortages became a widespread problem across the country. Google “electric cars” September 29 update: UK car-buying comparison website carwow reached out to Electrek today to let us know that it, too, like Carguide (see below), has experienced a…
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2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E comes with more usable battery capacity and longer range

September 30, 2021
The 2022 Ford Mustang Mach-E is going to come with more usable battery capacity, resulting in a longer range, according to the new order guide. Battery packs have an overall energy capacity and a usable capacity. The usable capacity is the energy that the car can use to power itself. The difference between the total capacity and the usable capacity is called a buffer and it is used to protect…
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Google Maps readies Android homescreen widget w/ dynamic colors

September 30, 2021
The latest addition to Google’s rapidly growing catalog of Android homescreen widgets is a handy search widget for Google Maps. About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play…
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Google Stadia voice chat on Android is now live, explained in support document [Updated]

September 30, 2021
One of the most glaring omissions of the Stadia app for Android may soon be fixed as a Google support document details how voice chat will — and won’t — work. Update: Voice chat has finally arrived to Stadia for Android. For many months now, our APK Insight team has been watching the development of voice chat in the Stadia app, including the app being registered for Android’s…
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