Google has announced that from 1st May, they will start to consider “Page Experience” as part of Search ranking, as measured by a set of metrics called Core Web Vitals. That date is approaching quickly and I’m sure lots of us are being asked...
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Good morning and welcome to 10 Things in Tech. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here.Let's get started.1. Google cofounder Sergey Brin has been building a secretive airship company called LTA for over four years. The...
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Google appears to be running into growing and concerted opposition to their proposal to build user profiling into their Chrome browser and today we have a massive heavyweight joining the battle. WordPress has announced that they would be treating...
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Sometimes it is hard to probe a circuit and then look over at the meter. [Electronoobs] decided to fix that problem by making a Google Glass-like multimeter using an OLED screen and Bluetooth module.
The custom PCB doesn’t have many surprises....
Related topics: Google Glass, Bluetooth
Google is launching a new Chrome feature that allows users to create a link to highlighted text on a webpage.
The new feature is rolling out as part of Chrome 90. Google product manager Kayce Hawkins introduced the new feature in a blog...
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If you keep a lot of Google Chrome windows open to organize your tabs, you can go one step further and name each window. Chrome’s built-in naming feature makes it easy to remember which window is for what in the taskbar or overview screen.Read...
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Recently, Google Chrome unveiled some new features that can help boost your productivity — most notably including a way to link people to specific text from, say, an article or blog.
When you create one of these links, clicking it highlights...
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Google cofounder Sergey Brin.
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Google cofounder Sergey Brin is building a secretive airship company called LTA.
The airship will be climate-friendly and deliver humanitarian aid worldwide.
Brin was inspired by the USS Macon, a...
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Searching the web for answers is something we all take for granted. Whether it’s on a smartphone, tablet, or personal computer, and whether you type your query in or use your voice, search is the paradigm for accessing the internet. We know...
Related topics: Mobile Technology, Tablets
Google Earth is getting its “biggest update since 2017” although there’s just one major thing that you’ll see here. The new thing is that you’ll be able to see a 37-year timelapse of the whole planet or a specific place...
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Last year, Google let users control what information appears in the Assistant Snapshot feed. A new “Favorites” section for Google Assistant Snapshot now lets you pin important cards to the top, with this capability being especially handy...
In recent weeks, Google deprecated the legacy Wear OS app install method for new phone-watch pairings. This means that buyers of new wearables or those that need to reset their devices might not see all the same apps as before. Developers would...
Under the now-outlawed "double Irish" tax dodge, corporations transferred their intellectual property to holding companies registered in Ireland but run from tax havens like Bermuda, which siphoned off profits through royalty fees.
Related topics: Taxes, Ireland
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Google’s Project Zero, a team of dedicated security engineers tasked with reducing the number of “zero day” vulnerabilities around the entire internet, says it will give developers an extra 30...
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
A judge in Australia found Google misled users about personal location data the company collected via Android devices, a violation of Australian law, the Associated Press reported.
According to...
Related topics: Android, Mobile Technology
Google has started rolling out a feature for Chrome 90, which will allow you to create a link that takes people straight to the part of a page you highlighted.
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If you ever needed help to track your assignments, manage your schedule or check Google Classroom, there’s an app that can help you with that. ‘School Assistant’ is a free app developed by Sun Apps to assist you during school...
Every week, MobileSyrup goes over some of the biggest titles to recently hit gaming services, such as Xbox Game Pass, Google Stadia, PlayStation Now and PlayStation Plus.
We’ll also highlight any Canadian titles when relevant.
Google Stadia
The...
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Listen to the Raw Story Podcast on: APPLE PODCASTS, GOOGLE PODCASTS, or SPOTIFY.It took close to two dozen episodes, but The Raw Story Podcast landed a one-of-a-kind interview with Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States. Well, not...
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In 2009, I was starting my career in IT, and even at the time, the idea of managing a local email server seemed like a colossal waste of resources. I began investigating what was then known as Google Apps for your Domain as an alternative to...
Related topics: Apple, Microsoft, Servers