When it comes to online calendars and calendar apps, services like Google Calendar and Outlook from Microsoft rule the roost with hundreds of millions of users globally. Now another company is hoping to ruffle some feathers with its own move into the space. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Yahoo is working Day, a new […]
YouTubeをブロックすると、Google ClassroomとGoogleドライブも使えない？
Google Classroom向けのコミュニティによると、ルーターの機能を使用してYouTube.comをブロックした場合、Google ClassroomやGoogleドライブといったGoogle系のサービスが利用できなくなる場合がある問題が指摘されている。しかし、YouTubeをブロックせずに有効にしておくと、子どもたちはYouTubeコンテンツに多くの時間を浪費してしまい勉強をしなくなることから、この仕様は親からは大変不評であるようだ（Google Classroom Community）。…
Android to take an “upstream first” development model for the Linux kernel
Google stops by the Linux Plumbers Conference for an Android update.
Google powers up assistive tech in Android with facial gesture-powered shortcuts and switches
Making smartphones more accessible is always a good idea, and Google’s latest features bring quick actions and navigation to people whose expressions are their primary means of interacting with the world. Project Activate and Camera Switches let users perform tasks like speaking a custom phrase, or navigating using a switch interface, through facial gestures alone. […]
How Google Spies on Its Employees
At Google, a seemingly innocuous action can earn an employee the attention of the company’s corporate security department. The Information: For example, when Google wants to find out who has been accessing or leaking sensitive corporate information, th…
Apps to reach record highs in Q3 of 36B downloads and $34B in consumer spending
A new forecast on the state of the app economy indicates the third quarter will see record-breaking revenues spent on apps and games. According to App Annie, consumers worldwide will spend $34 billion on apps and games in Q3, a 20% year-over-year increase on spending. The increase indicates that the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on consumer […]
Google ads to get more transparent by offering access to advertiser’s recent history
Google today announced a change to its online ads, which will now display new disclosures that allow web searchers to see not just who the advertiser is and why the ad was served to you, but also what other ads the advertiser has run with Google, starting with the most recent. The changes are a […]
Google Finally Shifting To ‘Upstream First’ Linux Kernel Approach For Android Features
Phoronix reports: Google’s Android had been notorious for all of its downstream patches carried by the mobile operating system as well as various vendor/device kernel trees while in recent years more of that code has been upstreamed. Google has also be…
Googlers Protest Removal of Russian App as Bend To Government
Google employees have joined the slew of politicians and activists blasting the internet giant for pulling a voting app from Russia’s opposition leader, a move critics say showed the company was caving in to the Kremlin. From a report: Staff members co…
The iPhone 13 Pro goes to Disneyland
This year’s iPhone review goes back to Disneyland for the first time in a couple of years for, uh, obvious reasons. I’m happy to report that the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 performed extremely well and the limited testing I was able to do on the iPhone mini and iPhone 13 Pro Max showed […]