Google makes advanced video chat features free through September

Google Meet’s premium features will now be available for free to all G Suite and G Suite for Education customers until Sept. 30. The company on Thursday said it’s extending the offer, which was originally set to end on July 1, to support people working and learning from home during the coronavirus pandemic. The high-end add-ons …

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Apple TV Plus makes some original shows and one movie free

As people are forced to spend more time confined at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, Apple is allowing free streaming of some Apple TV Plus original shows and movies for a limited time, including one of its best reviewed series, Little America. Viewers will also get free access to other premium shows and movies from HBO and EPIX, among others, on the …

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Sonos One vs. Amazon Echo Studio: Which smart speaker should you buy?

The first smart speakers, the Amazon Echo and Google Home, broke new ground in voice control and artificial intelligence wizardry. But they simply didn’t sound very good for music. It took until the creation of the Sonos One for a relatively affordable smart speaker to couple voice assistants with proper sound quality. The Sonos earns our Editors’ Choice Award for its sound and reasonable price. …

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Yes, you can fix your cracked Nintendo Switch

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Here’s how scammers are using the coronavirus to cash in

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Microsoft Surface Neo could be delayed, Disney Plus racks up subs

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Now is the perfect time to bring back phone VR

Once upon a time, everyone wanted us to use our phones as VR headsets. Do you remember this? There was the folding, giveaway Google Cardboard, that ended up in magazines and promo giveaways. There was Samsung’s Gear VR, sold alongside every Samsung phone. There was Google Daydream View. I wrote a eulogy for phone VR last year, because for the …

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Uber hears drivers’ demands, ships out masks for coronavirus protection

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Two weeks ago, a New York-based drivers group sent a letter to Uber with a demand: give drivers sanitizing equipment and face masks. The letter was sent after an Uber driver became the first known gig worker to die of COVID-19, the disease …

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LG reveals concept for its next flagship phone

LG on Thursday offered a hint about its future phone, with a few concept images showing a “raindrop” rear camera design and “front-back symmetrical curves” The cameras descend in order by size, with the main lens sitting just above the surface, the other two lenses lying under the glass and the flash below them — a different approach from the …

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TikTok pledges $250 million in coronavirus aid

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. TikTok has committed $250 million to coronavirus aid as of Thursday. According to a statement by TikTok’s president, Alex Zhu, the funds will go toward supporting “front line medical workers, educators, and local communities deeply affected by the global crisis.” The video platform joins …

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OnePlus CEO teases ultrawide camera on OnePlus 8 Pro

OnePlus CEO Pete Lau on Wednesday teased the camera setup on the upcoming OnePlus 8 Pro, sharing nighttime shots from the phone next to similar photos taken with an unnamed rival “flagship phone.” “Ultra wide that can get ultra close,” Lau tweeted. “One side here was taken with a OnePlus 8 Pro, the other with another flagship phone (I think …

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Google debuts a braille keyboard for vision

Braille has been helping the blind and vision-impaired to read and communicate for more than 150 years. Now Google wants to help blind and vision-impaired Android users put braille to work on their smartphones. To do so, Google developed a virtual braille keyboard called TalkBack. In essence, it divides the user’s screen into six zones, each one representing one of …

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Coronavirus app from Apple and Stanford aims at first responders

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Stanford Medicine and Apple have teamed up on a COVID-19 screening app for police, firefighters, paramedics and other first responders in the Bay Area. The iOS app, called First Responder COVID-19 Guide, offers a screening tool that can help determine if a coronavirus …

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