Food delivery has become an important option during the lockdown and stay-at-home orders mandated in many cities across the US due to the coronavirus pandemic. Google Maps added a feature to make the search for your next meal a little easier. Google Maps users on Android and iOS will now see whether a restaurant can deliver …
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Pixel 3A: I tried Google’s latest digital wellbeing idea and only lasted 5 hours
As I finished cutting and gluing the Envelope together to eventually encase my Pixel 3A, I was hopeful. On top of being an average phone user, I’ve been reviewing and reporting on phones for years. To spend time with phones and be paid for it, then turn around and do the exact opposite, would be new for me, and I …
Read More »Google Chrome is the world’s top browser. Stop missing out on its 7 best tools
Google Chrome is the world’s most popular browser, and for good reason. It’s packed with useful tools that connect you to the internet every day, like dark mode, toolbar playback controls and a “privacy sandbox” coming later this year. But it’s also hard to keep up with all the browser changes. After all, you can’t very well store your login credentials in Chrome’s password …
Read More »Mozilla helps modernize feature phones powered by Firefox tech
Years after Mozilla canceled its own Firefox OS project, the nonprofit is again involved in work to make its browser technology a core foundation for mobile phone software. This time it’s helping out KaiOS Technologies, the company that picked up the Firefox OS pieces and now offers them for use in feature phones as a rival to Apple’s iOS and …
Read More »Google Maps can tell you which businesses are impacted by coronavirus
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. In the midst of the outbreak of COVID-19 — the new coronavirus that originated in China and has claimed more than 4,000 lives in the past three months — Google Maps is telling businesses how they can keep customers updated on any changes to hours or operations. …
Read More »Once you use dark mode in these 13 iPhone apps, you’ll never go back
Have you used your iPhone’s dark mode setting yet? If not, you should. Not only is it easier on your eyes, especially if you often use your phone in a dimly lit room, but using dark mode actually saves battery life, according to Google. Apple first added a system-wide dark mode with the release of iOS 13 last year, converting the …
Read More »Apple Maps has a new look. Here’s how to use all of its new features
In January, Apple finished rolling out the Apple Maps redesign it announced alongside iOS 13. The new look and features are years in the making, and they finally give iPhone and iPad users a worthy Google Maps replacement. The new features include sharing your ETA with a contact to keep them updated on your location and time of arrival. There’s also a new …
Read More »Google maps out the top celeb GIFs we use to express emotion
If a picture is worth a thousand words, GIFs offer a motherload, especially when you can’t find the right words to express yourself. And we apparently have favorite pop icons we know we can turn to for specific emotions. If you’re looking to convey happiness or enthusiastic approval, you might search for Drake. Google found that the rapper’s most popular …
Read More »Galaxy S20 Ultra: Top camera features finally make sense, but battery life doesn’t (ongoing review)
I began this ongoing review of the Galaxy S20 Ultra knowing that Samsung’s redesigned camera system and its massive 5,000-mAh battery would make or break the phone. I’ve spent the past few days testing its 108-megapixel main sensor and up-to-100x AI-assisted camera zoom, looking for reasons to use these over-the-top features in real life. I finally found it. But during my day …
Read More »China is buying most of the world’s 5G phones, report finds
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. 5G networks are beginning to rollout throughout the US, but that’s not where most of the world’s 5G smartphones are being sold. Instead, China is buying most of the world’s next-generation phones. According to a new report by Counterpoint Research, China accounted for nearly half …
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