Google’s video chat app now supports a grid view of up to 16 people, the company announced Wednesday. The update comes while many are working from home or taking part in remote education due to COVID-19 quarantines and lockdowns. Google Meet will now adjust the grid view to show active speakers. “Seeing more people at …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. YouTube, the most popular video platform in the world, has only become more popular during the coronavirus pandemic. As people around the world shelter in place, the Google-owned site has attracted parents on the hunt for children’s content, consumers looking for news, and …
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Google on Tuesday said it’s opening up its shopping platform to make it free for sellers to list their products on the company’s search engine. Previously, search results for the shopping section of the site came from advertisers bidding on specific search terms, like workout gear or rice cookers. Now, sellers will be able to list products on the shopping …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai have been asked to take personal responsibility for protecting the privacy of customers in their companies’ efforts to track people’s movements during the spread of COVID-19. In a letter published Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley …
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Fortnite for Android launched in 2018, but it wasn’t available in the Google Play Store. Those interested in playing the Android version of the popular battle royale game had to install it directly and not via an app store, a process known as sideloading. That changed Tuesday when developer Epic Games made Fortnite available on the Google Play Store. With Fortnite’s …
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Apple announced on Wednesday a second version of the iPhone SE. Rumored for months with different names, including iPhone 9 and SE 2, the budget phone essentially crams an iPhone 11 into an iPhone 8 body. We haven’t seen it in person yet — Apple didn’t hold a traditional event due to the coronavirus pandemic and instead announced the new iPhone in a …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The widely touted next step in tackling the coronavirus’ spread is a series of phone apps, known as contact-tracing apps, that are being developed by many governments around the world. But France, which is hoping to release its app in May, says there’s …
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Even months after it first arrived, Gmail’s schedule send tool is easily one of Google’s best email features. This tool keeps you from being the person who sends emails over the weekend, or in the middle of the night, if you’re sending a message to a colleague in another time zone — as we frequently do in our new work-from-home …
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Motorola seems to barely have noticed what’s going on in the world right now. It’s certainly not slowing down, having just released the affordable G Power and G Stylus. The flagship Edge and Edge Plus phones are rumored to be revealed later this week. Now new leaks from Evan Blass and 91Mobiles detail two additional Moto phones due to arrive in …
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If you’re able to weather the global pandemic without regular bouts of anxiety, I salute you. My pendulum swings back and forth between “We’ll get through this” and “We’re all doomed” — often several times per day. That’s why I’m increasingly on the lookout for helpful (and cheap) coping tools, be they free games to keep my mind off things …
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