Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. That’s how I used to look. Well, not the blonde hair. Mozilla/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET I’ve never wanted to put all my eggs into Google’s basket. I don’t know what Google wants to use that basket for — and …
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OK, poetry lovers, here’s that Wednesday afternoon Google Maps verse you’ve been jonesin’ for: Health care is redShopping is blueDoes retail therapy get its own color too? Before you start scratching your head and muttering wtf, here’re the CliffsNotes… Google revealed Wednesday that it’s going color-coding crazy in Maps. The tech titan is updating the Maps color scheme and adding …
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The iPhone X is the latest phone with a dedicated portrait mode that emulates bokeh, that blurred background effect mostly associated with dSLR cameras. Apple introduced it with the iPhone 7 Plus, Google did it on the Pixel 2 and Samsung has a similar Live Focus feature on its Galaxy Note 8. The iPhone X, or any phone for that …
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I was going to write this post using Google Docs, but all I got was a “Trying to connect” alert. I wasn’t alone in being shut out. Twitter lit up Wednesday afternoon with tweets from various frustrated word slingers pulling their hair out over the outage. OF COURSE GOOGLE DOCS DECIDES TO GLITCH AFTER I FINALLY STOP PROCRASTINATING AND START …
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Earlier this year, Google unveiled new search tools designed specifically to help people find jobs. Now the tech giant wants to try to make the process a little easier. Google said on Wednesday that it’s adding new features to its job search tool. With the updated features, you can search for jobs by location, from two to 200 miles away, …
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If you’ve been dreaming of HTC’s standalone Google VR headset, it’s time to wake up. The phone manufacturer was working with Google on a “new breed” of VR headset, it was reported in May. The wireless HTC headset was expected to support Google’s Daydream VR platform and work without a phone or a separate computer. Following a report by TechCrunch, …
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Google Pixel Buds ($30 at Amazon) may lack inline buttons but their touch and voice controls offer so much more than just playback. You can talk with Google Assistant, use Google Translate to hold conversations in a different language, and triage your notifications without looking at your phone. How do you do all that? Let’s take a look. Now playing: Watch …
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Four of the five biggest companies in tech now are backing an effort to make video easier and cheaper online. On Monday, Facebook joined the Alliance for Open Media, a consortium building new video compression technology that doesn’t require any patent licensing payments. The effort unified next-gen video compression work already under way at Google, Mozilla and Cisco, and includes …
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Not to be left out of the wireless earbud market, Google announced Pixel Buds ($30 at Amazon) alongside the Pixel 2 ($98 at Amazon) and Pixel 2 XL ($249 at Amazon). Fast forward a few weeks, and Pixel Buds are starting to arrive at customers’ homes. Now playing: Watch this: Google reveals Pixel Buds with instant translation 1:55 Pixel Buds’ …
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