Year: 2021

Gmail on Android is gaining features that Google released for Gmail on the web last year.

Fitbit continues to offer powerful activity trackers in a band format, and the Charge 5 is clearly its best ever. It’s seamless on your wrist, has integrated GPS, captures a ton of data, and is part of an extensive ecosystem …

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A range of companies participated, including ones focused on solving homelessness, improving the court system and helping the elderly.

The first generation of OnePlus phones with Hasselblad branding come with software enhancements and with this latest update we see another fun and creative feature as a result of the partnership.

What will it feel like when your bosses encourage you — no, force you — to go back to the office? Watch and wonder.

Google funds the security audit of eight key open source projects, and there are 17 more that need funding support.

What brought this on? A renewed faith in marketing, it seems. This alone should give Google enthusiasts hope.

As more enterprise data moves to the cloud, Google is using its own technology to improve its data protection and resiliency offerings

Wells Fargo’s plans to be a digital first bank revolve around multi-cloud infrastructure.

Just over a year after being officially announced, Google’s Grace Hopper undersea cable has now officially arrived in Bude, Cornwall, UK. more… The post Google’s Grace Hopper undersea cable lands in the UK appeared first on 9to5Google.

South Korea’s regulatory authority, The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC), has handed down a ruling and fine regarding Google’s actions with Android, saying that Google’s contract preventing heavier Android skins are an abuse of the company’s dominant market position. more… …

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Supply Chain Twin lets companies consolidate and analyze data from different sources to get a more complete view of suppliers, inventories, and other information.

The Korea Fair Trade Commission said Google used its dominant market position to restrict competing operating systems from entering the market.

Researchers said this was the 10th zero-day exploit that Google had patched this year.

Lately, web browser makers have been working hard to improve their performance. So, which one is the fastest today?

With the fifth and final beta now available to Pixel owners, Android 12 will be released in the “next few weeks” according to Google. Now, though, we might have some clearer insight into the exact Android 12 release date. more… …

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Phone is in limited testing, with availability now pushed out to November.

While Samsung leads the charge in the foldable space, TCL is making strides to offer affordable alternatives for consumers. It made the business decision to hold off on a 2021 release for several reasons, but its prototype looks compelling.

Google will also make the source code public for external audits.

Google Cloud has reorganized as Brad Calder takes over product and engineering for Google Cloud and Urs Hölzle will be responsible for technical infrastructure across Google. The two execs previously split up Google Cloud management roles.