News & Reviews:   Google

Dynamic Island on the iPhone 14 Pro models has been all the buzz in the tech world lately, so much so that there is even an app that can emulate the feature on Android smartphones. In fact, the app, dynamicSpot, has been so popular that up to this day, it has already garnered over 1 million downloads on Google Play Store!

As more Widgets for the iOS 16 Lockscreen get introduced, Google is the latest player to launch not one, not two but three new ones. At the moment of this post, only the Google Drive widget is available whereas Gmail and Google News are coming soon too.

As many YouTube users continue to dodge YouTube Premium, Google seems to give them more reasons to do so. This is not confirmed yet, but some users have been experiencing a new test pilot that restricts 4K video resolution for YouTube Premium users only. 

While Google Stadia has never stepped foot in Malaysia, it's still quite shocking to hear the news from Google that the streaming gaming platform will be shutting down. Only after going live in 2019, the company decided to axe the project due to the lack of traction with users.

Google is rolling out a feature that allows you to find out whether any of your private information is being exposed. 'Results about you' offers users more control over their online data, making it easier to request deletion of the information.

Google today announced a couple of new features that are coming to Google Search that are sure to make our lives better online. The new features are a new module that will show relevant search results from online forums such as Reddit and Quora and the other is a new way to find translated news coverage using machine learning.

Following a series of leaks and rumours, Google announced during Google I/O 2022 back in May that it is indeed working on the Pixel Watch and touted it for release after September 2022. Now, we’ve got a date for the launch (7 October 2022 in Malaysia) and Google is further teasing us with the wearable with a new official video showcasing its design in full.

Blogger and security engineer Sam Curry got the shock of a lifetime recently after he found out Google had transferred USD249,999.99 or ~RM1,136,374.95 into his account for no reason. Perplexed by the transfer, he contacted Google and eventually was told by the tech giant that a “human error” caused the accidental large sum transfer.

Privacy is one of the major reasons people use Incognito tabs. The good news is that Google is now making Chrome's Incognito tab even more secure, as users can now set fingerprint lock to protect the tabs from someone else using their phone.

The iOS 16 lock screen has created a buzz after launching. Many took the chance to customize it with their styles, not to mention the lock screen widgets that help get you to be more productive in some ways. With that said, Google has also announced a series of lock screen widgets for iPhone users.