News & Reviews:   Google

Just yesterday, Apple released their App Store Best of 2020 and Top Mobile Games list which we saw Genshin Impact winning the best iPhone Game of the Year. Google followed up shortly after that with their own Best of 2020 in the Google Play Store and yes, Genshin Impact was chosen as the Best Game of 2020 by the Play Store editors. 

Most of us use Google Maps for navigation or to find places. But occasionally you look up a place like restaurants to see if it's good, right? Well, Google wants to make that easier for you with a new feature added to the platform in the latest update.

Converting PDF files to any text file can be troublesome sometimes, especially those that come with images. Today, Google begins to roll out a Google Docs update to make the process an easier and simpler one. The new update will benefit the conversion of a PDF file to a Google Docs file by bringing improvements in image imports, text styles, and formatting and layout conversion.

If you want to get new emojis, you have to wait for the latest OS update. That's a fact that we've been knowing since emoji was released. With that said, it appears that Google might not want to do it like that anymore. It is reported that future emoji updates could get separated from the Android firmware updates.

DBKL recently posted an announcement on their Facebook page, stating that it is now possible to apply for a monthly parking pass via the EZ SMART PARK app found on either the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store. In terms of the pricing, the monthly parking pass is priced from RM160 where you can park at either Zon B or Zon C while Zon A pass, on the other hand, allows you to park at any designated zones at the price of RM320.

Apparently, Transport Minister Datuk Seri Week Ka Siong just recently signed a feral gazette on revoking special permission to foreign vessels. While it may seem like a patriotic move, this will make repairing the submarine internet cables far longer than ever. Now several large tech companies including Facebook, Google and Microsoft will consult with Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on this matter.

While the Google Chrome browser has its fair share of problems, it remains the most widely used Internet browser in the world at the moment. To keep that position, Google needs to continue improving the software and is doing so with the latest Chrome version 87.

In addition to the newly announced Google Photo fee charge in 2021, Google also announced a new update to storage policies for both Gmail and Google Drive. So if you're a Google user, pay attention because this is going to be important!

As many of you know, the free 15GB cloud you get with your Google account is shared across Google Drive, Gmail, and Photos. Interestingly, photos and videos you upload to Google Photos didn't count, which has been a boon for those who have a lot of those. But Google has announced that it will be changing that policy starting 1 June 2021.

Based on a statement by Twitter user @MishaalRahman, it seems that the Google One subscription could allow users to edit their photos directly via Google Photos. While there is no official information in regards to when the aforementioned feature will be available in Malaysia, we do know that the feature could allow users to apply filters and presumably more once it is officially available for the public.