News & Reviews: Google
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Aug 03, 2020
Some of you must be familiar with the brand ADT, if you totally have no clue, you might have seen its logo somewhere. ADT is a company which is known for offering home security or even business security through their alarm system. Now, it has been announced that Google will be investing 450 Million USD (~RM1.9 Billion) in the security company.
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Aug 01, 2020
Is Google Chrome crashing and freezing constantly on your Android phone all of a sudden? Well, the browser doesn't seem to be very stable at the moment. Based on reports and reviews on the Google Play Store, the mobile browser has been giving problems lately and it all started to happen after the update.
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Jul 30, 2020
“It just works,” said Apple’s founder Steve Jobs back then, now the quote was repeated by current CEO Tim Cook during the antitrust lawsuit hearing to the House Judiciary Committee. Besides that, he also said that Google (Android) is the most dominant operating system around the world when asked about Apple’s monopoly in the smartphone industry.
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Jul 30, 2020
If you've been using an iPhone to back up your photos and videos on Google Drive, we got good news for you. Google just announced on their blog that Google One app is now free for iPhone and iPad users, as well as Android users. That's right, iOS users will have a free automatic phone backup soon (more on that later)!
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Jul 29, 2020
Based on a statement by Bloomberg, it seems that Google currently in talks with Samsung in order to have Samsung smartphones prioritize Google Assistant and the Play Store over Bixby and Samsung’s equivalence of the Play Store. With that said, there could be a possibility that future Samsung smartphones with dedicated Bixby button could allow users to remap the button to Google Assistant.
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Jul 24, 2020
It wasn't all that long ago when Google used codenames for its Android versions instead of numbers, tasty codenames too. For example, Android 8 was Oreo and Android 9 was named Pie. The company dropped the tradition with Android 10, though internally there was a codename for it. Now, a new interview has revealed the codename for Android 11 as well.
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Jul 22, 2020
Now and then, you may have noticed some Android 10 that have very little RAM but run the full version of the OS. But Google is taking steps to prevent that in the future. The company will be looking to mandate minimum RAM requirements for devices with Android 11.
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Jul 22, 2020
Pos Malaysia has officially unveiled the e-Consignment Note, which allows customers to fill and print out their own consignment notes at Pos Laju outlets or kiosks via their official app. With that said, the e-Consignment will help make parcel sending a much more streamlined and efficient experience for both Pos Laju as well as their customers.
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Jul 20, 2020
When it comes to computers, Chromebooks probably see the least widespread use. Chrome OS needs to do much more to get people to adopt its use and Google may have the right idea for it. Reports claim that Google is working on a dual-screen device that could be a new Chromebook.
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Jul 15, 2020
Remember Zoom and its infamous 'zoombombing' incidents? The increase in people working from home has pushed more people to use video meeting apps, but it brought a slew of new issues like strangers crashing video meetings. Google has been working hard to ensure its Google Meet platform avoids the same problems and has announced new preventive measures.
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