A quick news blip for the 12 remaining Google Currents users on iOS as the company just announced Currents will be going by the wayside in favor of Google’s aptly named “Newsstand.” Aside from Google’s ridiculously original name, the company is ready to place all of your magazine, newspaper, blog and news site subscriptions in one place. Any other iOS users having a deja vu moment with the “Newsstand” name right about now?...
Well, we missed out on Google I/O 2020, but now it’s finally time for Google I/O 2021. While not in person, the annual developer festival in Mountain View, California has returned. The Google I/O 2021 Keynote kicks off at 10am PT/1pm ET, so read on for quick links to our roundup coverage over the last few weeks, some hot takes, and all the latest news about Assistant, Android 12, and ‘Material NEXT’, among many other things....
In May, Google circulated a draft proposal to effectively kill Adobe Flash by blocking the plugin and prioritizing HTML5 by the end of the year. The company is going ahead with that plan to “de-emphasize” Flash with a staged disabling of the plug-in through multiple versions of Chrome. Starting with Chrome 53 — currently in beta — in September, background Flash elements, like page analytics, will be blocked. Google notes that today 90% of the plug-in loads in the background and is used solely for things like analytics....
For readers with travel plans coming up, Pocketalk – the handheld 74 language translation device – has a limited offer with $80 off including built in data. Head below for more details on this great little travel companion. Get $80 off Pocketalk Voice Translator for a limited time Pocketalk can be used worldwide to freely communicate in over 120 countries and has sold around 600,000 units so far. Pocketalk’s easy to use interface and compact design will help to make your travel experience seamless....
Defense is back to offer 9to5 readers another great deal on its new Vertical Duo Qi charger. For a limited time readers can take advantage of an exclusive discount on this great Qi charger for iPhone and AirPods. Get $10 off Defense DUO Vertical Qi power station $49 (Reg $59) w/ code 10DUO9TO5 Head below for a closer look at the Vertical Duo from Defense. Available in both black and white with silver accents, Defense’s new DUO 10W Qi power station is a great charging pad option for not only your iPhone, but also your AirPods and other devices....
Ghost Recon: Breakpoint pushes the series further than it’s ever gone before. From a gameplay standpoint, that means the inclusion of several features that have never existed within Ghost Recon before, each meant to test player’s ability to think and assess situations with as little information as possible. When the game was unveiled during a hands-on preview event in New York last week, it was clear that Breakpoint intends to take everything that made Ghost Recon: Wildlands palatable while infusing it with all the lessons learned by Ubisoft during that game’s lengthy life cycle....
The Apple device ecosystem has heralded new ways for creative game makers to realise their vision, often by combining physical elements with apps, to form engaging and addictive experiences. Most of this guide leans on casual gaming where a whole family can join in together, but there’s also a consideration for the serious side of games too. We feature the endearing Beasts of Balance, the Osmo game system, MFI game controllers and more....
According to Global Equities Research (via AllThingsD), the new inexpensive digital textbooks Apple launched last Thursday at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City was downloaded over 350,000 times in just three days. iBooks Author, a new free of charge Mac tool to author iBooks Textbooks, saw 90,000 downloads in the same period. This data is not official and is derived from the investment firm’s proprietary tracking system that monitors Apple’s iBook sales....
GLOW star Alison Brie and WWE champ Becky Lynch share the cover of ESPN Magazine and talk about their experiences with women’s wrestling in a joint interview. GLOW, which is soon returning to Netflix for season 3, is based on a real women’s wrestling show from the 1980s (the name stands for “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling”). Brie plays Ruth Wilder, a struggling actress who ends up being cast on the show alongside frenemy Debbie Eagan (Betty Gilpin)....
Michael Dougherty, director of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, has explained the core differences between Godzilla and King Kong’s connections to humanity. Godzilla’s latest blockbuster is releasing at the end of the month. Godzilla vs. Kong is releasing in early 2020, and promises an epic brawl between the gargantuan beasts. Godzilla and Kong are arguably the two most well known giant monsters in pop culture. Kong first appeared in the 1933 classic, King Kong....
NBC’s Good Girls can be sold on the cast alone. Boasting an impressive trio of leading ladies with Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman, the series should immediately pique the interest of even the most casual television watcher. Throw in a plot line in which the three women all turn to crime in order to take back some semblance of power in their lives and, on paper, anyway, the darkly comic series seems like a surefire win for everyone involved....
Make Google Chrome Read Text Aloud to You Go to the Read Aloud extension page on the Chrome Web Store and click the Add to Chrome button. Next, verify you want to install the extension by clicking the Add Extension button. Now, open any website and highlight the text you want Google Chrome to read. Right-click on the highlighted text and click on the “Read aloud selected text” option from the menu that comes up....
Google Cloud Connect is a cloud sync add-on that automatically updates an online copy of your Microsoft Office documents to the Google Docs cloud whenever you save. As mentioned, this is pretty similar to what you could do by saving your documents in your Dropbox folder. The difference is, Google Cloud Connect will automatically refresh updates, stores author+revision information, and it has built-in fail-safes to prevent changes from being lost....
Google has just announced some new price plans for its Google Drive service. The new plans start at $1.99 for 100 GB (down from $4.99), $10 for 1 TB (down from $50) and 10 TB for $99.99. This storage is shared across Drive, Gmail and Google+ Photos. It should be noted that Google bills customers monthly. Even so, these new price points make Apple’s iCloud storage offerings look awful in terms of value for money....
If the feature has been rolled out to your account, and you’re already logged in, start a new email and click the “Try Out the New Compose Experience” link. You’re presented with a “how it works” diagram and to start a message, click the Got It button or Learn More for in depth detail. But it’s straight forward enough. Once you click that, things change completely. You’ll click compose and get a window on top of the inbox, allowing you to compose your new email....
Google’s new Motorola Division has filed a patent lawsuit against Apple with the United States International Trade Commission, according to the Wall Street Journal. In this lawsuit, Motorola claims that Apple violated seven patents with its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch iOS products and even Macs. As detailed by Bloomberg, the specific patents in question involve Apple’s Siri voice-control system, location-based reminders, push email notifications, media playback on phones. Earlier this year, Apple’s case against Motorola over four patents was dismissed....
Apple’s Thunderbolt hardware pieces are coming together and to get ready, Apple is updating MacBook Air firmware. The 4 MB update promises to enhance the stability of Lion Recovery from an Internet connection, and resolve issues with Apple Thunderbolt Display compatibility and Thunderbolt Target Disk Mode performance on MacBook Air (mid 2011) models. Thunderbolt parts have already began shipping and new products include Docks, external PCI Card adapters, as well as storage....
A new batch of images from Ant-Man and the Wasp give us our best look yet at Marvel’s newest villain, Ghost. This year’s final MCU entry may look like a laid-back affair more focused on laughs and character beats than world-ending threats, but there’s more going on under the surface. The marketing so far has only hinted at certain aspects like the Quantum Realm and the movie’s true villain, but more and more is emerging and painting an interesting picture....
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore have a lot of things in common, but not all of them are pleasant. They both have to deal with Christopher Hayden, Rory’s dad. Some argue that he has a positive arc of character development, but others think he gets worse throughout the series. Christopher lives life on his terms, and he often disregards the needs or desires of other people. He loves his daughter, Rory, and at times, he seems to love Lorelai....
FOX’s hit musical comedy series Glee primarily centered on Rachel Berry’s rise from overachieving high school drama queen to Broadway star, but viewers often found themselves gravitating towards other members of McKinley High’s New Directions. Hilarious characters like Brittany S. Pierce and Sam Evans and wildly talented Glee Club members like Blaine Anderson and Mercedes Jones became fan-favorites, but for some people, it was always all about fashionable and sassy countertenor Kurt Hummel....
