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Since the November launch of Apple Silicon-powered Macs, third-party developers have been steadily updating their apps with native support. Google now plans to update Drive File Stream in April with M1 support. Backup and Sync works with Google Drive and Photos. It’s a fairly standard client that lets you sync all (or just some of) your files/folders, including images and videos. Meanwhile, Drive File Stream — which is getting renamed — is intended for Workspace customers and features an on demand model....

From 9to5Google: Chalk up another Google Drive update for iOS as Google just announced a new sorting feature for files. Google’s iOS version of Google Drive has received quite a few updates in recent months to bring it in line with its Android counterpart. The new sorting feature should prove useful to just about every Google Drive user as it’s a much-needed and important feature. “Use the “Sort” button next to the search bar to arrange files in your Drive list by their title, or by when you last opened an item....

The most important feature of the new update is likely to be the addition of support for iOS reactions to the full public release of the app. After having been in beta for over a month, the compatibility feature will take the iOS reactions that were previously translated on Android devices to simple text and instead convert them into native Emoji most closely representing the reaction’s sentiment, including 👍, 😍, 😂, 😮, 😥, 😡, and 👎....

From 9to5Toys.com: Today only, until 7 pm ET, Best Buy takes 20% off iTunes eGift Cards, as listed below. At up to $20 off and no shipping, each is tied with our mention from four weeks ago and at or near the lowest price we’ve ever seen. Sales tax is added where applicable. The gift cards will be emailed for redemption so those overseas with US iTunes accounts can take part....

iOS 14 has spurred new interest in personalized iPhone home screens, including creating custom app icons using the Shortcuts app. This week, designer Doney den Ouden has released a beautiful set of custom app icons dubbed “Bold” to help give your iOS 14 home screen a fresh coat of paint. Doney explains that the inspiration behind the “Bold” icon set is to help breathe new life into the stock iOS app icons, many of which haven’ been updated for many years:...

Google has been busy as usual over the last week, and released many new updates. In fact, to avoid groovyPost turning into a Google spam-fest, we’ve had to condense them into a single post. Below we’ll look at: two new services Google just launched, then changes to Gmail, search, and analytics. Google Offers, the next social deal contender to take on Groupon Google hasn’t said much yet about their new offers program....

The event will be a joint effort between Google and Samsung, the Korean hardware giant. We expect Google/Samsung to today show and soon ship the first Android 4.0 phone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus — and we expect Motorola Wireless, at an event in New York just hours before, to announce at least one new phone — the LTE-capable RAZR –on the docket to ship with Android 4.0 soon after. HTC and LG are expected to unveil Android 4....

The Priority Inbox serves as your own personal E-Mail secretary – It decides what kind of priority to assign to each E-mail ad then brings the important email to your attention while buring things its learned is not as important (to you). To try out the Beta version of the service, all you need to do is click the Priority Inbox button at the top right after signing in your Gmail account....

Google is making it easier to see the search, browsing and YouTube viewing history it keeps on you, to delete any items you don’t want included, and to stop the company from logging your activity in future … It’s doing this to comply with new European privacy regulations, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). To see the data Google stores on your web searches, browsing and YouTube viewing, visit the My Activity page....

Back in April, Google launched a “Switch to Android” iOS app that first worked with Pixel phones. Availability is now expanding to all Android 12 phones as Google makes its case for why iPhone users should switch. Pixel compatibility with the Switch to Android app arrived in April and Google is now rolling out support to all Android 12 phones. At a high-level, you connect both devices, select what you want transferred, and wait for it to copy....

Genshin Impact is an action role-playing video game developed and published by miHoYo. The game is widely popular for its fantasy-based open-world environment and action battle system. All of these fun elements are pretty engaging for the players. While the game does come with some difficulty of its own, the developers constantly work on things to make active gamers of the game ease through their journey. The developers of Genshin Impact are constantly working on providing the updates along with the redeemable promotional codes on a regular basis to entertain the players with various in-game items and benefits as well....

Microsoft is generously offering Windows 7 and up users a free upgrade to Windows 10. Great, but do you need to annoy us about it in our system tray? On every computer we own or have access to? If you’d like to prevent dinnertime discussions about Windows 10, here are all the ways to disable the annoying upgrade notification. Uninstall Update for Windows KB3035583 Thank you, Microsoft, for including ads along with this update....

Boom 3D is a popular volume booster and equalizer app for Mac that offers fine-grained control over volume and audio output settings either system-wide or on a per app basis. 9to5 readers can currently get 30% off Boom3D for Mac w/ code 9TO5BOOM to celebrate the 1 year anniversary. Or start with a 7-day free trial. In addition to customization over your audio output system-wide, Boom3D includes a patent-pending 3D Surround Sound technology that creates an immersive virtual surround sound experience that works with any existing headphones....

[WARNING: Contains SPOILERS for Ghost Rider #1.] Ghost Rider means a lot of things to a lot of people. To some, he’s a flaming skull in a leather jacket on a motorcycle, while others see him as a guy in a leather jump suit with a fiery crash helmet driving a souped up Charger-like ride. For many, the character was tainted by a pair of mediocre Nicholas Cage movies. However, with a new Gabriel Luna-assayed character on Agents of S....

GIF Brewery has long been my go to app for creating high-quality GIF animations on the Mac. It’s always been relatively easy to use, yet features powerful enough options for serious GIF-creators. With GIF Brewery 3, several notable new features have been added to the mix, including the ability to record video directly in app via your Mac’s screen, FaceTime camera, or even iOS devices. This update turns GIF Brewery into an end-to-end solution for creating GIF animations directly from your iPhone’s screen or other media, which can be extremely handy for things like tutorials and memes....

WARNING: Spoilers for Glass. Glass’ ending has three big twists, three major deaths, and leaves the future of M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable world irreversibly changed. Here, we’ll break down what happened, what it really means, and where it could lead. A sequel to both Unbreakable and Split, Glass picks up the stories of David Dunn (Bruce Willis) and Elijah Price aka Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) from the former, and Kevin Wendell Crumb aka The Horde (James McAvoy) from the latter....

Superhumans exist in the TV trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable and Split sequel, Glass. The movie further unites Unbreakable stars Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson with Split leads James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy. For years, fans asked Shyamalan to make a sequel to Unbreakable, his comic book-inspired 2000 thriller starring Willis as a man who comes to realize that he possesses superhero-like strength. The director always seemed interested in the idea and eventually made good on all his teases with 2017’s Split, an outwardly standalone thriller that - as its final scene revealed - was actually set in the same universe as Unbreakable....

Back at Cloud Next 2018 in July, Google previewed the Material Theme for Gmail on Android. That redesign is officially beginning to roll out today on mobile and features the company’s latest design stylings, as well as a handful of features first introduced on the web. This mobile redesign for Android and iOS brings many of the features added to the web last year. For starters, the app is stark white with the familiar red app bar and accent removed....

God of War looks like it’s going to reach the top tier of gaming’s pantheon, after reports of some stellar first month sales. The game was one of the most highly anticipated of the year as whole, promising a return of one of the PlayStation’s most important franchises but with a major update for the latest generation of gaming. Although some were concerned about the changes being made, nonetheless God of War looked to be an unmissable title....

The main antagonist of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, King Ghidorah, is more than just one character. Each head of King Ghidorah represents a different character, complete with his own unique personality. Godzilla’s ancient, three-headed rival was brought to life through motion capture by actors Alan Maxson, Jason Liles, and Richard Dorton. King Ghidorah has long been considered Godzilla’s greatest enemy. The alien monster first appeared as the titular villain in Toho’s 1964 classic, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster....