The Google TV app, which aggregates content recommendations from numerous streaming services and lets you create a universal watchlist of your favorites, is now available on iOS. Google says that it’ll replace the previous Google Play Movies and TV app in the App Store, so if you’ve already got that installed, you should be able to update it to the Google TV experience sometime today. The software, already available on Android, also allows you to rate what you’ve previously viewed… Source link

Google announced today that it’s combining two of its video-calling apps, Duo and Meet, into a single platform. Pretty soon, there will be only Google Meet, and Google’s hoping it can be the one calling app users need for just about everything in their lives. By bringing them both together, Google’s hoping it can solve some of what ails modern communication tools. “What’s been really important is understanding how people make the choice as to what tool they’re going to use,… Source link

It’s hard to find a workplace norm the pandemic hasn’t upended. It’s increasingly rare for white-collar workers to go into the office five days a week. The definition of “workwear” is up for debate. Job-hopping no longer sets off alarm bells. And, as of right now, it’s decidedly a job seeker’s market. But while change is everywhere in the workplace, there’s one holdout that hasn’t been updated during these unprecedented times: the résumé. There’s no shortage of advice and… Source link

As Netflix (NFLX) grapples with company-wide layoffs and slowing subscriber growth, there’s been increased talk when it comes to the streamer’s complicated relationship with the box office — and what it could look like moving forward. National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO) CEO and president John Fithian told Yahoo Finance that theaters would happily welcome more streaming content on the big screen, despite exhibitors’ strained history with the streaming boom at large. “The door is… Source link

Did markets hit a turning point? The past couple of months brought us a seven-week losing streak in stocks, the longest such streak in over a decade, but the week before the Memorial Day holiday weekend saw strong gains. The S&P 500 wiped out its May losses. Post-holiday trading shows that some of these gains are continuing. If so, then it makes this the ideal time to ‘buy the dip,’ to get in while stocks remain at low cost, with attractive entry points. That’s the view from investment… Source link

Michael Burry — the hedge fund manager depicted by Christian Bale in The Big Short — has been aggressively investing during this market downturn. Burry’s latest 13F filing for the first quarter of 2022 shows a broad range of new investments and some interesting strategic moves with options. That’s a significant shift from the previous quarter when Burry was selling most of his stock portfolio and calling for the “mother of all crashes.” He’s not exactly bullish on the overall… Source link

If you’re having trouble locating files in Google Drive, Jack Wallen wants to introduce you to the built-in search filter tool that will help make the process faster and more accurate. Image: dennizn/Adobe Stock I am a Google Drive power user. I made Drive my primary cloud service as soon as it was released in 2012 and haven’t looked back since. Over that decade, I’ve probably written nearly 100 million words in Google Docs and collaborated with countless editors and… Source link

U.S stocks gave up gains early Wednesday following stronger-than-expected readings from the U.S. manufacturing sector and stern comments from JPMorgan (JPM) boss Jamie Dimon. After rallying to start the trading session, led by a 1% advance from the Nasdaq, all three major indexes turned negative about 80 minutes into the trading day. The S&P 500 and the Dow both lost as much as 0.7% while the Nasdaq was off as much as 0.3%. The Russell 2000 was down by the most, falling as much as 0.9%. Data… Source link

Michael Lin began to find his engineering role repetitive and wanted to pivot to product management.Michael Lin Michael Lin joined Netflix in 2017 as a senior software engineer. At first, he enjoyed his role. After two years, Lin wanted to go into product management but found no clear pipeline to follow. He lost motivation and eventually received his preemptive severance package in May 2021. I started working at Netflix as a senior software engineer in 2017 after leaving my job at Amazon. I was… Source link

SAN FRANCISCO — If the Boston Celtics are to execute what would be a moderate upset of the Golden State Warriors in the 2022 NBA Finals, chances are the two-time league MVP Stephen Curry would need to be slowed down. The individual responsible for that burdensome task: the 2021-22 Defensive Player of the Year, Marcus Smart. Smart granted Yahoo Sports a phone interview upon the Celtics landing in the Bay Area ahead of Game 1 on Thursday. The guard discussed his matchup with Curry, how he… Source link