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If you’ve been put off by the astoundingly excellent-for-$349 Google Pixel 4A because it only comes in black, you should know that’s no longer true. In September, we got wind that Google originally intended to offer a baby blue color, too, and you can now officially buy it at Google’s website for the same $349 price — orange power button and all. It’s apparently a limited edition product since Google’s saying it’ll only be available “while supplies last” on its product… Source link

New York State Posted: Nov 16, 2020 / 01:09 PM EST / Updated: Nov 16, 2020 / 01:09 PM EST ALBANY, N.Y. (WTEN) — The state is trying to make finding assistance online for struggling New Yorkers easier through a partnership with Google.org. The “Find Services” app will give users information on social services. Upon answering a series of questions users will be given a ranked list of potential services with a… Source link

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The San Jose City Council will meet today to discuss evolving plans for the massive Google and transit projects set to reinvent the face of downtown. Changes to the area surrounding Diridon Station have triggered community anxieties—and most recently roused the concern of the San Jose Sharks. The hockey team worried the long-term construction could force the Sharks out of the city. Similarly, residents have worried Google could displace them. Kim Walesh, deputy city manager of community… Source link

Google is adding a new option to let users opt out of having their Gmail, Chat, and Meet data used to offer smart features like Smart Compose and Smart Reply, the company announced today. Although you’ve previously been able to toggle these individual features on and off, the new toggle disables the background data processing that makes them possible. Google says the new option will roll out “in the coming weeks.” According to images posted on Google’s blog, Gmail users will be… Source link

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) last week announced that two 100-megawatt solar farms are being built in the Tennessee Valley to supply green energy for Vanderbilt University in Nashville and Google data centers in Bridgeport, Alabama, and Clarksville, Tennessee. In August, as Electrek reported, the federally owned utility says it’s on track to reduce emissions by 70% below 2005 levels by 2030: The TVA has already cut its carbon output by 60% in the past 15 years. It has… Source link

By 2022, online video will make up more than 82% of all consumer internet traffic according to Cisco. People watch an average of 16 hours of online video per week. And 85% of businesses use video as a marketing tool. So it shouldn’t be a surprise to hear that video is rapidly becoming an essential channel. Most competent marketers today understand that we all need to be publishing videos as part of our marketing effort. This means we need to get over our fears that it will suck because it… Source link

Bloomberg Asian Borrowers Close In on Record for Dollar Bond Issuance (Bloomberg) — Borrowers from Asia are ramping up dollar debt sales again and are on the cusp of exceeding the full-year record for issuance.Issuers from Asia ex-Japan have sold over $323 billion of notes in the U.S. currency so far this year, compared with $326 billion for all of 2019 — the current all-time high, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Chinese borrowers led the charge last week following an initial lull… Source link

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