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Days after leaking a radical new design for the Google Pixel 6, the unnervingly accurate leaker Jon Prosser has returned with a video featuring, among other things, an official looking promo clip for Android 12.  While the latest version of Google’s mobile OS has been in Developer Preview for some time, the video shows off a playful new redesign, appealing new transitions, and hints at new features. The first slide Prosser shared is a “What’s new?” summary of the upgrade. It’s… Source link

Google’s Pixel lineup amounts to five generations of What If… But now things look set to change, radically.  Google’s radical new Pixel 6 Pro Jon Prosser MORE FROM FORBESNew iOS 14.5.1 Update Slashing iPhone 12, iPhone 11 PerformanceBy Gordon Kelly Following revelations that the new Pixels will debut Google’s own GS101 ‘Whitechapel’ chipset, a stunning new exclusive from prominent leaker Jon Prosser has confirmed the exteriors of the new phones are just as… Source link

Last year, in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Andrew Yang, currently in the running to become the next mayor of NYC, wrote the following: “Whenever you sign up for a new social media service or website, or download an app onto your phone or computer, you’ll typically see some long disclaimer language written in legalese. You scroll through it quickly and click the ‘I agree’ button” What are you agreeing to? Essentially, by clicking “I agree,” you enter into a Faustian bargain… Source link

It’s been a while since we’ve seen a good Easter egg out of Google. Not too long ago it felt like someone would discover a new hidden gag in Google’s products every few weeks. The company cranked them out like it was their job. While we haven’t seen as many new ones pop up lately, it looks like they’re still finding their way in. The latest: with the right search terms, you can make the Google search page act like an early aughts media player thats been left idling too… Source link

While Apple, Microsoft and the like were scrambling to bring their respective developer conferences online, Google made the executive design to just scrap I/O outright last year. It was a bit of an odd one, but the show went on through news-related blog posts. While we’re going to have to wait another year to darken the doors of Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheater, the company has opted to go virtual for the 2021 version of the show. Understandably so. Google apparently has a lot… Source link

Two years after the first warnings, it seems that Google may have a serious problem on its hands, as cracks in Android’s ecosystem open up. This is a serious game-changer for millions of users around the world. Here’s what you need to know. Android has a serious new problem. Corbis via Getty Images The headlines this week (1, 2, 3, 4) warn of an impending nightmare for Google, with the most serious threat yet to its globally dominant Android ecosystem. Blacklisted Huawei… Source link

(Pocket-lint) – The ability to access Chat messages directly from Gmail is now available to more users. Google first introduced the feature last year for Google Workspace users, but now, it’s available for most Gmail users on iOS, Android, and the web. However, it’s still a test feature, and you have to enable it. What is Google Chat? Chat is Google’s successor to Hangouts. It’s available as a separate app…. Source link

A replacement for Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool, called the Schema Markup Validator, is now available to use in an open beta. Launched as a subdomain on the official Schema.org website, the new tool is not an exact 1:1 copy of Google’s Structured Data Testing Tool, but it is functionally similar. Google shuttered the original tool in July 2020, claiming all its features were migrated to the Rich Results Rest and no longer needed to exist as a standalone offering. That wasn’t 100%… Source link

SAN JOSE — Google intends to rescue and preserve several big reminders of San Jose’s industrial past as part of its plan to develop a transit-oriented new neighborhood on the western edges of the city’s downtown area. An old bakery, 19th-Century Victorian bungalows, a long-time ironworks, a century-old foundry, a historic utility building, and a famed “dancing pig” sign will be all preserved fully or in part by Google as it develops its Downtown West village near San Jose’s… Source link

Google published a Web Stories Playbook that provides in-depth information on how to succeed with the new format. At over one hundred pages long the document begins with an overview and proceeds to progressively more advanced advice designed to encourage more traffic, engagement and earnings. Web Stories Web Stories is a new format that Google shows in Search and Discover. The format is designed to provide “snackable” content to consumers who are on the go. But as the Web Stories Playbook… Source link