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Google’s phone app no longer searches Google Maps

Google’s phone app no longer searches Google Maps

Enlarge / The Google Phone’s Play Store listing still touts Nearby Places as a major feature. Google 9to5Google reports that Google has killed off the Google Phone app’s “nearby places” feature. Google announced the impending death of the feature in February, saying: “We’ve found only a very small number of people use this feature, and the vast majority of users go to Google Search or Maps when seeking… Source link

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Samsung TVs no longer have Google Assistant

Samsung TVs no longer have Google Assistant

Samsung integrated Google Assistant into its TVs back in 2020, but now, that whole project is dead. Google Assistant isn’t exactly rare on TVs, with the voice assistant available on virtually all Android TV and Google TV products. It has also made its way to some other platforms, including Samsung’s Tizen. In 2019, Samsung announced that the 2020 model year for its TV sets, Google Assistant would be on board. That continued through the next few lineups, and was… Source link

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Google Maps and Keep are no longer available on Wear OS 2

Google Maps and Keep are no longer available on Wear OS 2

In recent months, Google has rolled out a Material You redesign and tile for Keep on Wear OS. Around that time, Google Keep looks to have dropped support for older Wear OS 2 devices. Update 11/25: Google Maps is another big app that now “Does not work on your device” running Wear OS 2/Android 9. This is more of a problem for owners resetting their watches, with existing downloads continuing to work. These old devices also never got the new Google Home or Contacts, while the… Source link

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Russia’s war in Ukraine is getting longer and scarier

Russia’s war in Ukraine is getting longer and scarier

Russia’s military performance in Ukraine has become a global embarrassment. President Vladimir Putin’s new plan to ship thousands of barely-trained Russian civilians to the front lines is a sign that his army is taking a beating. Western military analysts are astonished at the incompetence of a military they once considered fearsome. The decision could even bring down Putin himself. Yet Russia remains far from beaten. Putin’s recent moves are likely to prolong the war and intensify the… Source link

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China no longer the ‘golden goose’ for movie studios: Hollywood producer

China no longer the ‘golden goose’ for movie studios: Hollywood producer

China has long been a major moneymaker for the movie industry — but as the country increases its censorship rules, could Hollywood’s complicated China relationship be coming to an end? “China was the golden goose that Hollywood looked to [in order] to really recoup some big investment dollars, and the huge capital it takes to make these big franchises,” Chris Fenton, movie producer and author of the book “Feeding the Dragon,” told Yahoo Finance Live in an interview last week (video… Source link

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Home sellers are realizing it’s no longer their housing market

Home sellers are realizing it’s no longer their housing market

The housing market has rapidly changed. Sellers, once in the driver’s seat at the start of the year, are much more accommodating to complete a home sale as borrowing costs skyrocket for buyers. A growing number of home sellers have been forced to readjust their home prices in recent weeks. According to Redfin, an estimated 6.1% of homes for sale during the four weeks leading to June 19, asked for a price drop – a record high as far back as the data goes, through the start of 2015. That… Source link

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