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Google has confirmed it’s shutting down the standalone “Android Auto for Phone Screens” app with Android 12. Instead, anyone who wants a driving-friendly interface for their Android phone should use the Google Assistant driving mode, which is available within Google Maps, or the native Android Auto interface available in select cars. “For those who use the on phone experience (Android Auto mobile app), they will be transitioned to Google Assistant driving mode,” Google said in a… Source link

Yahoo Mobile is shutting down on August 31 as a result of Verizon’s sale of the Yahoo brand to the Apollo Global Management investment firm. On August 31, Yahoo Mobile — an unlimited call, text, and data smartphone plan currently owned by Verizon — will shut down. The plan was only launched in March last year, but it will be shuttered as part of Apollo Global Management’s acquisition of Verizon Media, of which the Yahoo brand is a part. The deal is… Source link

It’s the end of an era for Yahoo Answers, the Q&A platform that launched 16 years ago and invited a slew of questions that ranged from the mundane (“Can wall tiles be used on floors?”), to the philosophical (“What is the true meaning of life?”). The site will no longer accept new questions beginning on April 20, and the platform will completely cease operations on May 4. While some users appeared earnest, Yahoo Answers became known throughout its run… Source link

GlobeNewswire Life Clips, Inc. Issues CEO Letter to Stockholders, Reports on Outlook for Remainder of 2021 AVENTURA, Fla., April 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Life Clips, Inc. (OTC Pink: LCLP) (the “Company”) today announced that Robert Grinberg, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, has issued a letter to Life Clips’ shareholders. The full text is as follows: To My Fellow Stockholders, Over the course of the last few months, Life Clips, Inc. has made significant progress in… Source link

Bloomberg Ameriprise to Buy BMO Unit With $124 Billion in Client Funds (Bloomberg) — Bank of Montreal agreed to sell its Europe, Middle East and Africa asset-management unit to Ameriprise Financial Inc. for 615 million pounds ($847 million), marking Chief Executive Officer Darryl White’s biggest move yet to trim the bank’s portfolio of non-core businesses.The sale includes the opportunity for some U.S. clients to move to Ameriprise’s Columbia Threadneedle Investments unit, subject to… Source link

Google is shutting down its mobile Shopping apps for both iOS and Android and directing users to its web Shopping site instead, 9to5 Google reported. On Friday, Xda Developers discovered that the term “sunset” had been added to several strings of code in the Shopping app, suggesting the apps were being discontinued. A Google spokesperson told 9to5 Google that the apps will continue to function through June. “Within the next few weeks, we’ll no longer be supporting the Shopping… Source link

By Daniel Victor, The New York Times Company At times on Yahoo Answers, the people asking questions of strangers lunged for the hallucinatory limits of human curiosity: What would a heaven for elephants be like? Should scientists give octopi bones? It helped people identify their sense of self: Why do people with baguettes think they are better than me? Is being popular in high school a good skill I can use in a job interview? It sought explanations for the unexplainable: Smoke coming from… Source link

The first question asked on Yahoo! Answers, after its public launch on Dec. 08, 2005, was: “How do I decide on a good magic set for children (about 8 years old)? Ideally, less than $50.” This is, at the very least, correct according to the collective wisdom of Yahoo! Answers itself. No one knows what the last post will be before the service shuts down on May 4, for reasons Yahoo! has not spelled out. But if the past is any guide, the final question is likely to be along the lines of the… Source link

(CNN) – Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4. The question-and-answer platform launched more than 15 years ago. It became one of the largest troves of information – and misinformation – on the internet. Yahoo says the portal will go into “read-only” mode on April 20. Users have until June 30 to download any content they want to keep. Yahoo says it is planning to shift its focus to other products that better serve its members. Verizon, which owns Yahoo, recently announced plans to create… Source link

At times on Yahoo Answers, the people asking questions of strangers lunged for the hallucinatory limits of human curiosity: What would a heaven for elephants be like? Should scientists give octopi bones? It helped people identify their sense of self: Why do people with baguettes think they are better than me? Is being popular in high school a good skill I can use in a job interview? It sought explanations for the unexplainable: Smoke coming from my belly button? Why is everything at my… Source link