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The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Monday unveiled an option for small businesses to upgrade their Gmail accounts for greater calendaring, video chat and email newsletter functionalities. Google Workspace Individual, which starts at $7.99 monthly including a temporary $2 discount, adds to the company’s expanding efforts… Source link

Taproot, the most significant improvement to Bitcoin’s protocol in years, now has enough mining support to lock in activation. According to the parameters set forward by “Speedy Trial,” if at least 90% of the blocks mined in any of the designated 2-week difficulty periods “signal” their support for the upgrade, then the activation process can begin. To be more precise: 1,815 out of 2,016 blocks mined within a period have to include a little piece of encoded information that… Source link

A radical new function appears to be coming to Google Pixel smartphones in the next few days. Google’s Pixel 5 flagship smartphone © 2020 Bloomberg Finance LP MORE FROM FORBESSamsung Confirms Serious Galaxy S21 ProblemBy Paul Monckton Google is likely to deliver an impressive new Astrophotography timelapse camera mode in its next Pixel update, according to a new report. Pixel 3 phones and newer already provide an impressive Astrophotography mode that lets your… Source link

Google’s heavily rumoured upcoming foldable phone could use a Samsung-made display a new report has claimed. Not just any Samsung display, according to Korean publication ETNews, but one of the company’s most celebrated inventions – an Ultra Thin Glass (UTG) panel. For the uninitiated, UTG is essentially a razor thin piece of glass that can be flexed to a point without breaking. The idea is that it provides better, more study, tactile feedback than the plastic panels used in the… Source link

Google’s pioneering camera tech redefined our expectations of smartphone photography, but not all users have seen the full benefit. Google has upgrading its image-processing software to take more accurate pictures of people of … [+] color. GOOGLE Google has been busy re-designing its Android camera software to address a long-standing problem, one that has resulted in significantly less accurate and less flattering photos for people of color. Starting with the new… Source link

The big, sweet-sounding Google Home Max is a pretty stellar deal at $150. Chris Monroe/CNET Before Google switched… Source link

Google is reportedly working on a new feature for Assistant called Memory, a combination of a to-do list, a notes app, a Pocket-like reading list, and Pinterest-style collection board into a single overarching digital locker integrated into the broader Google Assistant app. 9to5Google first revealed the feature, which is currently in “dogfood” testing for Google employees. According to 9to5Google, Memory can save a huge variety of content, including “articles, books, contacts,… Source link

Google Fi will stop activating non-VoLTE phones in January, and encourage customers with older phones to upgrade with a $100 credit provided they purchase a new phone from the Fi store and activate it before December 31st, 9to5Google reports. Google’s hand is forced in the matter. Customers subscribe to Fi, but as an MVNO, Fi actually piggybacks on T-Mobile and US Cellular’s networks to provide coverage. Since T-Mobile has already announced its own plans to phase out support for… Source link

07/28 Update below. This post was originally published on July 23 Confidence in Gmail took a hit earlier this month when a serious spam filter flaw sent potentially malicious emails direct to users’ inboxes. Now Google has revealed an ingenious way to win back users’ trust.  Gmail looks set to wipe out the threat of phishing emails PA Images via Getty Images MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Reveals Gmail’s Most Ambitious Ever UpgradesBy Gordon Kelly In an Source link

07/26 Update below. This post was originally published on July 23 Confidence in Gmail took a hit earlier this month when a serious spam filter flaw sent potentially malicious emails direct to users’ inboxes. Now Google has revealed an ingenious way to win back users’ trust.  Gmail looks set to wipe out the threat of phishing emails PA Images via Getty Images MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Reveals Gmail’s Most Ambitious Ever UpgradesBy Gordon Kelly In an Source link