Utilizing a navigation app, or, like in the Stone Age, a GPS unit, typically means starting your trip by tapping a few screens, inputting an address, and then getting on your way. Google’s looking to change that. The new feature is called “Driving Mode,” and it’s pretty spot-on. It was initially discovered by the fine folks over at Android Police, before the feature was being officially rolled out by Google, but then Venture Beat managed to get some hands-on time with the new feature, as it has begun to rollout to some Google Maps users....

People use it every day as a source for just about anything you can imagine, but because there’s so much out there, sometimes it’s a struggle to find really specific information. That’s OK, because Google has a lot of options to help you narrow your search — if you know how to use them. And Google doesn’t just play fetch. In addition to being a search engine, it’s got a lot of tools and other conveniences baked right in....

But has this trend gone too far? For example, today I noticed a report that a Brazilian judge ordered Apple to pay a customer $1,000 in damages for selling an iPhone without a charger. This follows a $2.2 million fine imposed on Apple in March by a São Paulo consumer protection agency for not supplying chargers with the iPhone. Apple announced back in 2020 that it would cease including a charger and headphones with the iPhone as a move to save on waste....

Hisense A71F 4K UHD TV (43-inch, 50-inch, 55-inch, 58-inch, and 70-inch) For its latest television lineup, Hisense has partnered with Dolby to bring Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision on the entire 4K range. As per the company, these televisions are 40 times brighter, offer 10 times darker blacks, and have 1000 times more color volume compared to a standard SDR picture. There are 30W speakers on the 50-inch (and above) model and 24W on the 43-inch model....

The Linux distributions that I currently have installed on it are: openSUSE TumbleweedManjaro 17.0-rc2Debian testing (9.0)Fedora 25Linux Mint 18.1 CinnamonUbuntu 16.10KaOSopenSUSE Leap 42.2SolusPCLinuxOS KDE5 What I don’t have installed anymore is Windows 10, and that has been a big improvement. I originally removed it because of problems while installing Windows Updates. After the update installation, it refused to boot, and kept asking for the Windows Recovery Media or Installation Media or some such....

This growing role of tech professionals in CX is in full swing at Chase Bank, which has structured its organization to boost collaboration between its product, data and analytics, design, and technology teams. “Technologists have an equal seat at the table with their colleagues in product, design and data, and analytics,” says Gill Haus, chief information officer at Chase: “This structure fosters collaboration and the exchange of diverse experiences and perspectives, accelerates decision making, and fuels innovation....

In this case, you might already have a personal Windows PC set up with a Microsoft account or a local account. But say you’d like to use that same computer to handle your work or school account and access. Assuming this type of setup passes muster with your IT folks, you have a couple of options depending on what you want to access, and who will manage your computer. Also: How to use Microsoft Authenticator as your password manager If you want to view your work email, contacts, and calendar, and the computer you’re using is a personal PC owned and managed by you, then you can simply add the email account to your computer....

Instead, they stick around and come up with clever new ways to rip people off. A popular trend among thieves these days is spoofing websites and emails to make you believe they represent official companies. Tap or click here for examples of spoofed phishing scams. Another popular con to watch for is tech support scams. These types of scams have been around for years and you, or someone you know, may have fallen for one....

But we wanted to share the experience with you, mainly because we couldn’t underst why a phone would need such a giant box. s it filled with packing peanuts? Did they send us 100 phones by mistake? s it a late April Fool’s Day joke? So, before we took it out of the box we grabbed a video camera filmed the whole process. And we were pretty surprised by what we found inside....

Fitness is a top priority for mobile manufacturers of late. We saw Samsung take it to the next level with the S Health app and the Gear Fit companion accessory. Even Apple announced a dedicated Health app and API with iOS 8 earlier this month. A new report now suggests that Google will bring an app or service called Google Fit to gather data from various fitness devices and apps....

All of us have used Google for searching answers for our queries. What most of don’t realize is the advantage of forming the search queries in Google to reveal sensitive information that we require to perform a successful attack. This can be accomplished by using the advanced operator features of Google. The basic syntax for using advanced operator in Google is as follows. Operator_name:keyword The syntax as shown above is a Google advanced operator followed by a colon, which is again followed by the keyword without any space in the string....

The first couple of levels is pretty sparse with benefits. Which offers only a monthly newsletter that invites you to an occasional Hangout. You will find details of all the benefits for each particular level on this help page. The goodies start to come when you get to level four. That’s where you get a terabyte of Drive storage for two years, an annual mystery thank-you gift. At level five, you’re supposed to obtain information about what’s coming with Maps....

As the three buttons are now nontransparent inside, but make up the white color. In addition, the Start button (circle in the center) now has extensions at the edges with the colors of Google. According to the blog Android Police, the home button also includes a new animation that makes its colors expand through the navigation bar of the Android N when holding down the button. However, the report does not reveal any more details and is not expected that this new design change in some aspect function offered....

A report from The Wall Street Journal guarantees that Google has restored its tie-up with Lava International, one of the Android One OEMs from 2014, and will be dispatching another gadget as a component of the activity later on in the year. Sources were cited as saying Google now has more casual guidelines for unique hardware makers, however the report didn’t give any data on the new telephone’s details and elements....

Google today released the July 2016 Security Bulletin and has also made the factory images and OTA files available for its Nexus devices. The Security Bulletin details all the vulnerabilities that Google has patched in the latest build of Android 6.0.1 for its Nexus devices. Other OEMs that will be releasing their own monthly security update will also be patching these vulnerabilities on their devices. Google notes that this time around there are two security patch level strings to help other Android OEMs in quickly rolling out the update for their devices....

But now there are some extraordinary and strange reports are arriving. Yes, several users are complaining that they received their Pixel 2 XL without having Android installed. We all know that the tech giant Google launched its new smartphones without any problems and these are small flaws that the tech giant Google has been dealing with, ranging from noise in calls to screen problems. Google sent the Pixel 2 XL without Android The latest complaint, which came up via Reddit, is that some Pixel 2 XL came into the hands of consumers without any operating system installed, rendered impossible to use and having to be returned....

Google updated Google Play Services to version 4.1, bringing a handful of new features to developers and Android users alike. The update is rolling out gradually to users. The biggest improvements in Play Services 4.1 is support for turn-based multiplayer. Developers can now build asynchronous games that support from between 2 to 8 players. Other new features include Google Drive: Play Services 4.1 now includes a Google Drive API that’ll let developers read from and write to Google Drive....

In March, when Google held its I/O conference, most people expected the company to announce the new name for Android N, the next iteration of the mobile operating system. Unfortunately that didn’t happen, as Google said they were having a bit of a difficult time figuring out the name for the next version of Android. As a result, Google left it up, at least in part, to all the people out there in the world who might want to help naming Android N....

Previously, Google has rolled out two new segments in Google Play. And first, Google Play is getting a section that shows app compatibility for your Active Devices and rolled out a redesign for the web version. And now, According to 9to5Mac’s report, Google is testing a new feature for Android or Pixel devices that can detect snoring and coughing. Google is Testing a New Detection for User’s Snore and Cough While it was reviewed by apart, the latest Google Health Studies update reveals that Google is testing out health features widely manifest in new healthy sleep habits for every Android user....

The Issues with UK’s Green Deal Scams eroded trust from the beginning. However, that was only the start of the problems with the Green Deal. For one, the program subsidized renovations that weren’t advantageous to homeowners. And the cash-back program the British government set up to subsidize the Green Deal was more popular than the loans. By the time the program was shut down, nearly twice as much money had been given out through the cash back program than loans....