Xbox Live was plagued with issues on Thursday and Friday, leaving many unable to play the platform’s latest console-exclusive, Gears 5, which also faced its own post-launch issues. Players subscribing to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate or who purchased the Gears 5 Ultimate Edition were supposed to have access to the game four days early on top of other premium content included in the package. While they were able to access the game on September 5, many couldn’t get into multiplayer lobbies, group up with friends, or even start the campaign....

What is a Gravatar? Everyone by default receives a custom Gravatar however it’s much better to add your own. Let’s do that now! How To Get Your Own Personal And Custom Gravatar Things you’ll need: An email address you’ll use for all the sites you post comments onA Photo Visit http://gravatar.com/ and Click the Get your Gravatar today button. 2. On the next page Enter your Email address and Click Signup....

Starring Gmail Contacts Why would you star any contacts? Well, because it makes it much easier to find them, especially if we’re talking about people you’re communicating with daily. The cool part is that wherever you star a contact, be it in the desktop version of Gmail or the contacts manager in Android; the “starred” status will be synced. To star a contact in Gmail, go to your Contacts – click the arrow next to the Gmail link on the left side of the screen and click Contacts....

Google’s App Indexing technology isn’t exactly the most exciting thing to discuss, but so long as the majority of the company’s revenue still comes from search (it does), it is imperative that they figure out how to make their main business work on mobile where the eyeballs are going. So the company announced that today App Indexing is coming to iOS apps, starting with Chrome and Google Search. If you don’t know how App Indexing works, the image above from the blog post announcing the change should help explain....

The 77th Annual Golden Globes were hosted on January 5th, 2020. While you’ve probably seen most of the highly-anticipated and critically-acclaimed films, we’re sure you’ve made a list of the ones you still need to watch. While there were many nominated, this list is here to help direct your bingeing efforts in the swing of awards season. In case you’re wondering which movies are worth their hype, and some that might be a bit overrated, look no further....

The 2020 Golden Globes have come and gone. There were many surprising wins, a few upsets, and of course, many shocked gasps from the audience as host Ricky Gervais plundered every last depth imaginable. It was a great year for television, and while shows like The Witcher and Stranger Things proved the most popular, they weren’t the ones being showered with nominations. Regardless, both the comedy and drama sections were littered with fantastic shows (as they should be), and we’re here to tell you which ones you should prioritize....

Goldman Sachs has issued another statement on the ongoing allegations of gender bias in Apple Card credit limits. In a new statement this evening, Carey Halio, retail bank CEO of Goldman Sachs, said that the bank will reevaluate credit limits following the allegations. In the statement, Halio emphasized that Goldman Sachs is not aware of your “gender or marital status during the Apple Card application process.” The CEO also noted that Goldman Sachs worked with a third-party to review its “credit decisioning process to guard against unintended biases and outcomes....

Restrict Your Google+ Content by Age and Location The idea is that your content should be able to reach its target audience, even if it’s questionable or for more mature users and not suitable for certain age groups. Or maybe you’re producing content that’s only relevant for a specific region of the world. Either way, this new feature allows for better targeting of your content. You can even specify ages on a country-by-country basis....

First, make sure you have Hidden Files showing. Click Start and type: folder options into the Search box and hit Enter. The Folder Options window comes up. Select the View tab and check Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives. Click OK. Now navigate to: C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application Hold down Ctrl on your keyboard and highlight the previous version number and the old_Chrome.exe icon. Click Delete. Or you can backup each version on a network or external drive....

Google Chrome 70 The major change in Chrome 70 for the user concerned about privacy is it now allows you to turn off linking web-based sign-in and browser-based sign-in. When you turn this off, you won’t be automatically signed into the browser when you log into YouTube, for example. Unfortunately, the auto-login feature is still enabled by default, and you must manually opt-out of it. You can do that by going into the “Privacy and security” section in Settings and turn off the “Allow Chrome sign-in” switch....

Earlier today, Google pushed the stable version of Chrome 57 to Mac, Windows, and Linux users. This means that Chrome 57 for iOS is next around the corner and one of the features that will arrive as part of that update is a Reading List feature similar to that of what’s currently support in Safari… As you can see in the screenshot above, Chrome’s new Reading List feature is accessible from the menu in the upper-right corner....

With the launch of Allo and Duo last year, Google telegraphed that Hangouts would become an enterprise product. Today, the service is being fully revamped into Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet. The former is a Slack-like group chat app, while the latter improves video conferencing. Hangouts Chat is centered around rooms for different projects and groups, with features like threaded conversations. Deep integration with G-Suite allows easy sharing of Drive files, photos, and videos....

In the Smartphone Flagship market, Google’s Pixel always holds a sweet spot in the list. This is due to the device’s superior and outstanding camera performance and other features included in the smartphone. Even with the device’s excellent performance, there are some areas where the device falls behind; this could be minor issues like noticeable frame drops in the UI, heating up of the device sooner than expected, battery drains, etc....

[Update: Developer Guilherme Rambo has discovered the software system, powerd (short for power daemon), that Apple put in place in iOS 10.2.1. powerd controls CPU/GPU speed and power. It also responds to thermal pressure and helps iPhones from catching fire. Since powerd was first released in 10.2.1, this looks to be separate from the Low Power Mode feature and directly related to the performance and battery age issues.] Last week we reported on the news that a new battery could solve performance issues with older iPhone models like the 6s....

The Google docs video player looks similar to YouTube, in fact, it is a clone! So what you are really getting is YouTube quality but with a private Google docs setting. According to the Google support site, videos are supported in the following formats: WebM files (Vp8 video codec and Vorbis Audio codec).MPEG4, 3GPP and MOV files – (h264 and mpeg4 video codecs and AAC audio codec).AVI (many cameras use this format – typically the video codec is MJPEG and audio is PCM)....

If you’re a Chrome fan and love experimenting with early releases, Google has you covered with Chrome Canary for Mac. Arriving nine full months following the Windows release in August of last year, the new Cannary for Mac channel is live with pre-developer builds of Chrome. You know what that means: Highly unstable code, features that come and go, potential security-related problems and headache in general. On the upside, however, you’ll get access to experimental new capabilities as they’re being developed, not all of which end up in the developer version or trickle down to beta or stable builds....

Google Photos is one of the Google cloud services for Android devices. The service is almost like Google drive. However, you can only backup and sync photos and videos. Recently Google has announced that they are removing one important feature. With the new update, Google Photos will no longer automatically backup our Social media accounts. This includes Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and other social media apps folder. By default, Google Photos will only back up and sync your camera folder and other native Google apps, also which will be connected to your Google Drive....

According to new information, Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Tsushima could release as late as the second half of 2020, apparently in part due to the fact that The Last of Us 2 is getting delayed until spring of that year. Ghost of Tsushima is the one Sony PlayStation exclusive due out over the next year that fans don’t know much about after much of the spotlight has been taken by The Last of Us 2 and Square Enix’s Final Fantasy 7 Remake....

We know you’re all on the edge of your seats waiting for season 4 of the hit Netflix show, GLOW, to return next summer. You probably have your favorite character, and certainly your least favorite, too. Whether you love Ruth or think Debbie is your spirit animal, eventually the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling will have to call it quits. All of these characters are unique and dynamic, but it goes without saying that not all of them can be as intriguing as the rest....

Google announced that this new design will first roll out to users of the .com (U.S.) Google search domain, and others should be getting it as soon as possible. Previous Google Layout: Current New Google Layout: The search tools in the new layout might be a little trickier to find, but according to Google they work much better on mobile. I gave the new site a spin using a Kindle Fire HD, and a Samsung Galaxy SII....