Google One Cloud Storage Plans for the new Google One storage start at $1.99 per month for 100 GB of storage, $2.99 per month for 200 GB, and $9.99 per month for 2 TB of space which is $10 cheaper than the current offering. The company also offers plans of up to 30 TB of space, but those higher tiers won’t see any changes in price. It’s also worth noting that there won’t be any changes for subscribers to G Suite business accounts....
Google has finally launched a full-fledged iOS app for users of its AdWords advertising service. The AdWords app arrives today as the first official iOS app for the service and it’s available for both iPhone and iPad users now. The app lets AdWords customers view their campaign stats– like clicks, CTR, CPC, etc– as well as manage bids and budgets, contact Google experts for support, and get real-time notifications for updates on their active campaigns....
In anticipation of a launch of the Photovine service which was announced Tuesday, Google has just released a free invite-only Photovine for iOS app on the App Store and posted the cutesy teaser (see below) on the official Photovine page. Beginning today, people can request an invite on the site, which is needed to take advantage of an iOS app. You’re advised to hurry up because invitations for Google’s recently launched products have been in high demand (Google+, anyone?...
This gag has been around for years, but if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth a download. It’s created by Sysinternals co-founder and Microsoft software architect Mark Russinovich. If you don’t know his name, you’ve probably used one of his free Windows utilities at some point. A couple examples are Autoruns, Coreinfo and one of my personal favorites — Disk2VHD. Install BlueScreen Download the BlueScreen Screen Saver, created by Mark Russinovich (link below) and extract the zip file to a convenient location on your system....
The sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters has found another key cast member, in the form of Aisha Hinds. Legendary’s 2014 Godzilla reboot began a wave of modern-day takes on classic monster movie characters, something that continued again in Kong: Skull Island this year. Both films were met with mostly positive reviews, and they were slightly divisive in their own right as well, as Warner Bros. and Legendary work together towards a Godzilla vs Kong crossover film....
Goldman Sachs has offered up some early details on its Apple Card investments this week. In regulatory fillings, the bank indicated that thus far, it has extended $10 billion in credit lines to Apple Card customers. The filings show that of the $10 billion in credit lines, customers ended the month of September with a total of $736 million in loan balances. To offset the launch of Apple Card, Goldman halted its unsecured personal loan business....
Early last week, Apple discontinued the white plastic MacBook, which had been an education-only item since mid-2011, but is continuing to sell the product to education institutions while supplies last. The remaining supplies are being sold for $899, and sources say that Apple’s white MacBook inventory for educational institutions is still rather high. While white MacBooks for education are a thing of the past, Apple is not giving up on education: they are launching two new MacBook Airs for schools programs today....
One day before Apple’s big iPad event tomorrow, Google has just unveiled its latest Nexus devices alongside official announcements for Android 5.0 Lollipop and more. With Apple expected to launch new iPad Air and possibly iPad mini models tomorrow, Google today announced the Nexus 9, an 8.9-inch HTC-made tablet with brushed metal bezels and a gold (Best!, duh) color option not unlike that expected for the new iPad Air tomorrow. The tablet also features a keyboard folio that attaches magnetically to the device....
Google has just rolled out a nice update to its recently released Hangouts app for iOS. Version 1.1.1 of the app now includes the ability to send and click on URLs within the app, support for inviting friends to Hangouts via SMS, and much more. Also included in the updated app is official support for iOS 6.0, new in-app sounds for when you receive a message, and other improvements and performance enhancements....
It’s fair to say that the recent revival of Gilmore Girls was a success. The batch of new episodes generated a huge buzz, garnered a heap of big media headlines and the viewership for the Netflix original A Year in the Life even managed to surpass Marvel’s Luke Cage. Delivering four feature-length 90-minute episodes to fans, the world of Stars Hollow was brought to life once more after almost a decade away from the small screen....
Glee’s main focus as a television show was on the New Directions Glee Club overcoming the obstacles in front of them. Overcoming the adversity thrown at them from naysayers made the show extremely popular. It was also their portrayal of high school students in a relatable manner which made fans continue to tune in. Being able to depict real-life situations in a proper manner on television is important in getting fans to truly fall in love with a show....
Godzilla: King of the Monsters may have quietly introduced one of the most important locations in Godzilla lore to the MonsterVerse - albeit with a different name - since it would seem that Kong’s home, Skull Island, is the MonsterVerse’s take on Toho’s Monster Island. Skull Island first appeared in the original King Kong movie, all the way back in 1933. The island is inhabited by natives, and of course, King Kong himself....
Popular iOS PDF app, GoodReader, is out with a major update today for its 10th anniversary. The new release brings a brand new UI and PDF viewer, a continuous scrolling mode, 256-bit encryption, Split View support on iPad, Apple Pencil 2 support, Secure Photocopy redaction, and much more. GoodReader shared the news about the major iOS update in a press release on its 10th anniversary today: Here’s are some of the changes users will first notice with GoodReader 5....
Google is rolling out an update to its Keep note-taking app that brings new auto-created topics that group notes together for automatic organization and easy searching. Google notes that the feature will “automagically” create topics for things like places, books, travel, food and quotes. And you can use the new auto-create topics to search for all notes that might apply within the automatically created categories. When you hit the search bar, you’ll now find quick shortcuts to the new topics located next to other search filters for things like file type, people and colors....
Google I/O 2018 brings us a lot more than just Android P and smarter intelligence. Power of AI now reflects on Google Photos too. New updates are now rolling for the Photos App. One of the new feature users are going to experience is the color pop feature. It will smartly keep the color of the subject of an image while the backdrop will be turning to black and white. To be able to enable Google Photos Color Pop Feature you need to update the App to the latest version....
Today is the day geeks and nerds celebrate the mathematical constant Pi which is observed every year on March 14th which gives you the 3.14 which are the first three digits of Pi in decimal form. This year it’s especially cool because it’s 3.14.15 which corresponds to the first five numbers in the sequence. A Year of Xbox Music Pass On the Cheap I’m not a mathematician, but one thing I do know, is today you can get one hell of a deal for a year of Xbox Music Pass....
When you’re paying for high speeds, you know the frustration of not getting all that you’re promised. We’ll even show you how to report when your ISP isn’t delivering. Tap or click here to report slow internet speeds to the FCC. What if you are getting the advertised speeds and it’s just not enough? That’s where gigabit and multi-gig plans come in. Let’s break down some of the best super-fast internet plans, from AT&T to Google....
You may wonder: “Why didn’t Google do this in the first place?” The simple answer is speed and cost. When browser traffic is SSL encrypted, it puts more load on your browser, the Website it’s accessing, and overall latency and speed since SSL traffic cannot be compressed and accelerated as easily as HTTP traffic. Add onto that the high cost of SSL certificates which Websites need to install. So offering HTTPS or SSL for free to the 200+ million Gmail users doesn’t come cheap....
Some good news has come out of the Golden Globes 2020 for Star Wars fans, as Ewan McGregor made an appearance sporting a classic Obi-Wan hairstyle. Divisive as the Star Wars prequels may be, most fans seem to agree that Ewan McGregor’s performance as the Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the best in the series. The admiration between fans and McGregor appears to be mutual as well, with the actor going so far as to declare his love for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi more than once....
The 2020 Golden Globe Awards broadcast airs Sunday, January 5, and here are all our predictions for the television categories of this year’s ceremony. Ricky Gervais will return to host The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s (HFPA) annual Golden Globes telecast, highlighting excellence in both television and film categories. This year’s slate of nominees includes the most talked-about series and TV movies of the year. Fleabag in its second season and the limited series Chernobyl drove much of the conversation during the summer while debuts like The Politician and The Morning Show netted nominations....
