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Google today is rolling out an update to its Google Maps app on iOS that further integrates the app throughout the operating system. The update brings the app to version 4.30.0 and includes a pair of notable changes to the user interface as Google works to better compete with the integration offered throughout iOS by Apple Maps. First off, Google Maps today gains support for a new Directions widget. This, Google touts, allows you to access your directions anywhere in iOS from the Today View....

Now, there’s an incredible new way to browse designer-inspired color palettes that can be applied to several different things, including your DIY projects. The right colors can tie a room, a page, or even your outfit for the day together in the best way possible. Keep reading for a simple way to find the perfect palette fast. It’s basically like Canva for colors. How to use Coolors to find a color palette To begin, visit the Coolors website....

Despite its 35-year history, the Ghostbusters franchise only boasts three feature films to its name. Why the meagre cinematic output? Well, Ghostbusters III – which was known as Ghostbusters in Hell, Hellbent, New Blood, The Best and the Brightest, and Alive Again at various points of the scripting stage – was (fittingly enough) trapped in development hell for decades. Fortunately, Jason Reitman (son of original director Ivan) is set to helm a new sequel, Ghostbusters 2020– or Ghostbusters: Afterlife, if the rumor mill is to be believed – that reunites the surviving core cast members from the first two films....

Gilmore Girls centered on our favorite mother/daughter duo as we saw Lorelai and Rory navigate through life’s ups and downs. Additionally, they often had to navigate through prickly family situations with Lorelai’s parents and Christopher, Rory’s father. The mother and daughter generated enough humor to get them through challenging times. Still, they (as well as other characters) had a fair share of heartbreak throughout the show’s seven seasons and the A Year in the Life special....

Glow is a free iPhone app that allows you to find out how people around you or in a specific geographic location are feeling. Imagine you are at a concert and you want to know the mood of the audience right this instant. You open up Glow on your iPhone and submit your feeling. Five stars for “awesome” and one star for, well…”not so awesome”. Each of these stars represents a color....

Google has updated the Google Books application with half a dozen bug fixes and two new features. The updated universal binary with version number 1.1.0.2247 is now available from the App Store and it added convenient landscape reading mode on iPads and the find feature that shows all matches in the book as you scroll down. The full list of features from the App Store and a couple of more screenshots are right below the fold…...

Screen Rant is giving away a Nintendo Switch Lite, and we’re doing so just in time for the holidays! We partnered with our friends at Nintendo Canada to help a Nintendo fan get their hands on the newest Nintendo system, Nintendo Switch Lite - something we’ve been playing every day since we got our own hands on one in September. Spoiler: We love it, and you will too, especially if you were a fan of the 3DS family of systems....

Google updated its Gmail for iOS app today with the ability to swipe right or left to move between messages without going back to the inbox. Version 2.1 also includes the ability to enable edit mode by selecting a message in the inbox. Once in edit mode, Google said users could tap on messages to select. They can then archive, delete, etc., from the new actions bar, or they can just Cancel to exit edit mode....

Godzilla battles King Ghidorah in the latest images from Godzilla: King of the Monsters. The Godzilla franchise was originally adapted for American audiences by Roland Emmerich in 1998, at a time when the director was hot off his success with Independence Day a couple years earlier. However, the movie failed to wow either critics or audiences and grossed less than half of what ID-4 did at the global box office. The U....

When we were little, we all wanted to be fabulous like Blanche, smart like Dorothy, or adorable like Rose. As adults, we all came to the same realization that we are basically millennial versions of Sophia. Her wit, cynicism, and sarcasm could give anyone a run for their money and nine times out of ten, it did. There was nothing this old broad couldn’t clap back at and now that we’re old enough to appreciate it, we suddenly understand why she had zero patience and absolutely no you-know-whats given....

You might be saying this is old news because Google had Hangouts since the beginning, which is true; however, it wasn’t until yesterday that Google officially opened Google+ to the public that it announced a few new features: Hangouts on your phone and Hangouts On Air. Google Hangout Mobile Hangouts on your phone allow you to use your 3G (more on this in a minute), 4G/LTE, or Wi-Fi connection to video chat with your friends on your phone....

Setting Up and Using Gboard for iOS Gboard is a free download for iOS from the App Store. It requires iOS 9 or higher and works on iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Before you can use Gboard, you need to enable it as the default keyboard. Being new to virtual keyboards on iOS, I was a bit confused about how to switch from Word Flow then set Gboard as the default....

Are you planning an automated email campaign and are torn between two powerhouse suites—GetResponse and Mailchimp—an industry pioneer with impeccable results vs an increasingly popular go-to solution? Affiliate Disclosure: This page may include links to our partners’ products and services, allowing us to keep our website sustainable. That means when you sign up and/or buy a product or a service using our links, we could receive compensation. However, all opinions expressed in this article are unbiased....

To test Chrome, Google used Speedometer 2.0, a benchmark from Apple’s own WebKit team, which measures the responsiveness of JavaScript-based Web applications. The higher the score, the better the performance of the browser at handling JavaScript. Google found Chrome 99 on Mac achieved a score of 300 in Speedometer, making it the highest score of any browser on macOS, including the WebKit-based Safari and also other Chromium-based browsers, from Brave to Microsoft Edge and onto Vivaldi....

Takeout users may have had their Google Photo files shared with strangers. The tech company sent out a series of emails to its users informing them about a bug that plagued Google’s systems between the 21st and 25th of November. The error resulted in Google Photos files like pictures and videos being shared to the wrong users. Google Takeout is a service that allows users to export their data from Google’s services....

Last August, Google Fit was completely revamped with the Material Theme and a focus on two new metrics. The health and activity tracking application is now coming to iOS with full Apple Health integration. This new Fit is focussed on “smart activity goals” that Google created with the American Heart Association. Move Minutes are earned whenever you’re physically active — walking, yoga, chores, etc. — with a minute recorded after 30 or more steps....

A new version of Google Maps for iOS is available and it brings a refreshed bottom bar with some handy functionality. Google Maps for Android first received these features about a year ago, and they are now arriving on the popular navigation app for iOS. As spotted by The Verge, the new bottom bar makes it easier to see what’s going on around you as well as offering quick access to real-time driving and transit information....

As I was saying, not only does Instagram allow user profiles to be viewed online, it also allows you to add filters and effects to your images. For example, if you’ve taken a self-portrait with the Nexus 7 camera, you can easily edit it, adjust it, or add filters and borders. In order to do so, first go to the Gallery and find the picture you want to play with....

. For those who want to listen to the Adam Lashinsky’ book “Inside Apple,“ Audible has a special 14-day trial free membership where you can download a free book. We profiled the same offer for the Steve Jobs biography, which was very popular. The book is playable on the web or iOS devices. Bonus: The book is narrated by author Adam Lashinsky, and the sample is available here. Audible is a great service for those who enjoy listening to their books and membership is $14....

I. Who was behind GhostNet? – evidence, allegations, denials Up to now is unknown who was in control of the GhostNet. Since the exact exfiltrated data was never been recovered, the investigators were unable to make any deduction based on the question, to whom would this information have some value? However, what can give away the hackers’ intention, and perhaps even answer of who is behind the malevolent act, are the technical characteristics of a concrete attack, as well as the subject of interest and the identity of the target (Goetz & Rosenbach, 2009)....