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Get 2 GB of Free Google Drive Storage The option to run a Security Checkup for your Google account has been included in your Google account settings for a few years already. But to entice users to actually do it, this week the company is offering its users 2 GB of free storage that you can keep forever. The check is simple and only takes a couple of minutes. You’ll need to double check your recovery information, connected devices, apps that have account permissions, app passwords, and verify you have 2-Step Verification (2FA) set up correctly....

Personally, I find it limiting especially predictive words. Although, you can turn that off by going to Settings > General > Keyboard and flip the Predictive switch to Off. For more on that, check out our article: How to Turn Off Predictive Text On your iPhone or iPad. With the introduction of iOS 8, Apple added support for third-party keyboards, a luxury that Android users have enjoyed for years. In early 2016, Microsoft acquired SwiftKey, developers of the popular third-party keyboards for mobile platforms....

Goliath season 1 revolved around Billy becoming involved in a case against his old firm and eventually emerging victorious by the end of the series. The show received great reviews for being a legal drama that injected a little freshness into the well-travelled subgenre, and for Thorton’s lead performance. Billy may have scored a hard-won victory, but the first season was still a dark ride, and season 2 would dial that up a few notches....

That total means user numbers have more than doubled from the 24 million it had at the end of 2020. To put Brave’s milestone in perspective, Google has billions of active users on Chrome, Android, iOS and Windows. Nonetheless, Brave has grown from a user base of 1.2 million in 2017 after launching in 2016: version 1.0 of the browser was released in November 2019. Its main pitch to people is that doesn’t sell targeted ads but rather trades attention via cryptocurrency....

Google has revealed that its new cloud region in Israel will be located near Tel Aviv, and outlined its expansion across South America, Europe, Asia, and Middle East. SEE: Cloud computing: Spreading the risk with the multicloud approach Google Cloud now consists of 29 cloud regions and 88 zones — up from 25 regions and 76 zones in April 2021. It gives customers compute and storage resources that are closer to their users, as well as Google’s analytics and its content distribution network (CDN)....

Google, which was fined $22.5M by the FTC for illegal use of tracking cookies on iPhones even when the user had set Safari to reject them, is asking the UK’s High Court to reject a claim for compensation from a group of British iPhone owners, reports The Guardian. Google is arguing that any case should be held in the U.S., and that UK courts have no jurisdiction in the matter. It also observes that a similar claim in the USA was dismissed two months ago....

When it comes to creating a critically or financially successful movie, filmmakers and actors alike will often employ a variety of different gimmicks to differentiate their particular work from the rest of the pack. And one somewhat common way of trying to make a movie more unique and appealing is to employ one actor to play more than one role in a particular film. But of course, this is a gag that can either work out very well or very poorly, depending on the actor and movie....

Apple’s just announced the long anticipated April event where we expect to see new products like the next generation iPad Pro, AirTags and maybe even an iMac. The artwork Apple’s made for the event invitation is just stunning and we’ve thrown together some wallpapers to celebrate. You can find three versions of the wallpaper below. There’s a version for iPhone, iPad and desktops. We’re absolutely in love with the new graphic, designed to represent a spring loaded version of the Apple logo....

[Spoilers for Ghost in the Shell (2017)] - Ghost in the Shell’s journey to the big screen has been dominated by accusations of whitewashing. Rupert Sanders’ live-action adaptation of the classic manga (which is also an in-part remake of the 1995 animation) was always going to be contentious for its inevitable westernization of a wholly Japanese story, but when Scarlett Johansson was cast as the series’ central icon, Major, the project seemed marked....

These days, however, no self-respecting influencer would ever upload a photo to social media without touching it up to remove blemishes or add filters. More and more have-a-go photographers are out there, ready to show off their skills. That’s where Photoshop comes in, a product so well known that it’s even become a verb in its own right. “You just Photoshopped it” is almost as common as “I’ll Google it....

Google replaced SMS as the default 2-Step Verification method last year with device-based Prompts. iOS users were instructed to install the Google app for two-factor authentication when logging in. To increase adoption, Google is now making 2SV available through the Gmail mobile app. Since sending security codes through text messages is vulnerable to spoofing, Google turned to 2-Step Verification via what it calls the “Google Prompt.” Upon signing in to a Google app or service, your phone will receive a notification asking you to confirm you are logging in or reject....

We thought LG and Google stopped producing the Nexus 5 back in November of last year. And it did make sense, since the massive Nexus 6 was already out and Google would be just following its usual cycle of discounting a flagship Nexus device one year after it’s been launched. However, in the beginning of the previous month, we’ve seen the handset being relisted on the Google Play Store, featuring the same price....

You can now update drivers, install firmware and recovery, unlock bootloader and root your Google Pixel 2 XL smartphone with the Skipsoft Android Toolkit. If you’ve been rooting Android devices, installing custom firmware and drivers, and unlocking bootloaders on smartphones before, then the Skipsoft Android Toolkit should not be new to you. The Skipsoft Android Toolkit is a very useful tool for performing administrator-level operations like rooting, unlocking bootloaders, installing custom firmware and recoveries, and updating drivers on Android smartphones....

After being announced some time ago, GE’s HomeKit compatible window air conditioner is now available for purchase. The 8,000 BTU, Energy Star rated unit also works with Alexa, Google Home products, and IFTTT in addition to Apple’s HomeKit. Spotted by AppleInsider, although there are some window air conditioners available abroad that sport HomeKit compatibility, the GE AHP08LX is the first in the US to do so. This unit is suited to cool medium-sized rooms (250-350 square feet) and works with GE’s WiFi Connect app in addition to featuring HomeKit support and more....

Reuters reports this evening that a German court has ruled against Apple in a case centered around video streaming patents owned by OpenTV. Kudelski’s OpenTV unit originally sued Apple over the patents in 2014, alleging that Apple was infringing on its patents with streaming technologies used in iOS, OS X, iAds, the App Store, iTunes, and on Apple TV. While specific details of the ruling are unclear at this point, the decision comes from the Düsseldorf District Court in Germany and says that Apple products sold in the company cannot use streaming software covered under the five OpenTV patents in question....

Windows Mail is unlike previous versions such as Windows Live Mail or Outlook Express. Instead, Mail works more like a viewer that caches emails stored on a mail server, similar to how the IMAP messaging protocol works. In this article, I’ll show you how the Mail app works and how it can make your life easier. Whether you want to consolidate all your email accounts into a single inbox, search your inbox for messages, send attachments or send messages to multiple contacts, Mail lets you do it with just a few mouse clicks....

GIPHY for iOS has today received an update that brings improved functionality to the iMessage app and also offers a better experience to users when loading GIFs on a slow network. The headline feature in today’s update is the ability to seamlessly see your uploads and also create new custom GIFs in the iMessage app. GIPHY has also included a new tab that organizes all of the animated stickers. The second major change today offers users with slow connections a better experience by optimizing GIFs....

Internet giant Google found itself in a middle of a potential public relations nightmare following a Wall Street Journal article this morning. Tentatively titled “Google’s iPhone Tracking,” the article asserts that “Google Inc. and other advertising companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Apple Inc.’s Web browser on their iPhones and computers” to follow iPhone users even after they explicitly set Safari’s privacy controls to disable such tracking....

I think everyone was expecting something like this to happen. As Google clears inventory to make room for the next generation of Nexus devices, it has dropped the price on the Nexus 4 by $100 in one day. Expected to be announced in September, the Nexus 5 is likely to blow its predecessor away in terms of performance and features seeing as its supposedly based on the LG G2, while simultaneously devaluing the 4 as well....

Google has done it again! They will be hosting a mega Android event in New York on Monday, 29th October, which is basically the same day as the pre-announced Windows Phone 8 Launch by Microsoft, which will take place in San Fransisco. Ouch! This isn’t the first time Google has done something like this. A couple of months back, Google held an event to announce a couple of Motorola Droid smartphones exactly on the day Microsoft & Nokia had scheduled a WP8 introduction event....