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Listen to the changing sounds of the world with the wonderful COVID-19 sound map
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Listen to the changing sounds of the world with the wonderful COVID-19 sound map

Wednesday, Jun 10, 2020 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

If  you’re stuck inside with the lockdown blues, this  browser-based sound map can take you on an audio tour around the world, experiencing the changing audio environment as the noise …

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Pass away the time with Google's splendid selection of free games
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Pass away the lockdown time with Google’s splendid selection of free interactive online games

Thursday, May 7, 2020 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

If the endless empty hours of the lockdown are starting to get to you, Google has provided a splendid selection of free, browser-based games to help pass away the relentless …

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Google increases Duo group calling limit from eight to twelve as Zoom damned over privacy concerns
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Google increases Duo group calling limit from eight to twelve as Zoom damned over privacy concerns

Wednesday, Apr 1, 2020 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

With  the popular Zoom video conferencing software being described as “the Facebook of the video-conferencing world, sucking every piece of data it can from you and any device you install …

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Google's AutoDraw turns your crappy drawings into high quality icons and clip art
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Google’s AutoDraw turns your crappy drawings into high quality icons and clip art

Monday, Jun 10, 2019Monday, Jun 10, 2019 - by Lee J. - Leave a Comment

To the collective sigh of millions of artists and illustrators, Google’s cunningly clever AutoDraw app manages to translate the crappiest attempt at drawing into high quality artwork. Look below to …

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Google announces the nominees for the 2018 Google Play Awards
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Google announces the nominees for the 2018 Google Play Awards – check them out here

Tuesday, Apr 24, 2018Tuesday, Apr 24, 2018 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Now in its third year, Google Play Awards looks to highlight exceptional apps and games in the Google Play Store, and give the high quality of all the nominees, we’ve reproduced …

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Google Maps mobile update lets you find hot spots in your city
Android / iPhone / mobiles

Google Maps mobile update introduces interface tweaks and hot spots in your city

Tuesday, Jul 26, 2016Tuesday, Jul 26, 2016 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

A new Google Maps update for Android and iOS looks to serve up a cleaner interface with less distractions and visual clutter.

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Google Alphabet announces third gen of its clever clogs Nest Thermostat
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Google Alphabet announces third gen of its clever clogs Nest Thermostat

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2015 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Alphabet (the rejigged, rebranded Google) has announced that its third-gen Nest smart thermostat is now available for purchase in the UK, at a retail price of £249.

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ASUS serves up the 10-inch ChromeBook Flip C100 convertible laptop - specs and photos here
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ASUS serves up the 10-inch ChromeBook Flip C100 convertible laptop – specs, videos and photos

Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015Tuesday, Jul 21, 2015 - by Pete Railton - Leave a Comment

ASUS have announced today launched their new Chromebook Flip C100 convertible laptop which, as its name suggests, lets you flip the screen around by 360° so you can use it …

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Lenovo to launch super compact ThinkCentre Chromebox running Chrome OS
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Lenovo to launch super compact ThinkCentre Chromebox running Chrome OS

Monday, Apr 27, 2015 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Rolling out with a super affordable price of just $199 is the new ThinkCentre Chromebox, a bijou desktop PC running the extra-efficient Chrome OS.

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Google Chromebit wedges a whole Chrome OS computer onto a tiddly $100 HDMI stick
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Google Chromebit wedges a whole Chrome OS computer onto a tiddly $100 HDMI stick

Tuesday, Mar 31, 2015 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Now this looks interesting: Google has just announced a new category of Chrome OS device, making it even easier to bring full Chrome OS goodness to any display. Called Chromebit, …

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Google takes its Contacts interface out of the Stone Age, check out the new preview here
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Google takes its Contacts interface out of the Stone Age, check out the new preview here

Wednesday, Mar 4, 2015 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

It’s long been one of the ugliest interfaces we’ve had to look at every day, but Google have finally despatched a designer in the direction of their Google Contacts web app …

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Google publishes a bumper list of Must-Have Android apps
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Google publishes a bumper list of Must-Have Android apps

Monday, Dec 29, 2014 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

Google has created a list of what it feels are the ‘Must Have’ Apps for 2014, and it’s quite a lengthy one, totalling 127 apps.

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Google announces Inbox - 'a completely different type of inbox'
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Google announces Inbox – ‘a completely different type of inbox’

Thursday, Oct 23, 2014Thursday, Oct 23, 2014 - by Tony Fletcher - Leave a Comment

Google has announced its new Inbox email app, which attempts to make your email experience easier by automatically grouping emails together into categories and automatically offering up relevant information based …

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Google on your wrist: Android wearables announced
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Google on your wrist: Android wearables announced as the smartwatch revolution begins

Tuesday, Mar 18, 2014Tuesday, Mar 18, 2014 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

The much-touted smartwatch revolution may finally be happening as Google announces its plans to extend Android to wearables, starting with watches.

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Google Nexus 4 smartphones drop down to bargain prices
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Google Nexus 4 smartphones drop down to bargain prices

Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 - by mike s - Leave a Comment

The excellent Google Nexus 4 handsets have just seen a considerable price drop and are now being offered in the Google Play store for just £159 for the 8GB model …

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