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The Google-Samsung relationship has improved a great deal in recent years with the latter often appearing at the former’s keynotes, while there have been joint ad campaigns. The latest highlights a slew of Google services running on Samsung hardware. Update 7/14: The Google and Samsung #MakeItEpic campaign continues with a…

        | Updated: Thursday, July 14, 2022, 16:49 Google started rolling out the Android 13 beta update for a slew of eligible smartphones. Initially, the Pixel smartphones were eligible to get the latest iteration of these smartphones. Later, it was rolled out to devices from other OEMs…

Perhaps you, unlike me, are an orderly person. You never open more than 10 tabs at a time, and when you do, you finish reading through all of them and close up shop, returning your window to a tidy state. I’m a tab hoarder. Partially because I read and research…

Settings Services has been updated on the Play Store since 2018 Google recently added a ‘Setting Services’ app to Pixel smartphones, but until now, it’s been unclear what the app’s purpose is. Google says the Settings app uses ‘Setting Services’ as a “core system software.” This enables users to setup,…

After less than two years, Samsung says that its SmartThings Find network has amassed over 200 million “nodes” for helping you find lost devices and Galaxy SmartTags. In a press release this evening, Samsung announced that the SmartThings Find network has effectively doubled in size over the last year, with…

On the Clock is Motherboard's reporting on the organized labor movement, gig work, automation, and the future of work. Infamously, Amazon punishes and sometimes fires warehouse workers who it believes are wasting time at work. A new filing obtained by Motherboard gives detailed insight into how Amazon tracks and records…

In a new scam targeting restaurants, criminals are leaving negative ratings on restaurants’ Google pages as a bargaining chip to extort digital gift cards. Restaurateurs from San Francisco to New York, many from establishments with Michelin stars, said in recent days that they’ve received a blitz of one-star ratings on…

Google has announced that YouTube’s picture-in-picture mode for iOS and iPadOS, which lets you watch videos in a floating window while using other apps, is rolling out to more people. According to a community post on Monday, people running iOS 15 should start seeing the feature soon, though there is…

Army officers stand guard as people throng President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday.Rafiq Maqbool/The Associated Press As tens of thousands filled the streets…

The Nexus 4 was a groundbreaking phone – a near flagship for $300. Okay, it did have its quirks, e.g. no LTE support (though that wasn’t as important back in 2012), storage was limited too. Instead of focusing on just one phone we wanted to look at the trends in…