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Today, Google has rolled out an unexpected mid-month OTA update. Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices are receiving the same February version of Android 12 but with a slightly different build number. The factory images were updated on Google’s website and are now live as well. It was speculated…

Dynamic Color is the defining aspect of Google’s new Material You design language. It will be widely adopted on Android, and Google is also open sourcing the Material Color Utilities code library behind the wallpaper-driven dynamic theming for other platforms. In an explainer about the “Science of Color & Design,”…

After the official launch keynote, the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro is now available to buy in eight countries across the globe. Google is focusing on a few smaller “key” markets with the launch of the Pixel 6 series, which means that many countries and regions are unfortunately being left…

Google announced Chrome OS Flex yesterday as a way to turn old Macs and Windows PCs into Chromebooks. It amusingly also breathes new life into older Chromebooks that have hit their Auto Update Expiration (AUE) or end-of-life (EOL) date.  Since the early access launch yesterday, more than a few people…

Google has announced plans for blocking cross-app tracking on Android phones, following Apple’s lead on iPhones, claims a new report today. However, there are a number of problems with the report, suggesting it may be a case of ‘The headline giveth, and the small print taketh away’ … The WSJ‘s…

Posted by Jason Cartwright on February 16, 2022 Neuron e-scooters are on a roll lately, with the launch of 750 e-scooters in Melbourne in January, followed by 300 more in Rockhampton last week. Let’s not forget about the Google Maps integration along the way, and now they’ve even expanded to…

With Australia about to open to British visitors, a new poll puts the country at the foot of the short-term wish list for UK travellers. In a survey released to the Sydney Morning Herald and the Melbourne Age, Australia was placed last – behind Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and…

Do you know where the best place to hide something on the internet is? It's the second page of the Google search results - if your brand isn't listed on page 1, then it might as well be invisible. With the vast majority of potential customers doing online searches before…

Rebuilding capitalism SocialGood is a blockchain initiative that aims to reshape capitalism as we know it by working to create a donation machine that combines blockchain with artificial intelligence in an app. The app can be downloaded on Google Play for Android and Apple Store for iPhones, and by using…

The Wear OS-based Galaxy Watch 4 picked up a new update earlier this week with new fitness features and some other tweaks, but it also seems to have broken with some third-party watch faces. Spotted on Reddit, some older Wear OS watch faces suddenly appear to be broken following the…