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Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to get brutally honest. Some of these measures need to end. I cannot even impair the amount of damage this is happening to families and businesses across this country I hear their please every single day as business owners are desperate to get the message out about their businesses to their affected customers. Stay at
There's hardly a day goes by at the moment without a smartphone launch and today it's the turn of the Redmi Note 9 and Note 9 Pro. Redmi is one of Xiaomi's brands along with Mi and Pocophone, and unlike its Chinese competitor Huawei, Xiaomi still has access to US technology so there's full access to Google Play and updates
Covid-19 App tracking is starting in many countries and appears to be embraced in Australia. The next thing they will be doing is injecting tracking microchips into us. Based on the non-response from this audience it appears you are ok with being tracked and warned by an App on your possible exposure to an infected Covid-19 patient. The question is
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many states to issue “stay at home” orders. People still need to eat. Many are placing food orders at local restaurants who send a driver out with their food. This could potentially put those drivers at risk of catching the virus. Robots, however, face no such risk. A company called Starship has created small, self-driving,
Earlier this month, Google and Apple announced a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the COVID-19 virus. As you may have expected, people had questions about how that contact tracing technology would work. In response, Apple and Google released a Frequently Asked Questions PDF with more information.
Facebook is rolling out Messenger Rooms. They also are expanding WhatsApp group calls, and adding new live video features for Facebook, Instagram, and Portal. Perhaps Facebook is trying to compete with Zoom, which has grown to 300 million users. Messenger Rooms make it easy to spend quality time with friends, loved ones, and people who share your interests. Create a
What would it be like to earn income through Google, from people who visited your website and wanted to give you a tip? According to TechCrunch, Google was considering a feature like that, but decided to scrap it. TechCrunch obtained this information, and several screenshots of it, from “a source that provided evidence that they came directly from Google”. Apparently,
Apple and Google are almost ready with their Covid-19 tracking app that continues to spur a lot of privacy concern discussions and even EU leaders are asking hard questions. As we end week 6 of the lockdown keep the faith and I will be back with you next week with another full week of content. I hope you will consider
Motorola's been firmly established as the go-to provided of mid-range phones with its long running g-series of handsets, but the absence of a top-end phone has been noticeable, despite the appearance of a rebooted Razr. Fortunately, Moto have addressed this with the launch today of two new devices, the Edge and Edge+. Motorola reckon these will be the fastest, loudest
Facebook is censoring event planning for protest becoming an extension of the governor's arms in trying to squelch protest over restrictions surrounding covid-19. I have warned for years that it's their platform and they will do what they will as they will and if they do not like what you do on their platform they will ban you, silence you
The Australian federal government has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to create a mandatory code of conduct that would require companies like Google and Facebook to pay media companies for news. This comes after the ACCC advised that reaching a voluntary agreement with the big social media companies to pay for content would be “unlikely”. The mandatory
While some states are continuing their “stay at home” orders, others are considering whether or not to end theirs. But, how can a state figure out when it is safe to end that? The former founders of Instagram have created a solution that can help answer that question – the Rt COVID-19 tracker. TechCrunch reported that Kevin Systrom and Mike
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