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Google Stops Syncing Between Photos and Drive

How stupid is this? Google has announced that from July, photographs will no longer sync between Google Drive and Google Photos citing "the connection between these services is confusing". What? Sorry, but how is this confusing? Images are synchronised between Google Drive and Google Photos. If you do something in one, it's also done in the other. How hard is that

Google Announced First Collection of Stadia Games

Google announced the first collection of game that are coming to Stadia, the company's game platform. A limited number of Stadia Founder's Edition are available for preorder at the Google Store. Those that buy Stadia will have the ability to play games across multiple screens. People who have a 4K TV and Stadia Pro will get up to 4K HDR

Google Will Restrict Ad Blocker Extensions to Only Enterprise Users

Google is going implement Manifest V3, that will stop current ad blockers from working efficiently, on Chrome. Enterprise users, however, will be able to continue to use ad blockers. In short, if you want to block ads, and want to use Google products – you have to give Google some money. Google is essentially saying that Chrome will still have

Google is Tracking a History of Things You Buy

Google has a sketchy history when it comes to privacy. It turns out that Google has been tracking a history of things you have purchased – even if you bought those things in a store or from Amazon. CNBC reported that there is a page called “Purchases” that shows a list of the things you have bought. The list can

Amazon and Google Announce Official YouTube App to Launch on Fire TV

Amazon and Google announced that in the coming months, the two companies will launch the official YouTube app on Amazon Fire TV devices and Fire TV Edition smart TVs, as well as the Prime Video app for streaming to Chromecast and Chromecast built-in devices. In addition, Prime Video will be broadly available across Android TV device partners, and the YouTube

European Commission Fines Google €1.49 Billion Over Advertising

The European Commission has fined Google €1.49 billion for abusive practices in online advertising and for breaching EU antitrust rules. According to the European Commission, Google has abused its market dominance by imposing a number of restrictive clauses in contracts with third-party websites which prevented Google's rivals from placing their search adverts on these websites. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said: “Today

Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break Up Tech Industry Giants

Senator Elizabeth Warren said that if she is elected president in 2020, her administration will break up the giants of the tech industry. This was announced at SXSW in Austin, and in a detailed post on Medium. In that post, Senator Warren mentioned Amazon, Google, and Facebook. Senator Warren's plan would classify any company that runs a marketplace and makes