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Google Finance Gets a Flash-Free Makeover

Alphabet (yes, we know it’s confusing) is giving Google Finance a makeover. And it’s about time too. Google Finance has been stagnating of late, and some elements even relied on Adobe Flash to work despite Google making its feelings about Flash clear on several different occasions. Google seems to be on a mission to update… read more »

Make Google Search Great Again With These 5 Sites and Apps

Google is the default search engine for most of the world. It just works, doesn’t it? But that doesn’t mean it couldn’t be better. The right site or extension can improve your Google search experience tremendously. Of course, this is assuming you already know the best Google search tips and tricks. These web apps and… read more »

Google Maps Now Helps You Find Points of Interest

Google Maps is getting a new look, but this makeover delivers more than just visual gloss. The new-look Google Maps adds color-coding for different points of interest, and customizes the information on offer depending on where you’re travelling, and how you’re travelling there. The amount of information available in Google Maps is astonishing. You can… read more »

How to Find and Merge Duplicate Contacts in Google

With almost 90 percent of the world’s smartphones running Android, and with Gmail claiming a sizable chunk of the market share in the email sector, it’s fair to say that billions of people around the planet are using Google Contacts as their primary address book. If you’ve been using the app for several years, your… read more »

Google Wants to Help You Find Your Dream Job

Google is making Google for Jobs even better, adding salary information, the option to customize location, the option to choose which job site you apply through, and the ability to save individual jobs in which you’re interested. Making it easier than ever to switch careers. In June 2017, Google launched Google for Jobs, a dedicated… read more »

You Can Now Use Google Home as an Intercom

Google Home can now double-up as an intercom in your house. And it doesn’t matter whether you’re actually at home or out and about. This should make calling your kids down for dinner simpler. That is unless they’re just as likely to ignore Google Home as they are to ignore you. Whether or not you… read more »

Firefox Quantum Arrives to Challenge Google Chrome

Mozilla has released Firefox 57, codenamed Quantum, into the wild. This is the most ambitious version of Firefox released in a long time. It’s faster, better-looking, more streamlined, and more useful, and it may be able to give Chrome a run for its money. It certainly uses less RAM. In terms of web browsers, Firefox… read more »

Google Chrome Wants to Stop Sites From Redirecting You

Google is making changes to its Chrome browser which should stop sites from redirecting you against your will. These plans to curtail dodgy (or innocent but ignorant) websites is the latest in a long line of measures designed to make browsing the web a much more pleasant experience. Anyone who has ever spent some time… read more »

You Can Now Install Google Play Store on Fire OS 5.x the Easy Way

Amazon Fire tablets are extremely popular. They’re the most popular Android-based tablet available, but they don’t include the Google Play Store. Instead, Amazon provides its own app store, which mixes games and apps with videos, music, audiobooks, and Kindle ebooks. You’ll find so many useful apps and fun games in the Amazon App Store, but… read more »

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