Google Chrome Password Manager May Allow You To Send Passwords

The password manager feature in Google Chrome has gone through serious changes in recent months, and Google is striving to add more useful features to it. The ability to send passwords is spotted by Leopeva64 via Twitter. He says that a “send password” button is available on the password manager. As you can see in the screenshot, the feature is under an overflow menu next to each username and password combination....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 307 words · Danielle Williams

Google Drive Gets New Circular Widget On Phones Tablets

Google Drive for Android phones and tablets already offers several design options for homescreen widgets. The “Drive quick actions” widget, which takes a horizontal bar layout by default, can be converted into a flower-shaped (or X-shaped) widget. The latest addition now allows you to further make the widget taller to convert it into a circle. As the new report notes, the circular design is reminiscent of the iconic rotary dial. It features the Drive shortcut button at the center, surrounded by six other shortcuts for various actions....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 349 words · John Morris

Google Faces Texas Lawsuit Over Facial Data Collection Practices

According to Attorney General Ken Paxton, Google has reportedly collected data from “millions of Texans without properly obtaining their informed consent to do so.” Also, millions of biometric identifiers, including voiceprints and records of face geometry, are collected by Google through Photos, Google Assistant, and Nest Hub Max. “Google’s indiscriminate collection of the personal information of Texans, including very sensitive information like biometric identifiers, will not be tolerated,” Attorney General Paxton noted in Thursday’s statement....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 360 words · Andre Allen

Google Is Developing The Privacy Sandbox For Advertisements

The Privacy Sandbox Initiative will help make advertising more private The Privacy Sandbox Initiative will help make advertising more private This happens all the time: You search up fishing poles on the web, then five minutes later, all of your social media accounts and web searches are filled with ads promoting fishing poles. This means that when you searched for the fishing poles, that search was logged and given to an advertising agency that then funneled those ads right to you....

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 423 words · Zachary Malone

Google Keep Is The Latest App To Get The Material You Treatment

The Material You update for Google Keep will begin rollout from September 21 with version 5.21.361 of the app. As is the case with such updates, it may take some weeks to reach all devices. While Google didn’t talk about any new widgets for Keep, a leak recently revealed a widget in line with Material You’s Dynamic Color. Accent color changes will be more prominent on the Pixel’s Dynamic Color option Accent color changes will be more prominent on the Pixel’s Dynamic Color option...

January 7, 2023 · 2 min · 349 words · Eduardo Obrien
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