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Category Archives: Google

May 8, 2020
by sjvn01
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Google expects its staff to work from home until 2021 and it’s not alone

According to a Bloomberg report, Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, told Google employees on Thursday to be ready to work remotely through October and possibly to the end of the year. Actually, a Google spokeswoman said most Google workers are expected to work … Continue reading →

May 1, 2020
by sjvn01
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How to easily move your photos from Facebook to Google Photos

Sharing isn’t easy. It’s difficult to move photos from one social network to another or storage. Now, Facebook and Google have made it simple to copy your Facebook photos to Google Photos. This is the first fruit of an open-source … Continue reading →

April 14, 2020
by sjvn01
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How Apple and Google coronavirus contact tracing will work

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said, “We have the capability of mobilizing identification — testing — identification, isolation, contact tracing” to finally get a grip on the coronavirus. The first three we … Continue reading →

April 8, 2020
by sjvn01
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Zoom’s fall: Google bans Zoom from staffers’ gear

A few weeks ago, Zoom was riding high. Zoom had become a verb. You didn’t video-conference, you Zoomed. Then came the constant drumbeat of one Zoom security problem after another, including the infamous Zoombombing. Zoom fought back with security fixes. … Continue reading →