Finally. Update: You can drag content into these apps, but not out of them, into other apps. Oh, Google.
Category: Google
Dow Jones Reports Google Purchasing Apple, Due to ‘Technical Error’⇢
The Dow Jones newswires had a ‘technical error’ which caused the portal to report several spurious stories including several headlines claiming Google was acquiring Apple for $9 billion, and that the deal was pre-arranged with Steve Jobs in his will.
Fake News!
Google Backup and Sync
Google is about to replace both its Drive and Photos Uploader app for the Mac with one new application.
The new program will allow users to sync Drive folders and file with their Macs, but also backup the contents of their local disks to Google Drive. I don’t think I’ll use either of those features, but if it improves the reliability of the Google Photos Uploader, I’m in.
Outlook for Mac Previews Google Calendar and Contacts Support⇢
Last month, we announced that we’re bringing major improvements to how Google Accounts work in Outlook 2016 for Mac—including an improved setup experience and Google Calendar and Contacts support. We’re excited to be delivering on these highly requested features for Mac users—matching Outlook for iOS and Android—by providing Google Accounts with a more powerful way to stay in control of the day ahead.
I’m going to take this for a spin.
Touch Bar Support Coming to Chrome
It may have been here for a bit, but I just noticed that the beta versions of Chrome had added support for Apple’s new Touch Bar:
Personally, I like Google’s approach here. Safari’s implementation is more complex, but I’m not sure it is better.
Review: Pixel XL
Pixel is totes great
Camera’s legit af
Low light be like wow
This Android is clean
No bloatware is a relief
Assistant is dope
Don’t want an iPhone?
Pixel is what you should get
Ignore the back case
Alphabet and Chipotle Launching Burrito Drone Delivery⇢
This is the peak of what humankind will accomplish. Shut it down, folks.
Google Docs, Sheets Updated for iPad Multitasking⇢
Google Photos celebrates 200 million users⇢
Anil Sabharwal, Vice President of Google Photos:
A year ago, we introduced Google Photos with one mission: To be a home for all your photos and videos, organized and brought to life, so that you can share and save what matters.
Now 200 million of you are using Google Photos each month. We’ve delivered more than 1.6 billion animations, collages and movies, among other things. You’ve collectively freed up 13.7 petabytes of storage on your devices—it would take 424 years to swipe through that many photos! We’ve also applied 2 trillion labels, and 24 billion of those have been for … selfies.
Thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge
Let me just address the elephant in the room here. It’s a little unusual that I’m doing a mini-review of the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. It’s been many years since I sold my original Motorola Droid1 and returned to the iPhone.
That’s not to say I’m unfamiliar with Android. Every couple of years, I buy a current Nexus phone to check in with what going’s on on the other side of the mobile OS fence.
Android N has freeform window mode⇢
Ron Amadeo at Ars Technica has directions on how to to enable it. R.I.P., Chrome OS.
Material #23: Matías Duarte: Material Design⇢
This week on Material, Relay FM’s Google-focused podcast:
We’re joined by Matías Duarte, Vice President of Design at Google. We talk about everything from Material Design to how to camouflage LEGO against couches.
Boom.