Google has announced that they have acquired Tenor, the GIF platform and GIF keyboard creator. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but the long term goal is to bring Tenor technology to Google Image Search as well deeper integration into Gboard.
The company will continue to operate as a separate entity under Google and you will still be able to access their site and use their keyboard app.
Let me be perfectly clear to start: I love my Google Pixelbook. It is without question the best Chromebook I’ve ever used. It is fast, sleek and beautiful. So after getting one, one of the first things I started investigating was a sleeve to protect it while I’m in the office or out about town.
The reality was, I found plenty of sub-$30 fabric sleeves but none of them I felt had the style I was looking for in a sleeve. Then there is the other end of the spectrum in the Google branded sleeve for the Pixelbook. But I quickly ruled it out. If I’m going to spend $100 on a sleeve, it is going to look stellar.
Enter Noreve. I’ve reviewed plenty of Noreve products here on the site over the years and I’ve never been disappointed in any of them. Add to that the 13″ Noreve Laptop Sleeve. It looks the part of being a luxury sleeve for your Pixelbook, bringing a sleek, simple design that protects and is stylish while doing it. Yes, it is a little more than the Google branded sleeve for the Pixelbook but if you are committed to spending $100+ on a sleeve for it, why not do it with panache?
Good news this morning for Samsung Galaxy Note8 owners on AT&T. Your Android Oreo update is now rolling out. The 1.4GB update is build N950USQU3CRC2 for those keeping score at home and has been released by the carrier. That means devices will start getting updates as soon as today.
And let’s take a moment to give AT&T a bit of credit. They are notoriously slow at getting updates out to their customers but, in the case of the Note8, they were first. They beat out Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint. Kudos AT&T!
After weeks of rumors and leaks, the Huawei P20 and P20 Plus have finally been officially announced by the Chinese manufacture. The two new phones follow up on last year’s P10 lineup and they both bring some serious specs to the table.
Both devices are powered by the Huawei Kirin 970 SoC, the same one used in the larger Mate 10 Pro. The P20 comes with 4GB of RAM and 128GB of storage while the P20 Plus will sport 6GB of RAM with 128GB of storage. Neither device supports memory expansion, just like the Mate 10 Pro.
The Google Clips app has a new update rolling out that brings a couple of new features to the AI-powered gamera. The new app build is version 1.4.189410803 for those keeping score at home and brings a couple of new features to the device.
In addition to this new app update, there is a new firmware update for your camera itself which will enable these new features. You can update the Clips firmware from the app itself after you perform the app update.
First, you can now get high resolution still photos from manual captures using Clips. When you press the shutter button either in the Live Preview in the app or the physical button on your camera, you will get a HiRes image along with the normal clip that you already get with the camera.
Google Jamboard, the whiteboard sharing and collaboration tool, has a new feature rolling out that will be handy for G Suite users who have the device. You will now be able to see your Jamboard created files in your Google Drive, making it easier to review and to share those files with others.
While the rollout of this new feature will take a few days, once you have it, you will be able to do three key functions within Google Drive with Jamboard files:
Google has announced the availability of Android Studio 3.1, the Android development app. It is available to download for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit), Mac and Linux. The release comes with a lot of new features as well as underlying performance improvements.
First, there is a new C++ performance profiler to help developers find bottlenecks in their app code. There are also improvements to the Kotlin Lint checks that add on to the support of Kotlin in the studio. Editing SQL/Room database code in projects are now easier too. Android Studio 3.1 has a SQL code completion in the @query declarations and better SQL statement refactoring.
Earlier today I posted that the Chrome OS Beta Channel had moved up to Chrome 66. In that post, I stated that the Chrome OS Dev Channel, the alpha testing channel for the platform, would likely move up to Chrome 67 at some point this week. Well, actually, it took about an hour.
Build 67.0.3376.0 (Platform version: 10510.0.0) is now rolling out to devices that are in the Dev channel, coming out of the Canary channel where it has been the last few weeks.