Category: Technology

Google Maps now filters searches for EV charger plug types

Sorting your CCS from your CHAdeMO Google Maps has added a new feature that lets you search for electric car charging stations according to which plug types they work with. Now, when you search for a place to charge your car, you’ll see an option to specify the exact plugs you’re looking for in the […]

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Incoming Google Maps redesign will fix the most annoying thing about the app

Google has added plenty of new features to Google Maps this year that can improve your navigation and driving experience. From the new Waze-like incident reports to the improved public transportation data, Maps is ready to assist with your daily commutes and vacation travel. Google also added plenty of features to make it easier to […]

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Microsoft has started putting ads in native Windows 10 apps again

TRICK-NEVER-MISSING COMPANY Microsoft appears to be having a second staff of infecting built-in Windows 10 apps with adverts. You might remember that this time last year, we started seeing adverts (mostly for other Microsoft products) in the native Mail and Calendar UWP apps for Windows 10. At the time Microsoft passed it off as just “an experiment” and duly, […]

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New Android phones in Turkey to lose Google services in antitrust dispute

The dispute is about being able to set different default search engines Google has stopped issuing licenses for new Android phone models sold in Turkey, meaning they will not be able to ship with its services, Reuters reports. The development comes just over a year after the country’s competition regulator fined Google 93 million lira ($17.4 million) […]

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YouTube’s End-Of-Year Videos Are Historically Bad. This Year It Somehow Got Hilariously Worse.

This week’s newsletter: YouTube somehow put out an even worse “Rewind” video than in years before, and a former wedding influencer shows us how to transition into a divorce influencer. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I miss YouTube’s bad year-end Rewind videos. YouTube has released its year-end “rewind” video for 2019. It makes […]

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