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No internet connection via balloons: Google parent Alphabet closes Loon

The Google parent company Alphabet closes the company Loon, which has worked to connect regions with insufficient coverage to the Internet via stratospheric balloons. Originally it was a project from Google’s research department X, in the summer 2018 it was transferred to its own company. As Loon managing director Alastair Westgarth now explains, it was… Read more

Honor V40 5G is official with Dimensity 1000+ chipset, 50 MP main camera

Honor has announced its first phone since the company officially has separated from Huawei – say hello to the Honor V40 5G. The device comes with a Dimensity 1000+ chipset, a new 50 MP camera, and plenty of more specs to be intrigued about. The screen of the Honor V40 5G is a 6.72” OLED… Read more

Honor announces its first post-Huawei phone

Honor has announced the new V40 5G flagship phone, its first since Huawei sold the company off to a Shenzhen-based consortium of Chinese partners. The phone is exclusive to China for now, but Honor’s V-series usually makes its way to the rest of the world under “View” branding. The V40 has a 6.72-inch OLED screen… Read more

Google threatens to remove its search engine from Australia if new law goes into effect

Google is threatening to pull its search engine from an entire country — Australia — if a proposed law goes into effect that would force Google to pay news publishers for their content. “If this version of the Code were to become law it would give us no real choice but to stop making Google… Read more

Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its division that provides internet from floating balloons, according to a post on the blog of Alphabet’s X moonshot division. “The road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped,” Astro Teller, who leads X, wrote in the blog. “In the coming months, we’ll begin winding down… Read more

A new meme generator lets you drop Bernie Sanders and his chair around the world

You may have seen the many memes of Sen. Bernie Sanders sitting at President Joe Biden’s inauguration (we even did a rundown of the best ones), but now there’s a website that lets you easily drop Bernie and his chair all over the world with the help of Google Maps’ Street View (via Android Central)…. Read more

Otter.ai’s new Chrome extension can transcribe Google Meet calls in real time

You can now use automated transcription service Otter.ai to transcribe and provide closed captions for Google Meet calls with the help of a new Chrome extension. Meetings will be transcribed in real time, and transcripts will be saved right to your Otter account so you can access and share them later. Otter.ai says the extension… Read more

TechStage | Guide: tablets for homeschooling and learning portals

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Oppo Reno 4 Pro in the test: Top smartphone for 500 € Motorola Moto G 5G Plus test: A lot of battery for little money Huawei P Smart 2021: Budget model with room for improvement Asus Zenfone 7 Pro: Turbo smartphone with flip camera Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro in the test:… Read more

Android 12 will reportedly feature App Pairs to simplify launching apps in split screen mode

Google built a split-screen multitasking feature into Android 6.0 Marshmallow (2015), but it was experimental. The feature was officially enabled by default the following year with 7.0 Nougat. Later came 9.0 Pie, which changed how app switching worked and people were upset because the new gesture was slower and less convenient. The history lesson is… Read more

Brief information: USA, Tesla Grünheide, LG Smartphones, eBay

WHO, Paris Climate Agreement: The US is back The US is back. Joe Biden signals that. The former US Vice President is on Wednesday as 46. President of the United States of America sworn in. He did not hesitate and within hours of taking office 15 issued decrees and two further orders to federal authorities…. Read more

heise + | Evernote 10 put to the test and an interview with Evernote CEO Ian Small

The Evernote note-taking program is reinventing itself. When changing to a modern substructure, however, many functions fell by the wayside. Evernote 10 in the test and Evernote CEO Ian Small in the interview Missing functions and test table Interview with Evernote CEO Ian Small Article in c’t 3 / 2021 read Evernote has been one… Read more

heise + | Search engine optimization: be found better with SEO

Search engine optimization: Better to be found with SEO SEO myths disenchanted Understand search engines, robots.txt, bounce rate Set goals, metadata, keyword research Success control, comparison of competitors, visibility and traffic Longtail, set links, optimize loading speed Article in Mac & i 12 / 2020 read The beginning of every web search is always a… Read more

Copyright: Google and France's publishers agree on guidelines

Google and the French publishers have come to an agreement in the copyright dispute: In accordance with a negotiated agreement, the search engine giant will reward content used, such as previews. The guidelines for this are now in place. The daily volume of published content of a medium, like the monthly readers, should be included… Read more

Best Bang & Olufsen speaker 2021: Which B&O speaker is right for you?

(Pocket-lint) – Bang & Olufsen makes some of the best looking and best-sounding speakers on the market, Bluetooth and otherwise. There are a couple of ranges within B&O Play’s lineup: BeoPlay and BeoLit, with the BeoLit name dating all the way back to 1939. Quite the heritage. Our guide to the best Bluetooth speakers We’ve… Read more

Best portable projectors: the best mini projectors 2021

Home Best-buys Best portable projector Buying Guide: Welcome to What Hi-Fi?’s round-up of the best portable projectors you can buy in 2021. Projectors are typically neither convenient nor cheap. To get the most out of the best projectors you need to paint entire rooms black, buy yourself a screen, an AVR, a speaker package and… Read more