We all thought that technology would make our lives easier. But instead we are inundated with packets of data, much of it irrelevant. Facebook tells us what our long-lost friends are doing on vacation. Google reminds us of a holiday potluck we are supposed to attend. We can endorse professionals on LinkedIn so they will endorse us. Twitter truncates the day’s news into tidy sentences, and a device on our wrist reports that last night, we had 45 minutes of “restless sleep....

These two phones have been on the market for about 3.5 years, and from today on, they can not use one of the valuable features of Google Photos. “free unlimited online original-quality storage for all photos and videos uploaded to Google Photos from Pixel 3 through 1/31/2022,” Google noted in its announcement. Google has stated that this restriction is because of the high demand for storage. Therefore, the company has to provide users with only 15 GB of free storage....

Trendforce is blaming poor sales in the previous quarters for a production slowdown in the third quarter. Vendors have found it hard to clear up their inventories lately. Factors like the Russia-Ukrain war, political tensions between China and the US, and global economic headwinds have affected smartphone sales since the second quarter of this year. Companies started scaling back production in Q2 itself. The latest research report states the total production volume in Q2 and Q3 was pretty much the same....

In recent months, Google has announced a new design for its apps and services, inducing a new design for the sharing section of Docs and Play Store on the web. The latest redesign is now heading to Gmail. Of course, the rollout has started today, and it takes time to be enabled for all users globally. As you can see in the screenshot, the old white page on the Gmail background is now replaced with a faint/light blue with some shades....

The Play policy in question here is the one that requires developers to use Google’s first-party billing system for in-app purchases in apps distributed through Play Store. This policy has drawn widespread criticism and legal complaints. But the company enforced it starting June 1, 2022, in most parts of the world. The deadline for developers in India is October 31, 2022. Google said any app found to be violating this policy will be removed from Play Store....