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Shots fired!

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Shots fired!

I don’t usually share commercials, but…

Be together. #NotTheSame

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=k1EtgOD9560&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxLhJIFC8xkY%26feature%3Dshare
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Moar G+ for Android updates

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Moar G+ for Android updates

Originally shared by Luke Wroblewski

G+ Android Update 7.2.0

Today we’re starting to roll out our third Google+ Android app update of the year. This release has several bug fixes and three new features. Specifically:

* 29 bugs fixed

* 10 accessibility issues addressed

* Faster and safer browsing of Web sites (info below)

* Search history and autocomplete

* Tap on the bottom bar to scroll to the top of Collections, Communities, and Notifications

When you tap on a Web link on Google+ we now use Chrome custom tabs to pre-load Web sites, which makes viewing content much quicker. If you are signed in to a Web site in Chrome, you will also be signed in when you visit the same site in Google+. Other features like saved passwords, autofill, and Tap to Search are also available in custom tabs (http://blog.chromium.org/2015/09/chrome-custom-tabs-smooth-transition_2.html) .

While thereā€™s lots of great reasons to use Chrome custom tabs in Google+, weā€™ve given you a simple way to turn them off as well. Just un-check “Enable Custom Tabsā€ in the Google+ Settings menu.

As always more updates are on the way so please keep the ideas & issues coming by using our Send Feedback menu item. Thanks~ļ»æ

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Sweet – more web preview improvements.

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Sweet – more web preview improvements.

Originally shared by Luke Wroblewski

G+ Web Preview Update Feb 10

Today we’re starting to roll out several improvements and bug fixes on the new Google+ Web preview including:

* 102 bug fixes

* Search for members in a Community

* Approve or reject comments we (G+) flag as spam

* Upload multiple images at once (from your device) to a post

Please keep sending us your ideas and issues using the Send Feedback menu item. We continue to listen and make changes.

Thanks~ļ»æ

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Safer Internet Day 2016 – Free storage

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Safer Internet Day 2016 – Free storage

Remember last year when Google gave away 2GB of storage? -well they’re doing the same thing this year, so if you complete their Security Checkup by February 11 youā€™ll get 2GB of extra Google Drive storage, which can be used across Google Drive, Gmail, and Photos.

Do it!

https://security.google.com/settings/security/secureaccount
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PSA

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PSA

#usbc

Originally shared by Benson Leung

PSA : Take a look at the cable in the picture below. If you find a deal online for a cable that looks anything like this on Amazon, Ebay, or a site like Alibaba, don’t buy it. AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS.

I’ve looked through my history of reviews online and I have in the past purchased at least 8 different variants of this cable for review. I dug up each of these cables from my collection of bad cables since the SurjTech cable (which looks exactly like the one in the picture) fried my equipment and did some additional testing.

With some exceptions, most cheaper cables you’ll buy on Amazon aren’t manufactured by the brand that sells them to you. They typically go to some common suppliers with specifications and put their brand on it. (as an aside, that’s why cables from iOrange-E, Cambond, F-color, and other brands are so similar in a good way).

In this case, there is a common manufacturer for the following brands that I can see on Amazon today :Ā 

* iKNOWTECH

* NXET

* SurjTech

* TRADERPLUS

* SAWAKE

What’s troubling is that when I examine the different variants of the cables from this common manufacturer, none of the variants are correctly configured using a 56 kĪ© resistor, but their errors are also not consistent!

Here are the types of errors I found with this kind of cable :Ā 

1) No CC termination

2) 5.1kĪ© pullupĀ 

3) 5.1kĪ© pulldown

4) 10 kĪ© pullup

5) Swapped Vbus and Gnd + 10kĪ© pulldown

The last kind of cable killed my equipment. It almost seems like the manufacturer is just trying random permutations of settings and pushing out the result into the market. Scary…

Furthermore, and here’s theĀ coup de grace, EVERY one of these cables claim to be SuperSpeed 10gbps USB 3.1 cables with the logo (the SuperSpeed trident below), the packaging, and the Amazon listings.

Every single one of these “strong” braided cables are missing the 4 additional SuperSpeed wires + 1 ground return needed by SuperSpeed. This is such a terrible deception. šŸ™

I urge anyone to keep an eye out for this kind of cable and simply ignore it. I will leave as many negative reviews as I can, but it seems like random sellers pop up on Amazon and elsewhere selling this deceptive product every day.

#USBC Ā  #USB Ā  #TypeC Ā 

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oh… #cha-ching

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oh… #cha-ching

Originally shared by SwiftKey

We have some very big news today and we wanted to share it with you! For those of you who canā€™t bear the suspense, we are being acquired by Microsoft and are very excited. Rest assured, our commitment to SwiftKey as an app on both Android and iOS has never been stronger. Check out our blog for more info.

https://blog.swiftkey.com/microsoft-acquires-swiftkey/