Month: May 2020
Google releases Action Blocks to aid people with cognitive disabilities
Google’s flurry of accessibility updates goes well beyond improvements to Maps. It’s releasing its long-promised Action Blocks feature (above) as an Android app, greatly simplifying Google Assistant tasks for people with cognitive and motion disabili… Source
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Facebook Workplace adds 2 million more paid users since October
Facebook’s Workplace, its Slack-like collaboration and chat tool targeted at businesses, now has more than 5 million paid users, up from 3 million in October, Facebook announced today. That growth in users is due in large part to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has required many people to rely more on…
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Eschaton is a surreal Zoom nightclub — and a theater for the age of social distancing
The hyperlink reaches my inbox a few minutes before 10PM on Saturday night. I click the link and enter a password. And at precisely 10PM, a video pops up on the page, welcoming me to Eschaton: part performance art, part nightclub, and all conducted over video chat. During the next…
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Snag discounted Nest routers in Google’s Memorial Day sale
With Memorial Day around the corner, several retailers, including Amazon, have put Google's latest Nest devices on sale. We've highlighted some of the more compelling deals on offer this long weekend below.Nest WiFiThe highlight of the sale is the Ne… Source
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Facebook’s Workplace, now with 5M paying users, adds drop-in video Rooms and more
One of the biggest technology takeaways of the last couple of months has been that organizations need confident, wide-ranging digital strategies to stay afloat, and Facebook — in its wider bid to build products to serve businesses — is taking note. In the same week that the social network doubled…
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PathSpot sells a scanner that fact checks your handwashing efficacy
The novel coronavirus disease has reminded millions that handwashing is a great way to avoid preventable diseases. Christine Schindler, the CEO and co-founder of PathSpot, has been preparing for the past three months for the past three years. “I’ve been obsessed with handwashing,” Schindler said, who has a background in…
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