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View this email in your browser Microsoft Edge is sending the sites you visit to Bing Welcome to 2023 where generative AI is all the rage and Microsoft’s web browser is built on Chromium. What a crazy time to live in. Am I right? Seriously though, Microsoft’s Edge browser is the third largest browser by market share behind Safari and Google’s own Chrome. Three years ago, Microsoft overhauled Edge and rebuilt […] Read More This helpful change to Chrome on Android is a huge time saver for me On your phone at this point in 2023, you fully expect the vast majority of the internet to be formatted for the screen in your pocket. It took us some time, but 5-10 years after the first iPhone hit the market, web developers universally realized that websites had to not only look great and fit […] Read More Podcasts on YouTube Music are now available, but only for users in the United States After much build-up surrounding the release of podcasts on YouTube and YouTube Music, Google has now announced them officially. Over on the company’s YouTube Music Help page, it was revealed today that by visiting the YouTube Music app, you’ll now see a ‘Podcasts’ tab across the top as pictured in the GIF below. All listeners […] Read More Google Meet is finally going 1080p: see if your account can take advantage Announced just a few days ago, Google looks to finally be bringing 1080p video streams to Google Meet for many of its paying users. We’ll talk about who’s in and who’s out shortly, but this change is a big deal as it gets Meet on the same level as rivals like Zoom and Microsoft Teams […] Read More Uh oh, Google's Authenticator app now cloud syncs your codes, and they're not E2E encrypted Google just announced on its Security Blog that the company’s Authenticator app is getting not only a redesign with a new, modernized logo but also, and finally account synchronization for your codes! The app never used to cloud sync your authentication codes, leading to much frustration and annoyance not only when setting it up, but […] Read More Last call for entries: Win a Penoval USI 2.0 stylus before it's too late! USI is the official standard for Chromebook styluses and there couldn’t be a better fit for ChromeOS. The “U” in USI stands for Universal and it means exactly what the name implies. Regardless of your device, you can take your pick from a growing number of USI pens and rest assured that the stylus will […] Read More This new location-based Android timeline setting may one day replace the one in Google Maps Google Maps’ Timeline tool has always been a bit of a controversial feature, sparking reactions and making users uneasy. Some find it downright creepy to discover a detailed map of their whereabouts, tracking their every move with a GPS-enabled handset. Fortunately, disabling the Timeline is a straightforward process. Today, Twitter user @Nail_Sadykov noticed that Android […] Read More Chrome makes a big change to the new tab page layout, now testing single-row shortcuts Chrome is shaking things up again and testing a redesigned layout for the browser’s New Tab Page (thanks Android Police). The familiar two-row layout that greets you upon hitting the plus button to call up a new tab is being swapped out for a single-row instead. This change is currently being tested in Chrome Canary […] Read More The time has come for Samsung to redeem the Galaxy Chromebook The year was 2020. Three small-town tech bloggers made their way to Las Vegas for what could potentially be the greatest Chromebook reveal in history. Little did we know that three months later we would be smack dab in the throes of a global pandemic but that’s a story for another day. At the time, […] Read More ChromeOS Material You themes getting more control over this Android 13 feature We’ve been talking quite a bit about the methodical overhaul ChromeOS is seeing these days as Google’s Material You theme options slowly-but-surely take over all facets of the general UI on Chromebooks. Instead of rolling all of it out all at one time (like the mess we saw with ChromeOS 70 and the messy transition […] Read More Join our Patreon community and get access to things like behind-the-scenes footage, early access to videos, private Discord server access, an ad-free experience on the mobile and desktop versions of the website, your name listed on all our YouTube videos, and monthly live stream Q&A. CLICK HERE to be a part of our community.  Copyright © 2023 Unboxed Media, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Unboxed Media 111 W Dixie Ave Ste 200 Elizabethtown, KY 42701-1410 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.