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View this email in your browser Google Chat is finally giving you the ability to hyperlink text in your messages Google Chat may not have launched with many of the same standard features as its competitors, but it’s slowly started added them over time – a Google staple for the development pipeline. Now, over on the Google Workspace Updates blog, Google announced that it’s finally adding the ability to let you link text in your […] Read More Android 13 and higher to give you an 'Upgrade Invite' prominently showcasing its new features One persistent challenge Android users have faced over the years is the inability to understand precisely what updates Google is incorporating into its operating system. Often, they’d have had to rely on news outlets (like us!) to provide the specifics of each update, rather than receiving this vital information directly from the source. The lack […] Read More Google One VPN to improve location service accuracy by switching to local IP addresses Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs for short, are primarily designed to enhance user anonymity. They achieve this by giving you the freedom to choose the country from which your IP address is being broadcast from. The aim is to maximize privacy by limiting the extent to which you can be tracked online. However many apps […] Read More The Lenovo IdeaPad Chromebook Slim 3 is a marvel of affordability [VIDEO] Here in the office, we have the new Lenovo IdeaPad Chromebook Slim 3 – or what we tend to just call the Slim 3. This Chromebook showed up quietly, following the same design ethos that Lenovo employed for the Flex 3i we recently reviewed and really enjoyed a lot. The Slim 3 is a classic […] Read More Google adds more features and language to Bard AI, taking aim at ChatGPT When it comes to creativity, curiosity and imagination are really what bring everything to life. From a child’s imaginative game to an entrepreneur’s brand-new business idea, these qualities are intrinsically human and have found a new assistant here in 2023 with the rise of large language model AI. Unlike traditional informational tools, AI like ChatGPT […] Read More How to disable Google Drive email spam and centralize file changes and requests in one place If you use Google Drive as much as I do, then you’ll know all too painfully well how many emails you get whenever someone makes a change to a file, invites you, or requests access, among many other things. Today, I’m going to show you how to use the Google Drive bot inside of Google […] Read More The Roku Channel indirectly joins Google TV and Android TV's lineup of free movies and TV shows One of the oldest arguments of the tech world is whether or not you’ll buy a Roku or a Chromecast for your grandmother, and there are very clearly parties that fall on either side. Each has their own benefits and drawbacks, but one thing is clear – Roku has always offered great content for its […] Read More Some of Best Buy's best Black Friday in July Chromebook deals are still going The first few days of this week saw Best Buy launching a huge sales event clearly aimed at Amazon’s massive Prime Day sales blitz. Matching Amazon’s discounts on many items, Best Buy’s Black Friday in July sale was great for general tech, but it was pretty astounding for those interested in purchasing a Chromebook. And […] Read More I accidentally dropped my Pixel Fold from 5 feet onto asphalt off of a moving golf cart Yeah, you read that right. This past Sunday I was out for a casual round of golf and as I have done a few times already with my Pixel Fold review unit, I had the phone secured in my magnetic clamp that I keep on attached to the golf cart. Sure, the clamp is built […] Read More NotebookLM is Google's new AI-driven notes app that is official as of today At Google I/O 2023, Google unveiled a variety of AI-first developments. Among these was Project Tailwind, a cutting-edge note-taking tool crafted to leverage large language models to expedite learning. And today, Google is announcing that Project Tailwind is now being released under its new name: NotebookLM. Google Labs’ NotebookLM represents Google’s vision to rethink note-taking […] 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.