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advertisement advertisement advertisement Google is now taking pre-orders for Stadia, the game streaming service that’s supposed to compete with the likes of Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation consoles. The service will launch in a limited capacity this November, followed by a broader rollout in 2020. advertisement advertisement Unlike traditional game consoles and gaming PCs, which come with powerful (and pricey) graphics processors, Stadia will use cloud servers to process the games, and will stream them to all kinds of computing devices, starting with laptops and desktops (via the Chrome browser), Google’s Pixel 3 and 3A phones, and Google’s Chromecast Ultra streaming TV dongle. Still, Google Stadia’s launch games, pricing, and strategy don’t look drastically different from previous cloud gaming efforts, which have either failed or floundered because the experience isn’t really better–or … [Read more...] about If Google’s Stadia streaming service changes gaming, it’ll take a while

advertisement advertisement advertisement For a tool most of us use every day to find stuff on the web, Google has more than a few helpful tricks up its sleeve that aren’t super apparent unless you know where to look. advertisement advertisement Here are a few I’ve found recently that have saved me countless clicks, spared me visits to garishly designed apps, and generally made things a little less complicated. Order up some food There are enough food-ordering services out there that you might starve before flipping through them all to find something you want. Instead, just navigate to orderfood.google.com , and you’ll be presented with a map of nearby restaurants that offer pickup and delivery. Google pulls in listings from popular apps and services and lets you browse by category if you’re in the mood for a particular style of food. advertisement Once you’re ready to order, you can do so via a clean, … [Read more...] about 5 hidden Google gems you aren’t using—yet

advertisement advertisement advertisement When businesses are choosing a form app, there seems to be a perception that Google Forms is too simple. This is unfortunate because it’s a pretty robust tool—if you know how to find all the options. advertisement advertisement Here are a bunch of settings that make Google Forms much more powerful. Go ahead and make a new form, and then click the gear icon in the top-right corner. We’ll go over a few of the best features hidden inside that icon, then move on to a few other things you should know about. Make sure everyone only submits one entry By default, Google Forms don’t collect email addresses. This is useful because people can respond anonymously and because people don’t need a Google account to fill out your form. The downside: you can’t confirm who provided which answers, and people could in theory submit the form multiple times. You can prevent this in the General tab of … [Read more...] about 6 Google Forms settings you need to start using to be more productive

advertisement advertisement advertisement It can be challenging for consumers to know what options they have for shopping Black-owned businesses unless they already have a brand in mind or parse through extensive (if helpful) lists like this one from the Strategist . A clever new feature from Google—the search engine of choice for a lot of shoppers—puts Black-owned products front and center with a new UI that Instagram would envy. advertisement advertisement It’s a shoppable artwork by Baltimore-based mixed media artist Amani Lewis made in collaboration with Google Shopping. The artwork integrates products sold by Black businesses. Hover over the painting and Google’s new Black-owned icon, a rotated black heart within a striped orange container, appears over all the shoppable items in the artwork. Users can shop the painting starting today . increased 600% compared to the same time span in 2019. Google Shopping is … [Read more...] about Google’s vibrant new interface makes it super easy to buy from Black brands

advertisement advertisement advertisement advertisement advertisement Three of the biggest networks have given the thumbs-down to Google TV. ABC, CBS and NBC have all decided to restrict access to shows such as The Office , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , and Desperate Housewives , offering only promo episodes for viewing. Google is remaining sanguine about the situation, merely commenting: “Google TV enables access to all the Web content you already get today on your phone and PC, but it is ultimately the content owners’ choice to restrict their fans from accessing their content on the platform.” The row is basically over revenue. The TV giants doubt that Google’s entertainment service will enable their shows to generate the big bucks that they did, say, five years ago. Disney, which owns ABC, is said to be unsatisfied with Google’s plan to keep pirated versions of its shows at bay, although Google points out that it … [Read more...] about Google TV in Minor Skirmish as TV Networks Limit Access to Shows