Here’s the quickest way to start a Google Meet call

Jun18
by on June 18, 2020 at 11:39 pm
Posted In: Basics, Google


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and more. Back in 2018, Google introduced a super-fast way of creating a new Google Docs file from anywhere in a browser. Typing in docs.new in the URL box creates a new document. Sheets.new starts a new spreadsheet. Keep.new creates a new note. And so on and so forth. Now you can use the same trick to start a Hangouts Google Meet call from any browser. Just type in meet.new in the URL box and you’ll immediately…

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eBay’s former comms head reportedly among 6 accused of cyberstalking journalists

Jun18
by on June 18, 2020 at 5:29 am
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Earlier this week, we wrote about a case that charged six former unnamed eBay executives of cyberstalking a couple over a critical newsletter. Today, Bloomberg reported that Steven Wymer, the company’s former chief of communications, is ‘Executive 2’ referred in the federal indictment.  These six employees are accused of harassing two journalists who criticized the site on their ecommerce-focused newsletter. These former eBay workers used things like a Halloween mask of a bloody pig’s head, a box full of roaches and spiders, and funeral wreaths to harrass the journalists, who are a married couple. In an earlier report by Bloomberg, ex-CEO Devin Wenig was…

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Qualcomm aims to bring 5G to mid-range phones with Snapdragon 690 chipset

Jun17
by on June 17, 2020 at 2:00 am
Posted In: Plugged


Qualcomm has just launched its first 5G chipset for its 600 series of mid-range processors — Snapdragon 690. The SoC (System on Chip) joins the company’s other 5G-enabled processors such as Snapdragon 865, Snapdragon 765G, Snapdragon 765, and Snapdragon 855+. The chipmaker aims to bring 5G capability to budget phones with this processor. It said that the expected price of phones launched with this chipset will be between $300 and $500. Qualcomm said that the new Octacore CPU can run at a maximum clock speed of 2.0 GHz; offering 20% better performance than its predecessor. It’s also the first chipset…

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