“You may assume that you have to rely on Google, Apple or Microsoft for fast and free email, but that’s not true. If you want to break away from the big tech giants, there are other options. One of those is ProtonMail.”
Google Chrome update cycles are about to get even shorter
“Google is moving Chrome to a more frequent release schedule. The company announced on Thursday it will push future milestone releases that add new features every four weeks. Those updates come about every six weeks at the moment.”
How to Add an Expiration Date to Emails in Gmail
“You’ve probably heard of sending disappearing messages in popular messaging apps, but did you know you can also set an expiration date for emails sent through Gmail, making the content within the message inaccessible after the set time? Here’s how it’s done.”
YouTube available to install as Progressive Web App (PWA)
“A handful of Google services today are available as Progressive Web Apps. Following Music and TV, the main YouTube site can now be installed as a PWA for quick dedicated access. Progressive Web App support for YouTube.com was added over the past few days.”
Digital Duplicity: The Social Media Purge Exposes Net Neutrality’s True Goal
“For nearly two decades, Silicon Valley made net neutrality its highest policy priority. Under the banner of a “free and open” internet, Google, Facebook, and Twitter sought regulations to ensure the uninterrupted flow of information by treating every bit equally. Or so they said.”
This is the best Google Cloud Print alternative
“Google Cloud Print is an excellent tool for people who still own older printers that don’t have a network connection of their own. It allows you to hook up your printer to your computer via USB and then use that computer as your printing server — no need to throw out a perfectly fine device.”
How to export your photos from Google Photos
“Whether you want to back up your memories to a physical drive, or you’re interested in switching cloud services, you might first be wondering how to export your Google Photos library.”
Update your Chrome browser right now for important security fixes
“It’s never a bad time to make sure that all your software is updated in order to keep yourself safe from any potential issues or exploits that might have been discovered in a previous version.”
Google Photos is ending free unlimited storage in 2021 — so what are your options?
“Google did it again. It is shutting down one of the most popular features across its product universe: Google Photo’s free unlimited storage. The company said that it’s ending this service from June 1, 2021. After that date, all photos uploaded will count against your free data limit of 15GB.”
Google shares more details on some of the biggest DDoS attacks ever recorded
“Google’s Threat Analysis Group has revealed that state-sponsored hackers launched the largest ever recorded distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack against the company back in 2017.”
