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Under a new provision of the German Competition Act, introduced by lawmakers in early 2021, the FCO can ban what it deems to be anti-competitive activities by large companies. President of the FCO Andreas Mundt stated that Meta’s large user base and expansive ad-supported digital ecosystem – which also includes WhatsApp and Instagram – clearly illustrates that the company is a key social media player. “Following a proceeding which was contested for some time, we have now formally proven the company’s relevant position....

While browsing, I found that some people have “Verified name” badge next to their names on their Google Profiles. This is much similar to the “Verified account” badge on Twitter. Moreover, having a Google verified profile enables your profile name to appear in Google web results! Now, that’s a real cool bonus, isn’t it? Luckily, verifying a Google Profile is not too tough really. The only thing is, currently, this works only in US right now....

But Google wasted no time, and now again it has something new. Android Nougat will have a new version, 7.1.2, and that is also available for public tests in a first beta. It was a few hours ago that Google announced the arrival of Android Nougat 7.1.2 on their blog. This new version is already available in a first beta, which can be used to test all the news. For now, Google will have Android Nougat 7....

Google has just announced that it will be holding its Made by Google 2019 event on October 15. The company will announce the Pixel 4 series along with other new hardware products. Google teased the Pixel 4 way back in mid-June itself. The company has also detailed that the Pixel 4 series will come with its new Soli hardware that will be used for face unlock and gesture purposes. This time around, the Made by Google event will be hosted at 10AM ET on October 15th in New York City....

System administrators and geeks with too much time have known about the ability to remote desktop for ages. In a nutshell, remote desktop allows you to use any computer in the world to control the computer in your home or in your office. Setting up remote desktop has always been where the layman has stumbled, but what if you could make it as easy as installing Chrome? According to the latest build of Chromium, it appears that Google is going to add something called “Chromoting”....

We all use it to create backups of our data just to make sure that our important data is safe and protected. However, the new feature is going to change the way we used to create a backup. Google is about to implement a feature in its Google Drive that will let users backup their entire computer’s storage disk. Very soon users will be able to backup the files inside any folders....

The new app is expected to be released on 28th this month, and it will be called Backup and Sync. In all likelihood, the Backup and Sync might replace Google Drive App and the Google Photos Backup app when it comes to certain use cases. That being said the app would be available for only the regular users and the business users will probably have to wait for a while before an enterprise edition is launched....

Not only computers, those ads are found on Android and other mobile operating systems too. Well, according to the recent reports from Wall Street Journal, some sources claimed that Google is right now preparing to build an ad-blocker. Well, Google right now handles one of the largest advertising platforms in the world. However, Google preparing an inbuilt ad-blocker for Google Chrome which is really something surprising. However, there is a catch, the ad blocker prepared by Google will only block the ads which are defined unacceptable by the industry group Coalition for Better Ads....

Still, in spite of its fame, new features are added that allow to improve the experience of web browsing. The site insulation option has been available in beta as a trial feature for some time but is expected to appear in Chrome version 67 as a standard option and with some changes. What is Site Isolation? The tech giant Google’s Chrome has distinguished itself from the competition by being fast and having a minimalist interface....

In addition to all the software it creates, especially in this field, the tech giant Google also dedicates itself to creating hardware. The latest proposal is Titan Key, an authentication key to ensure maximum user safety. It was this week that the tech giant Google reported that it had been able to completely eliminate all phishing attacks that were presented to its more than 85,000 employees from the beginning of 2017 through the use of hardware security keys....

There is a perceived sense of security when browsing official app stores. Most people assume that apps are checked for malware or malicious code. It is (in theory) the safest and secure way to get applications on your phone. But Android lets you install apps through third-party providers, bypassing the Google Play Store. Through this method, cybercriminals have been targeting victims with a new kind of malware. Here’s the backstory The hardest part for any cybercriminal is getting potential victims to download malicious software....

According to the Fail0verflow into the Sony PS4 console, and successfully entered its kernel running Linux system. In response to this: Sony has yet to comment. Hackers Successfully Hacked Into Sony PS4 Console to Run Linux Also Read: How To Install Kali Linux On Any Android New Age game consoles PS4 and Xbox One, thanks to the AMD processor scheme, and, therefore, they are essentially the computer, so some hardware enthusiasts will try to break these hosts....

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Later this year, Google is expected to release a pair of Nexus-branded smartphones. At least, that was the expectation — until now. A new report from AndroidCentral, citing unnamed sources, says that Google is shaking things up in a big way this year. Namely, the company will be dropping the Nexus brand altogether from its upcoming devices, expected to launch this fall and codenamed “Marlin” and “Sailfish.” The report states that Google is moving in another direction entirely, with a focus more on the Google brand than anything else....

Google’s annual I/O conference is due to kick off at 09:00 tomorrow in San Francisco. If you want to know when that is in your respective time zone, I’ve set this website up to make your life easier. Unlike previous I/O events, where there were multiple keynotes spread out over a couple of days, this year there will be just one keynote, and according to Google it’s supposed to be three hours long....

A teardown by the Android Police revealed an exciting development. A lot of work went on to prepare Messenger to support Rich Communication Services RCS. Since the Pixel came from Verizon. There’s a chance that it can work directly with the carrier to integrate RCS into the app. You can get the latest version of Google Messenger from PlayStore. The impact on you: Along with those improvements, it was worth noting how many cool features Messenger has....

Google is testing Play Pass subscription where it would provide users with access to hundreds of premium apps and games on the Play Store for a monthly subscription fee. All the apps and games would be ad-free and fully unlocked meaning there won’t be any IAPs. The company has started testing this feature with a monthly fee of $4.99. The pricing is probably not final and subject to change before Google Play Pass is officially announced....

Well, yes it would. But then think again. At the very beginning of the year, Google had bought Fossil’s smartwatch technology for USD 40 million, which had triggered the first talk of a “Pixel watch.” And that acquisition had seemed to make sense. After all, Google had the software, Fossil would add the design edge its wearables needed. What’s more, Fossil used Android Wear (or Wear OS) as a platform for its smartwatches....

We all know very well that some time ago we began to hear that the brand’s new smartphone would be an Android device with a full touchscreen, later we knew that it will bear the name of Krypton, and now we have the first filtered images of this new device BlackBerry Krypton. Here Are The First Alleged Images Of The BlackBerry Krypton The strategy that TCL is following to develop smartphones at the helm of BlackBerry seems to be working perfectly....

Today, @evleaks is back with some more images that give us a look into the new home screen UI that Samsung is currently testing. The new image shows off an home screen UI that looks to be based on the Cards style UI from Google and makes use of Google Now cards to deliver all the important information. It is, however, unclear if the cards in the above images are from Google Now itself since they contain a few cards (Check-in) that are not present in Google Now currently....