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A recent Microsoft Edge update changes the browser’s sidebar functionality to the worse. Up until now, Edge users could disable the Copilot button that triggers the sidebar entirely. Now, when Edge users disable Copilot’s icon and thus the sidebar icon in the Edge toolbar, they get another button. This one, a generic sidebar button, cannot…
Long-standing note taking service Evernote announced today that it is giving free users access to 14 premium features. These features were only available to personal or professional subscribers previously. Now, they are available to all Evernote users. Note that personal subscribers benefit from this change as well. Six of the features were limited to professional…
Google users who open a sign-in page on the company’s website receive a notification currently. It reads “A new look is coming soon. Google is improving its sign-in page with a more modern look and feel”. A click on the dismiss button closes the notification on the sign-in page. There is no link or button…
Tab previews allow you to hover over open tabs in the Firefox web browser to get a preview of the page’s content. Mozilla added the functionality into Firefox Nightly this week. Reason enough to take a look at the feature. Tab Previews are only available in Firefox Nightly at the time of writing. The feature…
Google is rolling out a new feature on Google Maps that shows weather information on Android. Whether this is going to take away usage from dedicated weather apps remains to be seen. Google Maps on iOS displays information about the temperature and air quality index already. Google is now rolling out the same feature to…
Amazon launched Rufus to a small audience in the United States today. Rufus, a “generative AI-powered expert shopping assistant”, adds something to the shopping experience on Amazon that has been missing until now. Online shopping, as comfortable as it is, lacks interactions with clerks. Even simple questions may remain unanswered on Amazon and other shopping…
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) will come into force in March 2024. The EU identified several products and services as gatekeepers. These fall under the new regulation. One of the main goals is to level the playing field and avoid abuses of power. Six companies and 22 services and products are gatekeepers according…
Facebook, Instagram and Messenger users from the EU, EEA and Switzerland may soon unlink their accounts to stop data sharing. Meta, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp parent company, announced that users from the EU, EEA and Switzerland will soon have the option to unlink some of their services. The announcement includes some surprises, among them an…
Microsoft unveiled the Copilot app for Android and iOS this week officially. While it released the app earlier, it is now officially available according to Microsoft. How good is the app for Android and how does it compare to the web-based version? To find out, I decided to install Microsoft Copilot for Android on a…
Google announced an update to storage policies in November 2020. Back then, the company informed users that it changed which files count against a user’s storage quota. The change affects high quality photos uploaded to Google Photos and also new Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms or Jamboard files. One of these services, Jamboard, a…