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Google announced the deprecation of its link shortening service goo.gl almost seven years ago. Created in 2009, millions of Internet users have used the service to create shorter versions of links for sharing and archiving. Back in 2018, Google disabled the option to create new links using the service, but did not touch existing links….
In the past decade, many services and products have switched from a pay-once model to a subscription-based model. Sometimes, you get a choice, say between the pay-once version of Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365. Even then, companies usually tweak the deals to raise the attractiveness of the subscription-based product. Microsoft, for example, does not add…
One of the most famous lines of the British comedy series IT Crowd, a show revolving around two IT support geeks and a manager who does not have a clue about “computers”, is “Have you tried turning it off and on again”. When the crew gets a support call, it is this question that they…
Google Photos and iCloud Photos are two cloud-based tools to view, organize, and share photos and videos on the web. They are the default applications for this type of service on Android and iOS, which gives them a dominating grip on the market. While convenient to use, not all Internet users may want to allow…
Hot of the heels of the Firefox 140.0 Stable update, released earlier this week, is the first point update for the web browser. It addresses two non-security issues in the browser, one of them a crash at browser start. The main issue fixed in the update is a startup crash that Mozilla says affected some…
Split View is quite the handy option. Supported by many browsers, such as Vivaldi or Brave, for some time, it allows you to display two websites next to each other in a single tab in the browser. Quite handy for comparison, playing a game or watching a YouTube video, while doing something else. It took…
Meta-owned WhatsApp announced new features for the messaging service’s updates tab designed to “help” WhatsApp users find more channels and businesses on the messaging platform. All three features are added to the tab updates in WhatsApp. They are: The primary purpose of these changes is to increase monetization on the platform and thus Meta’s revenue….
Mainstream AI tools rely on large sets of data that they are trained on. This data, often websites, posts, comments and the like, has been created by humans (for the most part). Reports suggest that part of the Web population is shifting towards using AI first for any of their tasks and there are good…
Mozilla released a new version of its open source Firefox web browser today. Firefox 139.0.4 is a point update that addresses security issues and bugs in the browser. The update is already live. Most Firefox installations should receive it automatically, but you can speed up the installation by going to Menu > Help > About…
The team behind the open source email client Thunderbird has revealed information about Thunderbird Pro and Thundermail. Thunderbird Pro is an upcoming subscription-based service that adds features to Thunderbird. It won’t take anything away from current Thunderbird, but adds new features, namely Appointment management, Send and Assist. Also, Thundermail is a web-based email service that…