On this episode of Digital Trends Live, hosts Greg Nibler and Luke Larsen discuss the biggest trending stories in tech, including the Iowa Caucus election app, a Google Photos bug, Apple offering onsite repairs, Spiderman “stuntronics,” Elon Musk wants to hire you, and more. … [Read more...] about Digital Trends Live: Caucus app debacle, Google Photos bug, and more
Google’s new wallpaper-friendly satellite images are simply stunning
“The upgraded imagery features more locations around the globe and is optimized for today’s high-resolution screens — featuring brighter colors, sharper images, and resolutions up to 4K,” Gopal Shah, Google Earth product manager, wrote in a blog post introducing the new imagery. … [Read more...] about Google’s new wallpaper-friendly satellite images are simply stunning
Google’s Area 120 launches GameSnacks for players with slow phones, connections
Like Tower, GameSnacks games are simple and fun. They last only for a few minutes and are easy to understand even without instructions, which makes them perfect for casual gamers. The games may be accessed through any device with an internet connection and may be played through touchscreen or keyboard and mouse controls, on Android, iOS, or desktop PC. … [Read more...] about Google’s Area 120 launches GameSnacks for players with slow phones, connections
Google recently kicked 500 dodgy extensions from Chrome Store
The extensions were able to exist on the Chrome store as they were designed in a way to beat Google’s fraud detection systems. But they were eventually exposed by Kaya and Duo’s own research methods, which made use of the latter’s free Chrome extension security assessment tool, called CRXcavator. … [Read more...] about Google recently kicked 500 dodgy extensions from Chrome Store
Your Google Chrome extensions are about to get a lot safer
As for developers, Google is changing up the review process for extensions which require “powerful permissions.” For consumers, this should mean for cleaner extensions, especially since Google is planning to remove extensions in January 2019 which are running “obfuscated code.” That is a process which developers often use to hide their source code, but it also is often used in 70% of malicious extensions. “Because obfuscation is mainly used to conceal code functionality, it adds a great deal of complexity to our review process,” noted Google. … [Read more...] about Your Google Chrome extensions are about to get a lot safer
