Google Renamed NotebookLM Useragent To Google-GeminiNotebook
As many of you know, Google has user-triggered fetchers including Google-NotebookLM. But with NotebookLM being renamed to Gemini Notebook, Google had to update the user agent name of Google-NotebookLM to Google-GeminiNotebook.
Did Google Maps Turn Off OpenTable Reservations?
Google has removed its help document named “Make OpenTable reservations in Google Maps” yesterday. It looks like that implies that Google Maps removed the integration it has with restaurant listings and making reservations with OpenTable.
Google Ads Making Broader Smart Bidding Updates? Google Says No.
The PPC community has been going wild over the change that is coming to Google Ads around bidding for campaigns limited by budget on August 18th. There is some belief that this is going to be a broader smart bidding update than what Google communicated.
Search News Buzz Video Recap: Google 7/11 Update, Bing Penalties, Google Images, AI Overviews AI Images, Google Ads Updates, ChatGPT Ads Features & Apple Maps
This week, we saw some Google Search ranking volatility around July 11th, so I called it the 7-Eleven update. Bing said it does not do one-off search penalties because it is not scalable. Google Images celebrated its 25th anniversary…
Five Hacks Every Garmin Forerunner 70 User Should Know
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The Forerunner 70 launched alongside the 170 earlier this summer as the successor to the long-running, hugely popular Forerunner 55. Alongside the 570 and 970, with these watches Garmin offers a full slate of modern, AMOLED-screen devices with an impressive array of software features, from […]
10 Hacks Every Apple Messages User Should Know
Messages is the default chat app for billions of Apple users. If you have an Apple device (but particularly an iPhone), you likely open the app dozens of times every day. And yet, this simple app can do a lot more than send texts. Whether you use it on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, you […]
Use Apple’s $150 Back-to-School Gift Card Offer to Get a MacBook for What It Cost Last Month
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. The time of the year that reminds everyone on summer break that nothing good lasts forever is here: Back-to-school deals. One of the most popular over the years has been from Apple, which offers […]
The Best Headphones for Kids Are 30% Off Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. There are a lot of kid-friendly headphones on the market to choose from. Compared to adult headphones, kids’ headphones are designed to fit young heads more comfortably and generally include volume-limiting features to protect […]
These Gboard Alternatives Are Open-Source and Privacy-First
Gboard is the default keyboard for Pixel smartphones and many devices that use stock Android, but it’s not the only option out there. Recently, Gboard has been swept up in a privacy controversy highlighting how your data is used by Google for its own training and collection. The data that Google collects can be intercepted […]
Scammers Are Using FaceTime to Pose As Apple Support Reps
Scam calls are nothing new. They’ve gotten so bad, in fact, that many of us simply refuse to answer unrecognized phone calls. But FaceTime calls are a bit different—while a phone call can come from any device that knows your number, FaceTime calls (both video and audio calls) require an Apple device to know your […]
This 77-Inch Samsung OLED TV Is More Than $1,700 Off Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Samsung has some of the best-rated OLED TVs on the market across a range of price points. While models like the S95D represent the crème de la crème, the mid-level S90 still offers a […]
10 Shows Like Netflix’s ‘Little House on the Prairie’ You Should Watch Next
We may earn a commission from links on this page. It’s been a while since our last visit with the Ingalls family, though perhaps not as long as you might think: while the Melissa Gilbert/Michael Landon series ended in 1984 after a series of TV movies, there have been a couple of live-action adaptations, a […]
Five Hacks Every Garmin Forerunner 170 User Should Know
We may earn a commission from links on this page. The Garmin Forerunner 170 arrived earlier this summer as the successor to the Forerunner 165, slotting in above the (also new) entry-level Forerunner 70 and below the 265/570. At first glance, it’s easy to write off as a lateral move from the older device: same […]
This Safari Extension Can Block Unwanted Content on Any Website
I try to avoid opening news websites as much as possible these days. One can only read so many articles about crime, war, and all of the many other injustices in this world, and I’ve often wished I could filter out the news I don’t want to know about. I’ve done this, to a large […]
NotebookLM Has a New Name and a Few Other Changes
NotebookLM may not be the most well-known of Google’s numerous AI products, but having been introduced as Project Tailwind in May 2023, it’s actually been around almost as long as the Google Gemini chatbot (originally called Bard, as you might remember). Now, perhaps in a bid to make its suite of AI tools a little […]
