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Apple reports FacePalm🤦♂️, the FaceTime bug that allowed people to listen in before accepting a call, is fixed in the iOS 12.1.4 update. So you can download, update, and re-enable Group FaceTime without fear of eavesdrop.
More via Update to iOS 12.1.4 to re-enable FaceTime-TC
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Ah, the foibles of working from home.
That Skype call is about to start and you’ve got wet laundry and dirty dishes all over the place.
Worried about what your VC attendees are going to see? Worry no more:
Skype now offers a BLUR MY BACKGROUND. This option, similar to one present in MS Teams, uses heuristics (aka, technomagic) to discern foreground from background then applies a flattering blur similar to the one that Cybil Shepherd’s Maddie Hayes character was often filmed with.
Next up on the R&D drawing boards:
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quincy
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With Google‘s “Interpreter mode” your Home devices can act as an on-the-fly translator. One person speaks one language, the other person speaks another, and Google Assistant tries to be the middle man between the two.
To get started, you just say something like “Hey Google, be my Spanish interpreter.”
via Google Home can now translate conversations on-the-fly — TechCrunch
As I reported earlier, Google is pulling the plug on the consumer version of Google+. Well now the date has been set: April 2.
For those fledgling users who want to pay their last respects, and, more importantly, offload their data prior to D-Day, here’s a hot to guide:
You can download an archive of all your Google+ data at once, including your Circles, Communities, Streams, and +1’s. Your archive includes your photos and videos from Google+.
Instead of downloading all of your data, you can download specific Google+ data, like your photos, posts, communities, or events.
Important: If you want to download your photos and videos from Google+, make sure to select Photos under “Google+ Stream.”
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quincy
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On Jan. 19, a 14-year-old in Arizona made an unexpected discovery: Using FaceTime, he could eavesdrop on his friend’s phone before his friend had even answered the call.
More than a week would pass before Apple would disable Group FaceTime and work to correct the issue, and, then, only after a separate developer report documenting the flaw went viral.
via NYT
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Facebook plans to integrate its messaging platforms, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.
The three services would remain separate apps, but their infrastructure behind the scenes would be the same.
The move is expected to have an impact on the billions of people who use the tools, allowing Facebook to build a single user profile across the different apps to better target ads.
via CNN Business
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Coming soon to now arriving in your Gmail Inbox:
These small but welcome upgrades, currently rolling out to g-suite users, are expected to hit the rest of us in the coming weeks.
