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Google Chrome is a user-friendly web browser, but sometimes, your favorite websites may get blocked or stop working without explanation. Internet cookies can get corrupted, causing a website to have issues. When site permissions don't run properly, it creates problems or blocks you from viewing websites. This can happen on any Android smartphone, iOS device, or desktop computer. When corrupt cookies or site permissions block you from accessing a website on Google Chrome, there's a simple solution to fix the problem.
How to block a website on mobile and PC browsers
The internet is an unfiltered place, but you can block out unwanted content from your browser view
Blocking certain websites has benefits, including boosting productivity, time management, and removing distractions. When children or others share your devices, protect them from harmful content online. Considering the vast nature of the internet, you can't restrict every website at once. But you can do it as you go.
Memes now have an official home on the internet
An important cultural milestone or a potential cringefest?
Like it or love it, memes have become an integral part of internet interactions. From edgy youngsters to large brands, many have tried their hand at using memes as a means to communicate and potentially reach new audiences. Here to push this trend even further, Google Registry has now launched a new .meme top-level domain.
You've likely encountered URLs full of strange symbols and percent signs while browsing the internet on your smartphone or Chromebook. At first glance, these URLs often look like a mess of random characters. However, they serve an essential purpose. They accurately transmit URLs and data across the web.
7 best places to find free stock photos
There are millions of free stock photos if you know where to look for them
Whether it's wallpapers for your Android phone or pictures for marketing professionals and new website owners who don't have the time to click great images, stock photo websites contain all kinds of images. However, many stock photos are expensive to license, which could be difficult to deal with if you're just starting as a content creator or establishing a business. There are many alternatives to paid stock photo websites. In this roundup, let's look at some of the best places to find free stock photos.
Google Voice will shut down old website on August 11
The new app still won't have the option to add notes to call logs
Google Voice has gone through plenty of changes over the past year. The Android app received a dark mode, Gmail integration and multi-platform call transfer arrived, and Voice can finally function with Google Fi on the same account. Now another transition is on the way, as the original Voice website will be shut down in August.
Apple’s software solutions mostly stay within the confines of its tightly controlled mobile and desktop platforms, barring the odd exception. But the more open nature the tech titan has lately been going after with a subscription-driven model for some services requires apps to work across operating systems. Taking baby steps in that direction, Apple has now optimized its iCloud website for mobile screens, bringing a few of its popular services to Android.
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There's been little good news for HTC recently as the Taiwanese company continues its downward revenue trajectory with no hopes of skidding in the short term.
Google and Nest products have been integrated for many years now, but changes we've seen in the past few months show that the two brands are becoming closer than ever. The latest indicator of this is the virtual deprecation of the Nest.com site, with the landing page asking people to visit the Google Store instead.
Google Fit's home on the web will be shutting down next month. On March 19, the site will be no more, according to a big, bright banner on the homepage.
One of the most basic and convenient features of life in Google's ecosystem is contacts sync. From email to phone numbers and Google+ profiles, you know that whatever platform you are on, you'll be able to reach out to the people you need to with a minimum of fuss. But for some this essential feature isn't working correctly, and contacts aren't being successfully synced to their Oreo-powered Android devices.
Chinese tech firm LeEco exploded into the US market last year with a number of compelling deals on powerful smartphones. But things haven't gone as planned for the company. As its operation back in China faltered, the future of its US expansion has become unclear. It's more unclear than ever now that the LeEco US website is gone. According to the message left in place of the website, the company is busy "upgrading the system."
In a confusing bit of news, Huawei has silently taken down all the EMUI images for its phones. This change was first noticed by XDA member RedSkull23 and then picked up by the folks at XDA. We don't know exactly when it happened, or why. But, if you were looking to pull down any of those images the long way, you're out of luck. At least, for now.
The Android Pay landing site (android.com/pay) has just been revamped with some more eye-catching elements. I haven't heard anybody complain that Android Pay's landing site is too drab, but this new site definitely looks quite a bit nicer. (You can check out the old one here.)
Google's Android Wear site is a great place to get started learning about the operating system for your wrist, from the different watches you can buy to the features available to you, the apps you can use to make even more use of it, and the watchfaces and bands that help you customize the look even further.
Some of you may think of Cerberus as a three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hell. Others may think of a service that can track down your phone and lock it as necessary. One of the two has decided to embrace material design.
Another day, another Android version launch. Just as in previous years, Google has updated the Android website with lots of details on the newest version of Android.
Recently Google has unveiled Material Design Lite, a way to easily give your website that material look and feel. It comes with low overhead (only 27kb gzipped) and few dependencies. MDL is powered by CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. It is a complementary implementation of the elements built with Polymer.
Thanks to the fanatical culture that's grown up around mobile technology, we haven't been truly surprised by a new device in years. Even LG knows this: the company has been slowly revealing its upcoming G4 flagship, piece by pedantic piece, in the weeks leading up to the April 28th launch event. Last night an LG "micro site" was briefly published and removed, and it leaves very little of the G4 to the imagination. Google+ user Pedro Peguero Jr. grabbed some screenshots of the site.
Since its launch in 2010 (on iOS, natch), Flipboard has been strictly mobile-only. Even after it expanded to Android a couple of years ago, users could only ever view and manage their feeds via a phone or tablet. It made sense: the whole point of Flipboard is that the service reformats stories for easy mobile reading and wraps them in a touch-friendly interface. But all that changes today - you can now read your Flipboard stories and feeds on Flipboard.com. If you really must.