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Today in people who can fuck right off in the direction of hell and hopefully choke on a party-sized bag of dicks on their way if good fortune is smiling on the rest of us: Everyone complaining about getting Amber Alerts on their phones yesterday. The Ontario Provincial Police had issued the alert for a missing …
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Listen to this phone call. And now listen to this phone call. Just somebody calling to make reservations and appointments. Nothing odd about that, right? Well, nothing aside from neither of the callers being human. Today we announce Google Duplex, a new technology for conducting natural conversations to carry out “real world” tasks over the …
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As most of us in Ontario know, there was a test of the new Alert Ready emergency alert system last week. It’s a good thing it was a test because some people in Ontario didn’t get it at all, some people only got it on some of their devices, the whole province of Quebec didn’t …
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Update: It takes a wee bit of work, but it is possible to get Tunein Premium content to play on your Google speaker. original post: If you know anything about me, you won’t be terribly surprised to learn that one of my favourite things about our new Google Home Mini is the radio. That function …
Carin and I have some pretty cool friends. Over the weekend, a couple of those pretty cool friends gave us a Google Home Mini for Christmas. Yes, Christmas. Yes, it was April last weekend. I know. The thing you all must realize is that the we don’t do anything on time around here philosophy that …
When I first got an iPhone back in 2012, my favourite app very quickly became the Fleksy keyboard because I couldn’t touchscreen touch type for shit and it was pretty much the only way I was going to be able to text. Eventually I did learn to touch type reasonably well, but I still loved …
And the race to make sure that we’ll eventually not be able to trust any goddamn thing ever again continues. Thanks, Nvidia. The woman in the photo seems familiar. She looks like Jennifer Aniston, the “Friends” actress, or Selena Gomez, the child star turned pop singer. But not exactly. She appears to be a celebrity, …
Here’s another video demonstrating why Grandma would not like an Amazon Echo. It doesn’t matter how many times I watch this video, it’s just as funny. I can’t help but crack up when she yells “Ok Goo goo!” It’s fascinating to watch her hitting the speaker thinking that will make it wake up. It totally …
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I have a cup or two of tea or hot chocolate pretty much every morning. And because I am an easily distracted person, sometimes I forget that it’s sitting there and by the time I want a sip, it’s freezing and I have to heat it up. So the thought of a mug that would …
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I think Carin may still have her eye on one of those Gitas, but if somebody wants to build us one of these “Follow Me” coolers, I’d be fine with that. There are full instructions complete with videos and diagrams here. Yes, this is one of those times when I wish I were smarter.