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Score a Microsoft Office license now at a big discount. StackSocial Whether you’re setting up your new laptop or using a machine you’ve had for years, access to Microsoft Office is a necessity for many of us to get things done. Right now, you can buy a lifetime license to the 2019 version of Microsoft Office Professional […] More

GoogleGoogle has been rolling out features, updates, and enhancements to maximize easier accessibility, tab management, and productivity for Workspace users during the past few months. Chrome is even experimenting with suggesting pages users can revisit based on the tabs they’ve opened on other devices. In a recent blog post, Google announced it would improve Chrome tabs for Workspace users by adding a new daily calendar view for easier access and increased efficiency. Google has described it as a “new productivity tool”. Whether you’re signed in to your work, business, or personal account, your daily Google Calendar, including upcoming meetings and schedule layout, will be the latest addition to your tabs page. Also: Google Chrome just made it even easier to use passkeys across all your devicesCalendar in Chrome is just one of several new features and updates being added for tab management. One Google Workspace update includes enterprise-managed site shortcuts (quick links to frequently visited sites on the URL dropdown). The updates are in addition to existing tab page customization options, such as integrating Google Drive into Chrome’s front page.  More

There are only a few things to change here, mostly around battery and data usage, in addition to little annoyances.Go to Settings > App Store. Under Automatic Downloads, turn off App Downloads if you have multiple devices and don’t want apps you downloaded on one to appear on all of them. Next, under Cellular Data, you have options here to reduce data usage. If you don’t want apps downloaded over cellular, turn off Automatic Downloads. If you do want them downloaded, but not the huge apps weighing in at many hundreds of megabytes, change from Always Allow to either Ask If Over 200 MB or Always Ask. Also: iOS 18 is bricking some iPads. Here’s what to know before you install itAs a bonus: want to stop apps from hassling you for a five-star review? Go back to the App Store and turn off In-App Ratings & Reviews.  More

gremlin/Getty Images Welcome to ZDNET’s Innovation Index, which identifies the most innovative developments in tech from the past week and ranks the top four, based on votes from our panel of editors and experts. Our mission is to help you identify the trends that will have the biggest impact on the future. In first place this […] More

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June Wan/ZDNETWhether you are an iOS or Android user, Google Photos is a great photo storage and sharing service with features such as Magic Editor and Ask Photos. However, one very basic feature was missing until this week — a photo flip option. First spotted by Android Police, users can now flip or mirror their photos from the Google Photos app. Although that may sound like a fundamental feature, the basic edit functions only allowed users to crop, rotate, or adjust a picture’s aspect ratio before this update. Also: Gemini Live is finally hitting Android phones – how to access it for freeSome helpful instances of mirroring an image include taking a selfie on an iPhone, which is automatically set to invert your selfie camera, keeping the real orientation of the photo. This is a personal pet peeve of mine because I generally want my selfies to look like what I see in the mirror. However, I can’t get myself to turn on the “mirror font camera” setting because, sometimes, having the actual orientation is better.  More

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNETPhone accessory brand Anker is issuing a recall for three of its power banks: the 334 MagGo Battery (PowerCore 10K), the Power Bank pack, and the MagGo Power Bank. The impacted power banks sport model numbers A1642, A1647, and A1652, respectively. Also: The best power banks you can buy: Expert testedAccording to the recall notice, these devices “may pose a fire risk.” The lithium-ion batteries inside reportedly have a “manufacturing defect” that could cause the power banks to overheat and melt components. Because of the high temperatures, the hardware may begin to smoke and fumes from lithium-ion batteries are toxic.Anker states the battery defect is only present on a batch of products sold “from January 3, 2024, to September 17, 2024”. Although only “a small number of batteries” are affected, the company is asking customers to enroll in its Recall program “out of an abundance of caution.”  More