Google Password Checkup

This new Google extension called Password Checkup will automatically check if your password has already been involved in a data breach.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/5/18211766/google-password-checkup-chrome-extension-data-breach-login-credentials

Remote Desktop Software

Good up to date summary of remote desktop software. I use TeamViewer and Google Remote Desktop.

The best remote desktop software 2019 https://www.techradar.com/news/best-remote-desktop-software

Google Duo on the web

Google's equivalent to Apple's Face Time becomes more accessible.

 Google Duo is now available on the web, with voice and video calls supported - Google Duo is now available on the web, with voice and video calls supported https://ausdroid.net/2019/02/27/google-duo-now-available-web-voice-video-calls-supported/amp/

Google Clock & Assistant

Google Clock now links to Google Assistant Routines.

Google brings Assistant Routines to the Clock app for Android https://ausdroid.net/2019/02/26/google-brings-assistant-routines-clock-app-android/amp/

HDD & SSD Combinations

Great summary of HDD vs SSD and how you can take advantage of both technologies.

SSD vs HDD: which is best for your needs? https://www.techradar.com/news/ssd-vs-hdd-which-is-best-for-your-needs

Facebook Problems

It is about time Facebook got its act together with respect to these two issues. Quote "Facebook now employed 30,000 people to check its platform for hate posts and misinformation, five times more than in 2017." and "Facebook was now cracking down on fake accounts and misinformation, blocking “more than one million Facebook accounts every day, often as they are created.”

Facebook admits to major problems controlling misinformation on its platform! Stung by criticism, Facebook’s Sandberg outlines new plans to tackle misinformation. https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/20/stung-by-criticism-facebooks-sandberg-outlines-new-plans-to-tackle-misinformation/

Blog posts now current

With reference to my post on 13 October 2018, I have now reposted all the chosen articles from my Bits & Pieces Google+ Collection to this Google Blog. This has been necessary as Google has decided to close Google+ in April 2019. All future posts in this Bits & Pieces Google Blog will now be current.

If you would like to follow me on Twitter, you can find me at twitter.com/psfowler51 where I also share these posts plus other more general tweets!

Google Assistant Directory

Directory for Google Assistant Apps. Great idea! Makes it much easier to browse or search for Google Assistant Apps.

Google Assistant apps now have a web directory to view on your desktop – Ausdroid: Google Home has been a massive success for Google, selling more than one Google Home device every second since the Mini launched in October. Finding apps has been a difficult experience up until no…

MS Software Quality Problem

Microsoft needs give up on two releases per year. Using the Insider Program and consumers as their main software testing is non professional but it is cheap!

Microsoft Has A Software Quality Problem - Thurrott.com: Windows 10 October 2018 Update rollout highlights a fundamental problem with Microsoft's testing process.

Another Apple Quality Problem

Apple's not so good hardware. Apple makes huge margins on the sale of its hardware but it appears they are getting even greedier with sloppy design and falling manufacturing quality.

Oops, Apple Has Another Quality Problem - Thurrott.com: In yet another hit to its reputation for quality, Apple this week admitted to a manufacturing defect in the iPhone 8.