Google Photos gets smarter

Google Photos just gets better and better ...
Soon Google Photos will take your holiday photos for you!

Google Photos gets smarter, automatically creates albums with your best photos | TechCrunch:

Chromecast now Google Cast

Google Cast for Chromecast and Chromecast Audio ...
The new name encompasses both the new Chromecast 2 for use on TVs and the Chromecast Audio for use on sound systems.

Google rebrands its Chromecast app to Google Cast to reflect expansion to more devices, including speakers | TechCrunch:

Android N Developer Preview

Early previews of Android N available ...
Get a look at some of the new features of the next Android release.

Surprise! Google releases Android N Developer Preview:

Google Docs Voice Control

Google Docs just keeps getting smarter ...
Great fan of Google Docs and it is all for free!

You Can Now Edit And Format Your Google Docs By Voice | TechCrunch:

Boston Dynamics' latest robot

You really have to take a look at these latest robots ...
They are getting so good (and tolerant) it is really amazing! I wonder when they will bring in a law forbidding cruelty to robots!

Boston Dynamics' latest robot is here to make humanity irrelevant | The Verge:

Chromecast Audio in Oz

At last Chromecast 2 & Chromecast Audio in Australia ...
Don't understand why it has taken so long to make these two great Google Chromecast products available in Australia.

Chromecast 2.0 arrives in Australia this week - Gadget Guy Australia:

Overhauled MS Outlook.com

Good news for for fans of Outlook.com ...
Not a huge fan of Outlook.com personally (I have used Gmail for a long time!) but this should be good news for those who prefer the Microsoft product.

Microsoft’s Outlook.com now has an overhauled look and features | The Verge:

Google is Killing Picasa

Killing off Picasa will not be well received by users ...
Whilst this could be seen as a valid rationalisation of Google services, it is not going to make long time users of Picasa at all happy.

Google Is Finally Killing Picasa | TechCrunch:

Bad USB Type-C cables

Watch out for these dangerous USB Type-C cables ...
Potentially a lot of costly damage can be caused by these USB Type-C cables that do not meet the required specification.

USB Type-C cable so bad it fries Google engineer’s Chromebook Pixel | Ars Technica:

Make Yourself a Chromebook

For those wanting to redeploy old PCs ...
Good way to re-utilise old PCs that will no longer run the latest Windows OSes. I have given it a try and it works very well on an ASUS Eee 1000HE netbook!

How to turn your sluggish old Mac or PC into a faster Chromebook | The Verge: