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go home google ur drunk
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Just tested out decoupling my Google Voice number from Hangouts thanks to the new Voice update. Mixed results as of now. After decoupling:
• SMSs are sent and received only through the Google Voice app and voice.google.com, no longer in the Hangouts app.
• The Google Voice app and website don't support making or receiving voice calls at all.
• When I call from the Hangouts app, it still shows my Google Voice number as the caller ID.
• Receiving calls to my number rings through Hangouts *only* on my phone. (It used to also ring through Gmail on my computer.)
Tested using the Google Voice iOS app. Thanks to @eayoungs for helping me test this out! -
Dear Google. If you're going to cripple your mobile web and force me to the app, make sure all features are actually available in the app!
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Why Microformats? Owning My Reviews
Back in October, I wrote a bunch of short mini-reviews on products and services that I use regularly. I published them all on a single page called "Favorite Things". In the past, I've written a couple of reviews on Amazon and then copied them to my website as a blog post.I decided it was time to be able to publish proper reviews from my own website, including having them show up in Google with the little stars, what Google now calls "Rich Snippets."Searching for Google's documentation on how to mark up a web page to show the Rich Snippet reveals an interesting pattern. Currently, their documentation provides three recommended markup styles: Microdata, RDFa, and JSON-LD. All three use the Schema.org vocabulary.continue reading... -
Oh Google. Remind me why I should trust the longevity of any of your invented formats/vocabularies? Schema FAQ 2014 vs 2016:
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Your friendly reminder that without open standards, you're not "buying" smarthome hardware, you're renting it. http://www.businessinsider.com/googles-nest-closing-smart-home-company-revolv-bricking-devices-2016-4
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Exclusive: In boost to self-driving cars, U.S. tells Google computers can qualify as drivers | Reuters (www.reuters.com)"For example, current federal rules require alerts on dashboards if tire pressure runs low. NHTSA said a test would need to be created that shows the vehicle computer is informed of the problem. NHTSA raised the question of whether humans in the vehicles should also be made aware."
