| There's now a chatbot to give refugees instant legal advice
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 Using Facebook Messenger and Telegram, refugees can get important information from Mona much faster than emailing an aid organization. For a Syrian refugee in Lebanon who is trying to navigate the legal path to resettlement, it can be difficult to find answers—and overstretched humanitarian organizations can take as long as three months to respond to an email when the demand for help is highest. A new chatbot called Mona, designed for Facebook Messenger and Telegram, can help more quickly. Read Full Story
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| How To Watch Picture-in-Picture Videos In Firefox And Chrome
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 Thanks to the most recent Firefox update, Mozilla's browser is finally on par with the picture-in-picture capabilities of Google Chrome. PiP, as it's commonly known, allows you to watch a video while browsing other websites—the ultimately productivity hack if you have a favourite show you hate missing.
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| Google Fiber pulls plug on 100 Mbps service to go 'all in on a Gig'
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| Google Fiber announced this week it was pulling the plug on its 100 Mbps service to new customers in order to just offer its gigabit service. Google Fiber's $50-per-month internet plan is grandfathered in for its existing customers, but the company said the focus would be on its gigabit service going forward.
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| Google Chrome prepares built-in QR code generator and it might have little dinos
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 Google Chrome has recently picked up some super handy ways to send content to your phone and now, it appears to be working on another. In the latest Canary release, Google is preparing a new option to share webpages using QR codes. more… The post Google Chrome prepares built-in QR code generator and it might have little dinos appeared first on 9to5Google.
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| Can Sundar Pichai Bring Order to Alphabet? Former Google Employees Have Doubts and Hope
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| As he ascends from leading Google to heading up the larger parent company, Alphabet, Sundar Pichai faces a host of new challenges. So who is the man who Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have so much confidence in that they were willing to step aside? And how will he handle the company's growing struggles that include everything from market competition to internal culture clashes, and an intensifying global regulatory environment? Some former Googlers say Pichai is the best man for the job, and his track record of leading and building some of Google's key innovations—including Chrome and Android—speaks for itself. Others, meanwhile, worry that Pichai will push the company further from its "do-no-evil," creative roots towards an even more corporate environment focused on financials and output. Under Pichai's leadership, Google has come under fire for things like working on a secret, censored web search for China, mishandling sexual harassment allegations, and signing government contracts with ...
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