Google’s new Find My Device network is designed to help you find a misplace or stolen phone or other supported gadgets. The company has long offered the ability to show your phone’s last known position on a map, make your phone ring so it’s easier to locate in the couch cushions or bottom of your […]
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Lilbits: Meta Portal’s slow demise, Microsoft’s Fall 2023 Surface hardware event, KDE goes double-click by default, and Bodhi Linux 7.0 released
1 Comment on Lilbits: Meta Portal’s slow demise, Microsoft’s Fall 2023 Surface hardware event, KDE goes double-click by default, and Bodhi Linux 7.0 releasedThe Meta Portal line of products are smart displays that launched in 2018 when Meta was still called Facebook. With support for Amazon’s Alexa voice service, they were kind of the company’s answer to an Amazon Echo, but with the added bonus of Facebook Messenger support, making them one of the easiest ways to place […]
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Google prepares to help you find your Android phone even when it’s powered off
Google has long offered a “Find My Device” feature that lets you locate your Android phone on a map, play a sound to help you find it, or lock or erase your device to prevent your data from getting into someone else’s hands. But so far this only works on devices that are powered on. […]
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Google may leverage Android phones for a “Find My Device Network”
Apple recently introduced a “Find My” network that will not only help you find a missing phone or anything attached to an Apple AirTag (or supported accessory) if it’s nearby… but also if it’s out in the world. It does that by effectively turning other people’s Apple devices into a network that can help locate […]