Google I/O and the Productivity News This Week

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In this Cast | Google I/O

Ray Sidney-Smith

Augusto Pinaud

Art Gelwicks, a productivity and collaboration consultant, blogger at Gelwickstech.com, and host of the Being Productive podcast, CrossPlatform podcast, as well as ProductivityCast Podcast.

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Business & Finance Segment

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Featured Story of the Week

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Revamped Google Wallet officially revealed Pay gets Virtual Cards for better checkout protection

Google sends Apple a direct message about iMessage at IO

Android tablets might finally get that iPad-beating update

Google I/O Highlights for Apple Users: Sneak Peek at Pixel 7, Pixel Watch, More 

Google could soon introduce a seamless cross-device experience

Announcements

🚩 Introducing: Card Tracking!!! Postable

New in HEY: Received an email with a ton of attachments? Boom! Now you can download them all-at-once with just two clicks. 

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⚛️Fresh off the #GoogleIO announcement: A new, beautifully-designed Todoist for Wear built with Jetpack Compose is now available to test for all Experimentalists. 

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Microsoft Build May 24 to 26

Other News

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Googles changing its performance reviews to waste less time

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Google Keep is getting ready to add text formatting almost a decade after launch 

The new Lenovo Duet 3 is available on Lenovo’s website

Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 145 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements 

Apple's Merger of 'iCloud Documents and Data' Into iCloud Drive Now Complete 

Ulysses 26 brings modernized WordPress integration and more blogging tools 

Ulysses Gains Permanently Visible Writing Stat Counter and Optimized Publishing Flow 

Testing Out Apple's Self Repair Program With an iPhone 12 Mini Battery Fix 

Apple Cash replaces Discover with Visa for new virtual debit card accounts 

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